An analysis of the change in labor "currency" from workyears to dollars at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey
By: Megan K. Reilly, Stephen J. Wayman
Contributors: Wayman, Stephen J.
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 83
Description: This thesis analyzes the effects of a Naval Postgraduate School policy decision made in FY 1997 that changed the fundamental unit of labor "currency" or budgetary controls from work years to dollars in three departments at the school: Systems Management, the Dudley Knox Library, and the Computer Center. How this change in currency influences the dynamics of the School's labor allocation model, labor execution, and other related issues, is the focus of this study. Interviews with the participants, a study of the labor allocation model and analysis of labor execution data on the three departments were conducted. The conclusions drawn from this data show that perceptions varied greatly about the goals and implementation of the policy change among the participants. This affected perceptions of success and failure of the policy change among the participants. In addition, NPS relies on a labor allocation model that varies substantially among these departments.
Notes: "June 1999"

Thesis advisor(s): William R. Gates, James Fremgen.

Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 81)

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