A Management Concern: How to Deal with the Nonproductive Federal Employee

Abstract

Unsatisfactory performance is both a private and public sector concern. In the Federal Government, an agency should be able to discharge nonproductive personnel if repeated efforts to improve their performance fail. Managers and supervisors, however, perceive firing as a difficult, costly, cumbersome task, filled with legalisms and intricate procedures. GAO found that there is a basis for this perception, and recommends that the removal process be improved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 10, 1978
Accession Number
AD1180452

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  • Elmer B. Staats

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  • Comptroller General of the United States

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  • Human Systems

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