02797cam a2200397 i 4500 rnd000000000047785 RAND 920212s1991 caua b 000 0 eng d 91209367 083301093X RAND/R-3985-DOS (Sirsi) a189008 $20.00 CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- JX1706.A4 .W56 1991 Winnefeld, James A., 1929- author. Improving work force management in the Department of State : the program planning and budget interface / James A. Winnefeld. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1991. xv, 39 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "National Defense Research Institute"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 39). Drawing on interviews with middle managers within the Department of State, this report describes the department's current work force management system and outlines two alternative systems that might better fit with the department's emerging program planning and budgeting system. The author developed a simple model of the two alternative systems and examined each of the subsystems and most of the linkages among them with the objective of identifying strengths and weaknesses. When this model is applied to the current work force system, the analysis suggests that the system suffers from the lack of a requirements subsystem and an inadequate role for central personnel managers in budget development and review. The first alternative system defined provides for greater centralization of work force management authority, and the second further decentralizes authorities that characterize the current system. The current system and both alternatives were assessed against two sets of criteria: the strength they provide to the linkages among complementary subsystems and ten generalized total system performance parameters. All three systems have strengths, and the author makes recommendations for each system that reflects those strengths. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. United States. Department of State Appropriations and expenditures. United States. Department of State Personnel management. National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). Acquisition and Support Policy Program. Rand Corporation. United States. Department of State. Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3985/ 598509 598509