01218pab a2200193 454500 180718b2017 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Eckerd, Adam Does the program manager matter? new public management and defense 2017 p.36-57. Jan Past efforts to reform defense acquisition have been based in New Public Management assumptions that certain attributes of program managers (PMs), such as their training and experience levels, are important for improving outcomes. This article documents an effort to examine the relationship between such PM attributes and program outcomes using data drawn from annual Department of Defense Selected Acquisition Reports for major defense acquisition programs between 1997 and 2010. The findings provide little support for these assumptions. They point instead to the potential for institutionalist theories to explain acquisition outcomes, which can enable more nuanced reform policies in the future. - Reproduced. Managers Public administration Defence Snider, Keith American Review of Public Administration 114221 114215 114215 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 47, Issue no: 1 AR114681 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR