Department of Defense National Security Personnel System : the transition to pay for performance
Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2004.
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| author | Davies, Rebecca L. (Rebecca Leigh), 1960- |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/178492019-04-09T15:55:13Z Department of Defense National Security Personnel System : the transition to pay for performance DoD NSPS : the transition to pay for performance Davies, Rebecca L. (Rebecca Leigh), 1960- Lotte Bailyn. Sloan School of Management. Sloan School of Management. Sloan School of Management. Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2004. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 63-65). The 2004 National Defense Authorization Act (Public Law 10-136, November 24, 2003) gives the Department of Defense (DoD) authority to establish the National Security Personnel System (NSPS). This system will mark the most significant reform to civilian personnel management in 25 years. The DoD expects to implement the NSPS in a phased approach extending over two years, and is giving consideration to the Department of the Navy being the lead service. The NSPS will be built on best practices and lessons learned from nine DoD pilot programs that have been conducted in eight laboratories and one Pentagon acquisition organization. The NSPS is being designed to simplify an overwhelming job classification system, refocus performance appraisals, and link pay and retention to employee performance. Such a dramatic change to a system that has endured for so many years is bound to pose tremendous challenges to the DoD. This thesis will explore the challenges associated with pay-for-performance and provide a series of considerations that should be addressed during the implementation process. The thesis begins by discussing the history of the civil service system and its evolution toward a pay-for-performance system, then focuses on the results of three DoD pilot programs that implemented pay-for-performance in the last 25 years. It continues by exploring the present need for civil service reform, discusses the Department's expectations for the new NSPS, and offers some insights into the preliminary implementation plan. The thesis concludes by presenting research on public sector pay-for-performance systems and makes a series of recommendations which the DoD may want to consider in the course of developing and implementing the new pay-for-performance system. by Rebecca L. Davies. M.B.A. 2005-06-02T18:55:01Z 2005-06-02T18:55:01Z 2004 2004 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17849 56606018 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 65 leaves 3155982 bytes 3161046 bytes application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| title | Department of Defense National Security Personnel System : the transition to pay for performance |
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| title_short | Department of Defense National Security Personnel System : the transition to pay for performance |
| title_sort | department of defense national security personnel system the transition to pay for performance |
| topic | Sloan School of Management. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/17849 |
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