Managing Defence in a Democracy

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.

• 1. Commonalities and Constraints in Defence Governance and Management Part 1. Governance 2. Principles of Good Governance 3. Political Direction: the essence of democratic civil & civilian control 4. Accountability and Transparency 5. Policy Formation and Implementation 6. The Role of the Civil Service 7. The Functions of a Ministry of Defence Part 2. Management 8. Principles of Management in Defence 9. Strategic Planning and Control 10. Managing Quality 11. Human Resource Management 12. Information Management 13. Financial Management 14. Acquisition and Supply 15. Change Management 16. Conclusion