US Defense Contractor Raytheon and Its Features

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Савченко ◽  
Evgeniy Savchenko
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Business Development ◽  
Defense Contractor ◽  
Us Military ◽  
Key Features ◽  
Us Federal Government ◽  
Military Budget

The article considers the key features of US defense contractor Raytheon and business trends and prospects of business development in modern conditions, which are characterized by crisis trends in US military budget. The attention is also paid to the fact that the company has managed to show growth of financials in spite of the fact of declining orders from US federal government.

Does psychological empowerment condition the impact of public service motivation on perceived organizational performance? Evidence from the US federal government

2021 ◽  
pp. 002085232110089
Author(s):  
Jae Young Lim ◽  
Kuk-Kyoung Moon ◽  
Robert K. Christensen
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Public Service Motivation ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Work Related ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Federal Government ◽  
The Impact

Although the relationships between public service motivation and work-related outcomes are contingent on an employee’s psychological state, little empirical evidence exists on whether psychological empowerment conditions the relationship between public service motivation and perceived organizational performance in public organizations. This study addresses this gap by examining data from the 2010 US Merit Principles Survey on psychological empowerment’s moderating role between public service motivation and the perceived achievement of organizational goals, as well as the perceived quality of work-unit products and services in the US federal government. First, the findings indicate that public service motivation and psychological empowerment improve both of these perceived organizational performance measures. Second, the findings indicate that the link between public service motivation and perceived organizational performance is slightly enhanced when public employees feel more psychologically empowered. Points for practitioners This article offers practical lessons for practitioners who are concerned about improving organizational performance. Emphasizing the importance of psychological empowerment in strengthening the link between public service motivation and perceived organizational performance, the article suggests a critical need to cultivate psychological empowerment in the public sector, which has been under heavy pressure to do more with less in a rapidly changing environment.

The Realities of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

2003 ◽  
pp. 74-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Diamond Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Resources Management ◽  
Information Resources Management ◽  
Workforce Retention ◽  
Us Federal Government ◽  
Federal Workforce

The strategic management practices required for the use of information and information technologies under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (P.L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. § 3501) comprise an important toolkit for federal agencies. There is a special need for strategic planning and management of information in an era of electronic government initiatives, homeland security, federal workforce retention problems, and inter/intra-governmental agency data sharing programs and systems. The PRA sets the policy agenda for information resources management in the US federal government and places the guidance and oversight for enacting the PRA in the Executive Office of Management and Budget (OMB). At both the level of guidance and practice, the PRA has had mixed success since it was initially signed into law in 1980. OMB has not met its statutory responsibilities under the PRA, and the federal government is left without a cohesive direction and agenda for information resources management.

The practices of performance management and low performers in the US Federal Government

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-433
Author(s):  
Hyung-Woo Lee ◽  
Dong-Young Rhee
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Performance Measure ◽  
News Article ◽  
Multinomial Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Federal Government

Purpose Addressing low performers has been an important issue for government. The purpose of this paper is to examine what practices of performance management are effective in reducing the proportion of low performers in the US federal government. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted the binary logit regression analysis and multinomial regression analysis. Findings Analyzing the Merit Principle Survey 2016, the authors found that the dismissal of low performing employees and the formal performance improvement plan (PIP) is the most effective in reducing the proportion of low performers. To the contrary, the within-grade-increase did not have a significant influence on the proportion of low performers. Moreover, using the performance appraisal for the purpose of reassigning employees to the position that better match employees’ talent increased the number of low performers in work units. Research limitations/implications Research limitations are as follows. First, the performance measure for this study was the percentage of employees rated as unsuccessful. Second, the pseudo-R2 indicated that the proposed model explained only the small, albeit significant, portion of the total variance in employee performance. Lastly, this study used a cross-sectional research design that may impede the validity of inference of causalities. Practical implications According to a recent news article (Rein, 2018), Trump signed an executive order that limits the stable benefits associated with government employment such as, limiting pay associated with union work and negotiating more stringent union contracts. These measures are largely aimed at eliminating low performing employees rather than attempting to improve their performances through carefully designed training programs. Although removing low performers may be an option, the results indicate that providing assistance in order to develop employee knowledge and skills through the PIP have a comparable impact on reducing low performers. Originality/value These findings imply that the use of performance evaluation for developmental or sanctioning purpose is more effective than reassignment or incentive purpose.

A strong or weak state? Race and the US federal government in the 1920s

1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desmond King
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Weak State ◽  
The Us ◽  
Us Federal Government

Separate and Unequal: Black Americans and the US Federal Government.

1997 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 912
Author(s):  
Nancy J. Weiss ◽  
Desmond King
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Black Americans ◽  
The Us ◽  
Separate And Unequal ◽  
Us Federal Government

A must for agencies or a candidate for deletion

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 57-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry Li Xie
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Research Question ◽  
The United States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Grounded Theory Methodology ◽  
Classic Grounded Theory ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Us Federal Government

Purpose This paper aims to report on a study that aimed at analyzing the relationships between information security and records management (RM), both as programs/functions established in organizations. Similar studies were not found in relevant literature. Design/methodology/approach The study used the classic grounded theory methodology. Pursuing the general curiosity about the information security-RM relationship in organizations, the study selected the United States (US) Federal Government as its field of entrance and followed the process of the classic grounded theory methodology that starts from the letting of the emergence of the research question to the formulation of a substantive theory that answered the question. Findings On the emergent question that why, despite the legislative establishment of agency RM programs and the use of the term records in their work, the US Federal Government information security community considered RM a candidate for deletion (CFD), the study coded the truncated application of the encompassing definition of records as the underlying reason. By this code, along with its three properties, i.e. limitations by the seemingly more encompassing coverage of information, insufficient legislative/regulatory support and the use of the terms of evidence and preservation in the records definition, the CFD consideration and the associated phenomena of unsound legislative/regulatory conceptualization, information shadow, information ignorance and archival shadow were explained. Research limitations/implications The study results suggested the data for subsequent theoretical sampling to be the operational situations of individual agency RM programs. Practical implications The rationale presented in the study regarding the encompassing nature of records and the comprehensive scope of RM program can be used for building strong RM business cases. Originality/value The study appears to be the first of its kind, which examined the RM–information security relationship in a very detailed setting.

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