A study of attitudes towards threat in the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Commercial Function

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dc.contributor.authorAllen, Robert Anthony
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Gareth R. T.
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-18T11:30:50Z
dc.date.available2021-03-18T11:30:50Z
dc.date.issued2017-09-07
dc.description.abstractAgainst a background of continuing change and increasing pressures public sector procurement staff are being required to do more with less. The aim of this study was to establish whether Ministry of Defence Commercial Officers sense that they are under threat and assess what those primary sources of threat are. Data was acquired through in-depth interviews with procurement practitioners from two key Ministry of Defence sites at Bristol and Corsham in the South West of England. The study finds that threat is perceived to exist and categorises them as internal (self, FDRS, line management and reputation) and external (Budgetary, legislative, policy/political pressure and risk). These threats are shown to negatively affect behaviour and the efficient running of the procurement function. Access to the MOD commercial function is necessarily restricted to those outside of the organisation and the data and findings presented in this study are therefore an important contribution to our knowledge of the internal workings of the Department and the procurement personnel within it.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationAllen RA, White GRT. (2017) A study of attitudes towards threat in the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Commercial Function. In: BAM 2017, 5-7 September 2017, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, UKen_UK
dc.identifier.urihttps://infosec-journal.com/article/study-attitudes-towards-threat-united-kingdom-ministry-defence-commercial-function
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/16487
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherBritish Academy of Managementen_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectThreaten_UK
dc.subjectPublic Sectoren_UK
dc.subjectDefenceen_UK
dc.titleA study of attitudes towards threat in the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence Commercial Functionen_UK
dc.typeConference paperen_UK

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