1st Edition
Managing Defence in a Democracy
Part 1: Defence Governance 1. Commonalities and Constraints in Defence Governance and Management Laura R. Cleary and Teri McConville 2. The Principles of Good Governance Jeff Haynes 3. Political Direction: The Essence of Democratic, Civil and Civilian Control Laura R. Cleary 4. Policy Formulation and Execution David Chuter 5. Transparency and Accountability Laura R. Cleary 6. Civilians in Defence David Chuter and Laura R. Cleary 7. The Functions of a Defence Ministry Trevor Taylor Part 2: Defence Management 8. The Principles of Management Applied to the Defence Sector Teri McConville 9. Strategic Management: Avoiding Analysis Paralysis Derrick J. Neal 10. Information and Its Management Annie Maddison 11. Human Resource Management in the Defence Environment Alex Alexandrou and Roger Darby 12. Basic Concepts in Financial Management Len Nockles and Teri McConville 13. Defence Acquisition Trevor Taylor 14. Performance Management and the Balanced Scorecard Sylvie Jackson 15. Change Management: Putting Strategy into Practice Derrick J. Neal 16. The Governance and Management of Defence: Future Challenges Teri McConville and Laura R. Cleary Index
Biography
Laura R. Cleary joined Cranfield University in July 2002 as a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Defence Management and Security Analysis. Prior to taking up this appointment she was a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Stirling (1994 – 2002). She is currently the Academic Director for the UK MoD’s sponsored Defence Diplomacy courses and is the Director of Research for DMSA.
Teri McConville read Human Resource Management with Computer Science as a first degree and was awarded a PhD, for a project concerning the discursive formation of managerial decisions. She is co-editor of Defence Management in Uncertain Times (Cass 2003) and co-ordinator for the Cranfield Defence Management conferences. She is deputy director of research for the Department of Defence Management and teaches research method to doctoral candidates.
