2012-05-10T18:03:03Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/e/eden_rick.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2008/06/05/Forbes.html 2008-06-05T20:58:00Z 2008-06-05T20:58:00Z

The 1991 Gulf War represented the pinnacle of the U.S. industrial approach to warfare: overwhelming mass. Subsequently, the U.S. military began the shift to a new support paradigm, adapting the lean, best practices of contemporary business, write Eric Peltz and Rick Eden.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R4265.html 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z

Examines the experiences of eight schools that implemented integration efforts prior to the federal mandate.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3350.html 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report focuses on the role of educational expectations in the enlistment decisions of young men who are high school seniors or non-student, high school graduates.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3376.html 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a nonprofit organization applies to a foundation for support, misunderstandings concerning indirect cost policies can arise between grantmaker and grantseeker.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3656.html 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minorities are increasing in California, raising policy questions for the state's libraries. Provides background information and frames key issues for those attending a conference convened by the California State Library in May 1988.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG342.html 2005-12-13T11:34:00Z 2005-12-13T11:34:00Z

Describes how well the Department of Defense logistics system supported Army forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom, documents the major reasons for shortfalls in performance, provides recommendations for improvement, and points to questions raised with respect to the design of future forces.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR338.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Advocates an approach to reducing the reliability and maintainability (R&M) burden associated with advanced weapon systems such as the Apache helicopter and the M1A1 tank.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR722.html 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this study, the authors sought to better understand skills required in technical work, the institutional context in which work takes place, and employers' strategies for meeting perceived skill requirements.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR227.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report presents a new methodology for measuring the operational value of military intelligence, electronic warfare, and target acquisition (IEW/TA) and also describes two prototype models for studying IEW/TA in an operational context.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1108.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Velocity management has brought a new way of doing business to U.S. Army logistics, with a renewed focus on the Army customer and a powerful approach for process improvement that cuts across three critical performance dimensions: time, ...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB8004.html 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z

The instruction of generic skills and attitudes can occur effectively at schools in traditional standalone classrooms. Thus, policymakers need not restrict generic skills instruction to programs with a workplace component.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB8005.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Analyzed the experience of eight schools that had begun their integration efforts several years before the Perkins amendments.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9355.html 2008-05-19T18:59:00Z 2008-05-19T18:59:00Z

This research brief reports on a study of the Road Home program's timeliness in making grants to homeowners after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The authors recommend focusing on stalled applications and coordinating efforts to speed the process.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR490-1.html 2007-07-09T03:43:00Z 2007-07-09T03:43:00Z

This RAND Working Paper documents the proceedings of a daylong workshop held in January 2007 to probe the parameters that should guide the ethical conduct of social and behavioral research on terrorism.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR490-2.html 2007-07-14T22:40:00Z 2007-07-14T22:40:00Z

This RAND Working Paper documents the proceedings of a daylong workshop held in January 2007 to probe the parameters that should guide the ethical conduct of social and behavioral research on terrorism.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR490-3.html 2007-07-24T06:51:00Z 2007-07-24T06:51:00Z

This RAND Working Paper documents the proceedings of a daylong workshop held in January 2007 to probe the parameters that should guide the ethical conduct of social and behavioral research on terrorism.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP656.html 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

RAND developed and pilot tested a six-week ''mini-sabbatical'' for high-school teachers and teacher trainers. This document describes the mini-sabbatical curriculum.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP752.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

This document has been superseded.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP752-1.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Velocity Management and the Revolution in Military Logistics

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1153.html 2005-05-12T09:56:00Z 2005-05-12T09:56:00Z

Improving Government Processes: From Velocity Management to Presidential Appointments