Week 2 Discussion 1
“Eliminating Wasteful Spending” Please respond to the following:
From the e-Activity, assess the importance of each of the
following factors in the effort to minimize wasteful spending in government
contracting. Then select one and determine what managerial and / or
organizational factor(s) would impede successful adoption of the change in
operation and how you would mitigate it.
Organizational leadership
Policies and processes
Human capital
Information management
From Part 1 of this discussion, select which of these
factors is the most important, and which is the least important. Provide a
rationale for your selection. Compare and contrast the two factors you selected
with regard to the effort to minimize wasteful spending in government
contracting.
Week 2 Discussion 2
“The Discretionary Function” Please respond to the following:
Explain the discretionary function of a contracting officer
and justify the associated immunity. Take a position on whether this concept
should still be valued given the current government spending that has occurred
in recent years. Support your position.
Analyze how government spending practices directly or
indirectly affect the concept of discretionary function. Support your analysis
