Measuring the Immeasurable: An Approach to Assessing the Effectiveness of Engineering Civic Assistance Projects Towards Achieving National Security Objectives - Humanitarian Efforts by World Vision

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Social Services & Welfare, History, Military, United States
Cover of the book Measuring the Immeasurable: An Approach to Assessing the Effectiveness of Engineering Civic Assistance Projects Towards Achieving National Security Objectives - Humanitarian Efforts by World Vision by Progressive Management, Progressive Management
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Progressive Management ISBN: 9780463201879
Publisher: Progressive Management Publication: May 12, 2018
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Progressive Management
ISBN: 9780463201879
Publisher: Progressive Management
Publication: May 12, 2018
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction.

One of the fundamental struggles of U.S. conflicts in the post-World War II era continues to be how to utilize the military instrument of national power as a way to influence people and populations in order to achieve national objectives. In the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dempsey specifies that conducting humanitarian assistance is one of the twelve different ways in which the U.S. military achieves national security objectives. Given this support, there is ever increasing reliance on Humanitarian and Civic Assistance (HCA), specifically engineering civic assistance projects (ENCAPs), as a way to shape the operational environment. Given this increased utilization, assessing their effectiveness towards achieving national security objectives becomes paramount. However, an adequate method of assessment does not exist. The development of such a system will increase the value and effectiveness of ENCAPs given their expanded utilization in a fiscally austere environment that threatens to reduce or eliminate their funding.

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION * Background of the Study * Research Questions * Significance of the Study * Definitions * Methodology * Limitations and Delimitations * Summary * CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW * Introduction * What are the objectives of ENCAPs? * What Objectives Have ENCAPs Been Used to Achieve in the Past? * What National Security Objectives Link to ENCAPs? * What Are the Legal and Policy Requirements of ENCAPs? * How Does the Military Assess ENCAPs? * How Does the DoD Currently Assess ENCAPs? * How Has the DoD Assessed ENCAPs in the Past? * What other methods exist for assessing ENCAPs? * Prototype Handbook for Monitoring and Evaluating DoD Humanitarian Assistance Projects * Learning through Evaluation with Accountability and Planning: World Vision's Approach to Design, Monitoring and Evaluation * Evaluation of Humanitarian Action: Pilot Guide * Summary * CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY * Introduction * Grounded Theory Methodology * Data Analysis * Data Collection * Role of the Researcher * Limitations and Delimitations * Summary * CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS * Introduction * Objectives of ENCAPs * Historical Objectives of ENCAPs * ENCAP Objectives as Related to National Security * ENCAP Objectives Required by U.S. Law and DoD Policy * Military Assessment of ENCAPs * Current DoD Assessment Formats * Historical DoD Assessment Formats * Other Existing Methods for Assessing ENCAPs * Prototype Handbook for Monitoring and Evaluating DoD Humanitarian Assistance Projects. * Learning through Evaluation with Accountability and Planning: World Vision's Approach to Design, Monitoring and Evaluation. * Evaluation of Humanitarian Action: Pilot Guide * Core Phenomenon: Lack of Long Term Assessment of ENCAPs * Do ENCAPs Achieve National Security Objectives? * Summary * CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS * Conclusions * Strategies * Consequences * Recommendations * Proposed Model for Assessing ENCAPs * Recommended Changes to Policy * Areas Warranting Further Research * Closing

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction.

One of the fundamental struggles of U.S. conflicts in the post-World War II era continues to be how to utilize the military instrument of national power as a way to influence people and populations in order to achieve national objectives. In the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dempsey specifies that conducting humanitarian assistance is one of the twelve different ways in which the U.S. military achieves national security objectives. Given this support, there is ever increasing reliance on Humanitarian and Civic Assistance (HCA), specifically engineering civic assistance projects (ENCAPs), as a way to shape the operational environment. Given this increased utilization, assessing their effectiveness towards achieving national security objectives becomes paramount. However, an adequate method of assessment does not exist. The development of such a system will increase the value and effectiveness of ENCAPs given their expanded utilization in a fiscally austere environment that threatens to reduce or eliminate their funding.

