Civilian Personnel Administration in the Army: Deciding the Future of the Program

Abstract

The magnitude of the cuts facing the Army's civilian work force, of which the civilian personnel community will take its share, requires and organized and deliberate approach to analyzing, validating and revising its current mission and functions. The issues that the policy makers and the operating personnel specialists face are multi-dimensional. They must continue to deliver services within the current complexity of legal and regulatory restraints, often Federally imposed, while attempting to analyze their work processes in order to streamline them to accommodate budget and manpower reductions. To help the Army meet the challenges of this turbulent environment and minimize the impact of change on the civilian personnel administration community, this paper suggests that the Army leadership implement a strategic planning process. It also provides a functional analysis of the current Army civilian personnel administration program and compares it to private sector human resource programs. This comparison provides options for program enhancements that the Army leadership should consider in its deliberations for modernizing the Civilian Personnel Administration system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 28, 1993
Accession Number
ADA265398

Entities

People

  • Ann M. Mcfadden

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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  • Human Systems

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  • Administrative Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Control Systems
  • Doctrine
  • Employee Relations
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Administration
  • Public Policy
  • Resource Management
  • Students
  • War Colleges

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