Department of Defense Management at Naval Postgraduate School

The Department of Defense Management provides responsive graduate education and Navy-centric research that grounds leaders in essential knowledge of the defense acquisition decision support system, and develops the cognitive skills to lead innovation in the development and delivery of capabilities that meet the operational needs of the Naval and joint forces. We know that innovation comes from people and organizational culture. Defense management professionals must be prepared with top-level education, research, and operational experience to lead in a dynamic and complex era of great power competition. The innovation leaders who graduate from our programs transform organizational cultures to be more responsive, creative, and mission-focused as they manage defense programs, set defense policy, provide defense sector administration, and deliver defense capabilities.