Comparative analysis of benefits received from Naval Air Station Search and Rescue (SAR) mission
By: Robert K. Brodin
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
Description: Outsourcing is one method the Department of Defense is actively pursuing in order to cut costs and fund      its planned modernization. This thesis investigates the question of whether the U.S. Navy should outsource      the SAR mission at Naval Air Stations. The overarching question of whether or not SAR is an "inherently      governmental" function was considered as was the alternative possibility of competition, if it were a      "commercial" function. This thesis is designed to complement other ongoing analyses by concentrating on      the non-direct cost issues. A direct cost analysis of this outsourcing initiative is not conducted in this thesis.      This thesis, therefore, examines the gross benefits received by the U.S. Navy as a result of the SAR      mission at Naval Air Stations. These benefits were categorized for analysis as personnel rotation-base,      personnel experience-base, mission related and public related. A Decision Support System Generator      using the Analytical Hierarchy Process was introduced in the study as an experimental methodology for      evaluating the benefits received by the Navy. Consistent results were obtained from two separate groups      and insights were obtained for future improvements in these experimental techniques. There is also a      discussion of how the Analytical Hierarchy Process might be extended to evaluate net benefits (that is,      benefits minus costs) to the Navy.
Notes: "March 1998."

Thesis advisor(s): Gregory G. Hildebrandt, D. Eaton.

Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, March 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-113)

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dk/dk cc:9116 6/25/98.