The success of ordnance service in the field is more dependent upon the efficiency of management than upon any other factor. The three basic elements of management are organization, planning, and control. In this manual, these basic elements are further subdivided and are dealt with in isolation in order to make clear some of the specific types of consideration existent within the field of management. In no case, however, should any of the basic elements or basic principles be understood to exist as separate and distinct functions. In actual practice, there is a great deal of overlap between and among them. VWhen one element or principle becomes involved, it automatically involves the others. Ordnance staff officers will study the basic principles set forth in this manual and will use them as a guide for the management of ordnance service in the field.
DesignationFM 9-5
EditionJan 1955
StatusSuperseded
Pages162
FunctionSustainment
CollectionHistoric
Public domain (U.S. Government work)