All Aboard! Benchmarking Human Resources Onboarding Practices - Part 2
Abstract
This research builds on the work of Helene Caniac's Naval Postgraduate School thesis All Aboard! Benchmarking Human Resources Onboarding Practices, by assessing current Department of the Navy (DON) onboarding practices of Navy civilian executives and providing recommended human resource solutions to support the onboarding of those executives. This research analyzes the onboarding of leaders within organizations through interviews of subject-matter experts and the application of an onboarding model, which was developed using data in Part I of the research. Practices in the onboarding model can assist the Navy in improving leadership development, which has been neglected according to Office of Personnel Management studies. This thesis argues the Executive Onboarding Activities model provides a focus toward improving and standardizing Navy civilian executive leadership development with transformative organizational goals and relational onboarding activities. The analysis of interview data reveals that several gaps exist in the onboarding activities of Navy civilian executives. These and other gaps are supported by examining current DON and Department of Defense executive development programs against the onboarding model. Overall, this study finds that in addition to connecting executive onboarding to leadership development, addressing several gaps will support the assimilation and development of Navy executives.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1150827
Entities
People
- Tyller W. Williamson
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School