Managing the Civilian Workforce to Budget (MCB)

Abstract

The Army has recently announced the approval of Army-wide implementation of the 'Managing the Civilian Workforce to budget' (WCB) program in fiscal year 1991. It is my intent to (1) provide Army managers with insight to some difficulties with the program, in hopes to preclude wasted effort during implementation, (2) discuss some mistakes made by the North Pacific Division, Corps of Engineers during the three year test, and (3) emphasize the importance of involvement by the Resource Management Office. Summary of MCB: Numerous studies over the years, such as Towers Commission, have identified problems with the civilian personnel system. The cost of the civilian workforce continues to grow due to ineffective position management and improper classification. Managers seldom feel accountable for salary expenditures and are not motivated to think in terms of the cost of personnel actions. The system does not provide sufficient flexibilities to allow managers to reward good performance and penalize poor performance. And finally, the compensation system does not allow the government to compete with the private industry for talented personnel. Keywords: Military publications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA222515

Entities

People

  • Tim L. Hiller

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Engineering
  • Financial Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Military Publications
  • Motivation
  • Organizational Structure
  • Participative Management
  • Personnel Management
  • Productivity
  • Resource Management
  • Standards
  • Supervisors
  • Total Quality Management

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Educational Psychology
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.