Provides an in-depth examination of the long-term implications of today’s resources management decisions, teaching participants to recognize and evaluate competing alternatives at both the strategic and operational levels of defense organizations. Faculty integrate concepts, principles, and techniques drawn from the disciplines of management, economics, and quantitative methods to teach participants to analyze tradeoffs among alternatives in terms of their costs, effectiveness, availability, and risks. Participants learn to define and evaluate the relationship among national security objectives, defense strategies, program alternatives/capabilities, and budget resource requirements. 

• Offered two times each year
• Next Scheduled: 15 Oct-20 Dec 2024; 6 Jan-14 Mar 2025; 14 Oct-19 Dec 2025
• Who Should Attend: Partner nation military officers of ranks O-3 through O-6 and equivalent civilian defense officials
• Continuing Professional Education: 250.5 CPE hours