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Show moreHow do we reliably sustain performance of the US defense assets over their expected life cycles in an industry where the legacy skills of employees at an average age of 49 will soon be lost to attrition? While the defense industry has illustrated reliable results in the past, we now must pay serious attention to the Human Capital if we are to continue to sustain performance. This study examines the ways that HC is understood and monitored by upper echelon who work in high-tech defense companies, government as well as individuals in academia who are familiar with the defense industry.
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Show moreThis study provides quantitative evidence for the feasibility of predicting business results by measuring the concept of Team Health and establishing a relationship with measures of team performance and business outcomes. Dimensions of Team Health are identified and evidence from the research literature on organization behavior and performance is presented to support the validity of the constructs. Mediated relationships among the outcome variables, also derived from research in organizational behavior, are hypothesized and tested. The measurement of Team Health is based on the responses to eleven of fifteen statements collected quarterly in a multi-national defense industry firm from all members of program teams in a company-wide survey of all programs for 2006 and 2007. Given the results of these analyses, the model of Team Health is specified and estimated and evidence is offered for the effect of Team Health on business outcomes including the direct affect of Team Health on program performance, and through the influence of program performance on customer satisfactions, and finally the impact of Team Health on business results.
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Show moreWithin the hightech defense industry, product reliability results are delivered through the integration of technology solutions and process innovation. This is entirely a result of the ways that people in defense corporations and government agencies develop and use their talent. However, due to the increased average age of defense industry employees and the bimodal distribution characteristics of most technical companies, sustainability of performance is currently at risk. A robust and meaningful way to measure human capital and its contribution to the corporation’s net worth is essential to enabling analysis, discussion and appropriate investment. Unfortunately, literature dedicated to human resource accounting is scant. The material that does exist focuses primarily on fullcost analysis of human resource efforts or counting demographic aspects of the workforce in an organization (such as the number of college degrees). Neither of these approaches helps us understand the distinct aspects of human resource capital, its utilization, or the degree of capital expenditure and/or reinvestment for a particular company or agency at any point in time. Clearly, new concepts, measures and models are needed.
Doctorate of Management Programs
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