Précis--An Operations Research Approach to the Management of Government Cost-Plus-Award- Fee Contracts

John E. Thomas, Edgar J. Manton and James M. Stoms
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John E. Thomas: East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas
Edgar J. Manton: East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas
James M. Stoms: East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas

Management Science, 1972, vol. 18, issue 6, B358-B359

Abstract: This paper, written by authors with experience as both government and contractor managers of CPAF contracts, sets out a simple quantitative model that serves to introduce some objective checkpoints to aid the project manager and government representative in achieving optimum performance under a subjective incentive system.

Date: 1972
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