{"title":"USING COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS AS A HELPFUL TOOL IN THE PROCESS OF REDUCING COSTS IN DEFENSE PROGRAMMES","authors":"Felicia Șinca, Toma Pleșanu","doi":"10.55535/rmt.2021.1.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55535/rmt.2021.1.12","url":null,"abstract":"“Cost-Effectiveness Analysis” is a method of economic analysis that evaluates the efficiency of indicators and highlights the results of a project. This analysis determines the most effective way to complete a project, being a helpful tool in the decision-making process in the initial phase of a procurement programme. Four years after signing the agreement on the allocation of a minimum of 2% of GDP for the budget of the Ministry of National Defence starting with 2017, we are again facing a critical moment in the recent history, that of the Covid-19 pandemic. In this context, the decline in the economic growth, as a result of the drastic measures imposed against the spread of the virus, will most likely lead to further budget cuts. Through this article, our aim is to present the concept of cost-effectiveness analysis, as a useful method in the decision-making process and one of the necessary tools for the efficient operation of the investment resources in defence procurement programs.","PeriodicalId":137367,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Military Thinking","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133049306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE PERSPECTIVE OF MILITARY ACTION PLANNING IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESILIENCE CAPACITY IN THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETAL ENVIRONMENT","authors":"D. Roman","doi":"10.55535/rmt.2021.1.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55535/rmt.2021.1.07","url":null,"abstract":"The security and safety in fulfilling the roles of the institutions of a state are essential characteristics of any contemporary society. In order to understand the complex of threats and vulnerabilities, as well as the dynamics of their manifestation in generating crisis situations, it is required to take a comprehensive approach to the decision-makers in the societal domains: political/diplomatic, military, economic, social, critical infrastructural, informational and environmental. In this context, the development of the resilience capacity in the contemporary societal environment takes place in the perspective of the contribution of all the decision-making factors based on efficient inter-institutional planning and their proactive participation. Due to the specifics of each societal field, the situation can be understood under different coordinates, which causes difficulties in developing estimates of the crisis situations and initiating measures to prevent and counteract them. One of the solutions identified for the decision-makers to conduct a proactive behaviour in crisis situations specific to the contemporary societal environment can be expressed within the operational art of military action planning. Thus, we deem appropriate to extend the operational art specific to the military field to other societal fields and redefine the resilience capacity in the contemporary societal environment facing the new complex of threats and vulnerabilities as the COVID-19 pandemic situation.","PeriodicalId":137367,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Military Thinking","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123031608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES REGARDING ATTITUDES TOWARDS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN THE MILITARY","authors":"Ștefania Bumbuc, C. Macovei","doi":"10.55535/rmt.2021.1.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55535/rmt.2021.1.13","url":null,"abstract":"This paper starts from the premise that, although the problems of intergenerational relations in contemporary organisations are numerous, many of them can be improved if military leaders know the way of communication to which subordinates respond positively and the motivation techniques that best suit different generations. Regardless of the formal organisation, continuing vocational training activities in the military system have a greater impact and are more effective if they allow the people involved to have flexible approaches and if they combine face-to-face training with the widespread use of information technology and communication.","PeriodicalId":137367,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Military Thinking","volume":"30 11","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132900378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THE IMPACT OF MULTI-DOMAIN OPERATION ON THE MILITARY STRATEGY","authors":"Alexandru-Lucian Cucinschi","doi":"10.55535/rmt.2021.1.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55535/rmt.2021.1.09","url":null,"abstract":"Currently, there are more and more discussions about multi-domain operation, as an advanced method of approaching military action, superior to the joint operation, and, last but not least, able to revolutionise the way the Armed Forces respond to the specifics of new threats to the security of states and alliances. As a result, in my opinion, it can be said that if the multi-domain operation continues to develop doctrinally and subsequently in practice, at the operational level, it will greatly influence how the strategic military level will be organised. Moreover, the fact that the multi-domain operation can offer new opportunities to address conflicts leads us to the idea that military strategies, national and allied, as programmatic documents, will be largely influenced by it. Given that, in my view, strategic goals can be met to the extent that operational and tactical capabilities allow it, this article will address issues related to how multi-domain operation can transform military strategy.","PeriodicalId":137367,"journal":{"name":"Romanian Military Thinking","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131193860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}