Course

Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
DAU-0235
Version:
1
Organization's ID:
IND 205
Organization:
Defense Acquisition University
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
1 week (52 hours)
Minimum Passing Score:
80
ACE Credit Recommendation Period:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Property Management, Contract Administration, or Auditing
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to enable students to apply and analyze the foundational knowledge gained in IND 105 and experiential on-the-job learning in order for the journeyman to identify factors that help determine the adequacy of a contractor's property management system.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Discuss the concepts for planning and the basic requirements for performing a property management system audit (PMSA)
  • Determine the basic requirements from the Government Property Clause that must be included in a contractor's property management system
  • Determine how to analyze the sample and criteria and then generalize the findings to the population
  • Determine how the government may take title to property under a contract
  • Examine the steps in a typical audit and determine the sampling techniques that may be used for auditing a contractor's property management system
  • Produce audit work papers (Spreadsheets) and narratives for a PMSA
  • Analyze a court case involving the loss for government property
  • Analyze the requirements for demilitarization
  • Discuss how government property is provided in contingency operation management
  • Examine risk management

General Topics:

  • Selecting sample size for a given population
  • Sample evaluation and generalizing to the population
  • Analyzing a property management system
  • Property management system audits (PMSA)
  • Requirements for the disposal of contract inventory
  • Analyze a property management case study, including background information, solutions, alternative solutions, and documentation
  • Taking title of property under a contract
  • Government property and contract clauses
  • Liability course case involving government property
  • Risk-of-loss clausal provisions
  • Regulatory requirements for contract conflicts
  • Factors that impact risk within a contractors property management system
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Case Studies
  • Examinations
  • Performance Rubrics (Checklists)
  • Presentations
Supplemental Materials
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