HUMAN CAPITAL: Meeting the Governmentwide High-Risk Challenge

Abstract

Thank you for the opportunity this morning to contribute to the Subcommittee's discussion about the urgency of improving the way the federal government manages its most valuable asset its people. High-performing organizations in the private and public sectors have long understood the relationship between effective people management and organizational success. An organization s people its human capital are its most critical asset in managing for results. However, the federal government has often acted as if federal employees were costs to be cut rather than assets to be valued. After a decade of government downsizing and curtailed investments in human capital, it is becoming increasingly clear that today s federal human capital strategies are not appropriately constituted to meet the current and emerging needs of the federal government and the nation's citizens.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA387257

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of State
  • Department Of Veterans Affairs
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Human Resources
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Money
  • National Governments
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design