Resourcing Innovation: Assessment Learning Model – Business Acumen

Abstract

The Navy’s strategy continues to highlight the need for new thinking and innovative acquisition approaches to meet the demands of the Fleet. As stated in Rand’s DoD FY2018 National Defense Authorization Act report (Werber et al., 2019), there are gaps in the acquisition workforce’s business acumen knowledge that current training approaches have not been able to resolve. The NAVAIR enterprise sought to baseline the current levels of understanding in a program office’s business acumen skills while engaging the workforce in an organic learning environment.