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BL
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951339
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b705709
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U.S. Navy shipyards : : an evaluation of workload- and workforce-management practices /\ Jessie Riposo [and others].
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| Publication Statement
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Santa Monica, CA :: RAND National Defense Research Institute,, ©2008.
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Rand Corporation monograph series
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xxv, 160 pages :: color illustrations ;; 23 cm.
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0833045695
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: 9780833045690
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| Notes
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"MG-751-NAVY"--Page 4 of cover.
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"Prepared for the United States Navy."
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-160).
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| Contents
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Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. An Evaluation of Planned and Actual Workload Demand -- Ch. 3. Cost-Effective Workforce Strategies -- Ch. 4. Additional Workforce Considerations and Sensitivity Results -- Ch. 5. An Evaluation of Alternative Workload Allocation Strategies -- Ch. 6. An Evaluation of Other Organizations' Workload- and Workforce-Management Practices -- Ch. 7. Conclusions and Implications -- App. A. Depot Laws and Policies Governing Management Options -- App. B. Depot Maintenance Industrial Base Study Questionnaire -- App. C. Mathematical Details of the Workforce Allocation Tool.
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RAND investigated cost-effective workforce-management strategies, alternative workload allocations, and the relevant best practices of comparable organizations to assist the Navy in managing the public shipyards. The Navy uses many practices common in other organizations, but reducing planned levels of overtime and increasing the permanent journeyman staff at the public shipyards could cost-effectively hedge against future workload growth.
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"The U.S. Navy spends nearly $4 billion annually on maintaining ships. Most of this work is done at public shipyards that perform some of the most complex tasks the Department of Defense must accomplish. Shipyard managers face some unique challenges. The shipyards are required to be flexible enough to meet both planned and emerging operational needs that can cause significant disruptions to schedulesand workloads. Laws and policies dictating when, where, and by whom maintenance can be performed limit management options."
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"RAND therefore investigated cost-effective workforce-management strategies, alternative workload allocations, and the relevant best practices of comparable organizations. The authors concluded that the Navy uses practices common in other organizations to manage workload variability and uncertainty. However, the Navy's workload forecasts have consistently underestimated the eventual demand on the shipyards. To accomplish the additional, unplanned work, the Navy has used overtime levels that significantly exceed cost-effective levels."--Jacket.
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United States.-- Personnel management.
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United States.
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Navy-yards and naval stations-- United States-- Management.
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Warships-- United States-- Maintenance and repair-- Cost effectiveness.
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Armed Forces-- Personnel management.
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Navy-yards and naval stations-- Management.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom Security-- General.
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TECHNOLOGY-- Military Science.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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623.8/30683
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VA69.U84 2008
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15.87bcl
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89.85bcl
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| Added Entry
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Riposo, Jessie.
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United States., Navy.
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| Parallel Title
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United States Navy shipyards
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