Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2014
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.
Source Publication
Defense Acquisition Research Journal
Recommended Citation
Badiru, A.B. (2014). Adverse Impacts of Furlough Programs on Employee Work Rate and Organizational Productivity. Defense Acquisition Research Journal: A Publication of the Defense Acquisition University. 21 (2). 595-624.
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Comments
The Defense Acquisition Research Journal (Defense ARJ, or ARJ) is a scholarly peer-reviewed journal published by Defense Acquisition University (DAU) . The archive of Defense ARJ is available to readers here.