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION * Background of the Study * Research Questions * Significance of the Study * Definitions * Methodology * Limitations and Delimitations * Summary * CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW * Introduction * What are the objectives of ENCAPs? * What Objectives Have ENCAPs Been Used to Achieve in the Past? * What National Security Objectives Link to ENCAPs? * What Are the Legal and Policy Requirements of ENCAPs? * How Does the Military Assess ENCAPs? * How Does the DoD Currently Assess ENCAPs? * How Has the DoD Assessed ENCAPs in the Past? * What other methods exist for assessing ENCAPs? * Prototype Handbook for Monitoring and Evaluating DoD Humanitarian Assistance Projects * Learning through Evaluation with Accountability and Planning: World Vision's Approach to Design, Monitoring and Evaluation * Evaluation of Humanitarian Action: Pilot Guide * Summary * CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY * Introduction * Grounded Theory Methodology * Data Analysis * Data Collection * Role of the Researcher * Limitations and Delimitations * Summary * CHAPTER 4 ANALYSIS * Introduction * Objectives of ENCAPs * Historical Objectives of ENCAPs * ENCAP Objectives as Related to National Security * ENCAP Objectives Required by U.S. Law and DoD Policy * Military Assessment of ENCAPs * Current DoD Assessment Formats * Historical DoD Assessment Formats * Other Existing Methods for Assessing ENCAPs * Prototype Handbook for Monitoring and Evaluating DoD Humanitarian Assistance Projects. * Learning through Evaluation with Accountability and Planning: World Vision's Approach to Design, Monitoring and Evaluation. * Evaluation of Humanitarian Action: Pilot Guide * Core Phenomenon: Lack of Long Term Assessment of ENCAPs * Do ENCAPs Achieve National Security Objectives? * Summary * CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS * Conclusions * Strategies * Consequences * Recommendations * Proposed Model for Assessing ENCAPs * Recommended Changes to Policy * Areas Warranting Further Research * Closing

More books from Progressive Management

Cover of the book National Defense Intelligence College Paper: Y: The Sources of Islamic Revolutionary Conduct - Islamic Ressentiment, bin Laden, al-Qaida, Mohammad, Palestine, Comparison to Christianity by Progressive Management
Cover of the book The 1968 Tet Offensive Battles of Quang Tri City and Hue: The Fight for the Triangle and the Citadel, West of Hue, Stalemate in the Citadel, plus Secretary of Defense History Excerpt by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Analytic Culture in the U.S. Intelligence Community: An Ethnographic Study - Working as an Intelligence Analyst, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Intelligence Papers by Progressive Management
Cover of the book 21st Century U.S. Military Manuals: Military Police Operations Field Manual - FM 3-19.1, FM 19-1 (Value-Added Professional Format Series) by Progressive Management
Cover of the book 21st Century U.S. Military Manuals: Special Operations - 2012 Army Doctrine Reference Publication No. 3-05, Fires, Targeting, Intelligence, Sustainment (Professional Format Series) by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Air Power and the Ground War in Vietnam: Ideas and Actions - Counterinsurgency, Air Power Theories, Secret Bombing, Supporting Ground Combat Forces, Gunships, Interservice Differences by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Best Practices for Planning a Cybersecurity Workforce and the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Cybersecurity Capability Maturity Model - Benefits of Workforce Planning by Progressive Management
Cover of the book A War Like No Other: Al Qaeda and the U.S. Strategy for Combating Terrorism - Counter-insurgency Operations, Counter Terrorism, Bin Laden and 9/11, Clausewitz, Analysis and Recommendations by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Eisenhower: Ike and Clausewitz on the Western Front, Relationship with Fox Conner, Comparative Study of Soldiers Turned Political Leader - Grant and Eisenhower by Progressive Management
Cover of the book 21st Century Adult Cancer Sourcebook: Oropharyngeal Cancer - Clinical Data for Patients, Families, and Physicians by Progressive Management
Cover of the book Italy's Carabinieri and Contemporary Security Challenges - Working With European Gendarmerie Forces (EGF), European Union (EU), and NATO on Migrant Crisis, Border Control, and Organized Crime by Progressive Management
Cover of the book 21st Century U.S. Military Manuals: The Manual for Military Commissions (MMC) - Prosecution of Alien Unlawful Enemy Combatants, Rules of Evidence, Crimes (Value-added Professional Format Series) by Progressive Management
Cover of the book 21st Century FEMA Study Course: National Incident Management System (NIMS) Intrastate Mutual Aid (IS-706) - Emergency Responders, HSPD-5, MABAS, EBAC, Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina by Progressive Management
Cover of the book "Good Tuberculosis Men": The Army Medical Department's Struggle with Tuberculosis (TB) - Mycobacterium, Tubercular Troops, World War I and II, Heliotherapy, Hospitals, Antibiotics and Streptomycin by Progressive Management
Cover of the book 2018 Cybersecurity Reports: Cybercrime and the Darknet, and Multiyear Plan for Energy Sector Cybersecurity - Protecting Electricity Delivery, Energy Reliability, and Power Utilities from Cyber Attack by Progressive Management
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy