01335pab a2200205 454500008004000000100001800040245007200058260000900130300001300139362000800152520071900160650001300879650002600892650001200918700001900930773004500949909001100994999001901005952010501024180718b2017   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aEckerd, Adam   aDoes the program manager matter? new public management and defense   c2017  ap.36-57.  aJan  aPast 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.  aManagers  aPublic administration  aDefence  aSnider, Keith   aAmerican Review of Public Administration  a114221  c114215d114215  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 47, Issue no: 1pAR114681r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR