Mission Accomplishment through Outsourcing

Abstract

Within Headquarters Marine Corps, there are some organizations that are so internally focused that they lack the means to serve the constituencies for which they were created. These institutions provide employment to government service (GS) employees in an attempt to overcome existing inefficiencies inherent in their organizational structure. The Marine Corps' Office of Legislative Affairs Correspondence (OLAC) is such an organization. Instead of changing its organization to maximize efficiency, it continues to create additional GS positions to meet demand and, as a result of the workload, is plagued by employee turnover and exorbitant budgetary costs. By outsourcing positions within OLAC, the government can eliminate deficiencies caused by turnover and reduce costs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 07, 2006
Accession Number
ADA504099

Entities

People

  • M. A. D'ettore

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Employment
  • Government Employees
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • Human Resources
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • National Governments
  • Organizational Structure
  • Outsourcing
  • Personnel Management
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • United States Government

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