Civilian Workforce 2020: Strategies for Modernizing Human Resources Management in the Department of the Navy

Abstract

Development and support of military technology relies on knowledge workers with highly specialized training and education. This expertise generally comes from civilian employees and contractors. Human Capital is Essential to the Future Effectiveness of U.S.Naval Forces DON is heavily dependent on technology to achieve a competitive edge against potential adversaries. Development and support of military technology relies on knowledge workers with highly specialized training and education. This expertise generally comes from civilian employees and contractors. Military personnel are typically involved in general leadership, requirements definition, and deployment/operational management of military personnel and technology. The trend is toward heavy reliance on contractors to perform much of the work performed by civilian employees. While this trend is expected to continue, a critical mass of civilian employee expertise is necessary to protect the governments interests and to ensure effective oversight of contractors work. A process is needed. The Department of the Navy (DON) requested that the National Academy of Public Administrations Center for Human Resources Management (CHRM) analyze the departments civilian personnel system. The purpose of the analysis is to determine actions the Department of Navy should take in order to attract and retain a quality civilian workforce capable of providing the human capital needed for the Navy to achieve mission excellence in the year 2020. CHRM obtained and analyzed information from a wide variety of sources within and outside of DON. The input from these sources is summarized in this report, and is described in more detail in report appendices

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 18, 2000
Accession Number
AD1009555

Entities

People

  • Carolyn Ban
  • Curtis J Smith
  • James E. Colvard
  • James L Perry
  • Madelyn P Jennings

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Computers
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Generation X
  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Millenials
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).