Defense Acquisition Reform, 1960-2009: An Elusive Goal: An Elusive Goal (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780160866975)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
J. Ronald Fox is a member of the Harvard Business School faculty where he chaired the General Management Area. His research deals with the management of large engineering and construction projects and defense acquisition. He taught courses in project management, competition and strategy, defense and aerospace marketing, and business-government relations. He holds a bachelor of science in physics, cum laude, from Le Moyne College, and a master of business administration and Ph.D. from Harvard University. Fox served as assistant secretary of the Army in which he was responsible for Army procurement, contracting, and logistics. Prior to his appointment as assistant secretary, he served as deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force. His work in these governmental positions earned him the Exceptional Civilian Service Award from the Air Force and the Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the highest decoration for public service awarded by the Department of the Army. He chaired the Board of Visitors of the Defense Acquisition University, was trustee of the Logistics Management Institute and the Aerospace Corporation, and was director of the American Society for Macro Engineering. In 2004, he was named senior adviser on acquisitions to the Defense Acquisition History Project. In 2006, he was named to the Defense Acquisition University Hall of Fame.
He is the author of several books, including Arming America: How the U.S. Buys Weapons (1974); Managing Business-Government Relations (1982); The Defense Management Challenge: Weapons Acquisition (1988); Critical Issues in the Defense Acquisition Culture (1994); and Challenges in Managing Large Projects (2006).