Adverse Impacts of Furlough Programs on Employee Work Rate and Organizational Productivity

Abstract

This article is primarily a research-provoking exposition against the management approach used in the 2013 government furlough program. It is intended to prompt potentially productive research investigations on the impact of personnel furloughs, particularly on defense acquisition programs. Defense acquisition programs are time-sensitive and systems-oriented. What appears as a minor delay in one unit of an acquisition life cycle can lead to long-term encumbrances within the entire defense system, resulting in enormous cost escalation. Pertinent analytical techniques/methodologies are provided to illustrate potential pathways for further research studies of furloughs and how they adversely impact organizational productivity. The author s intent is to provoke research so that future furloughs can be better conceived, planned, executed, and managed or avoided altogether.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA604495

Entities

People

  • Adedeji Badiru

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economics
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Human Resources
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Life Cycles
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Acquisition
  • Organizational Structure
  • Political Science
  • Productivity
  • Systems Engineering
  • Workload

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Systems Analysis and Design