Technical Atrophy's Threat to Large Organizations.

Abstract

A literature search for studies on the subject of large companies and other large organizations that fail competitively after their staffs were downsized, frozen or otherwise incapacitated. A comparison between commercial and government organizations was made to determine applicability of information derived from the commercial sector. A model of a 'typical' technical organization is presented and impacts of various downsizing methodologies are discussed. Companies that downsized only slightly, or not at all, significantly outperformed companies that significantly downsized.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA314327

Entities

People

  • G. R. Freeman
  • Lawrence Nevins

Organizations

  • Aeronautical Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Corporations
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Lead Time
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Product Development
  • Production
  • Productivity
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Systems Analysis and Design