Program/Project Management Resource List #25

Revised Aug. 2007

The arts of the leader and the manager are two sides of one coin. While a leader is concerned with morale and vision, a manager is concerned with the nitty-gritty of getting things done. While that sounds clear enough, there are still questions that need to be addressed. Are the "ingredients" for successful managers the same in every industry? How are they measured and ranked? This resource list examines these questions.

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NASA Policies

NASA Policy Directive 1280.1: NASA Management System Policy

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 3432.1: Performance Based Reduction In Grade or Removal Actions

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 3435.1A: NASA Performance Management Plan for the Senior Executive Service

Books

American Compensation Association. Raising the Bar: Using Competencies to Enhance Employee Performance. Scottsdale, AZ: The Association, 1996.

HF5549.5 .C67 R35 1996 BOOKSTACKS

 

Grote, Richard C. The Complete Guide to Performance Appraisal. New York, NY: AMACOM, 1996.

HF5549.5 .R3 G64 1996 PPM-STACKS

 

National Performance Review. Serving the American Public: Best Practices in Performance Measurement: Benchmarking Study Report. Washington, DC: National Performance Review, 1997.

JK421 .N358 1997 PPM-STACKS

 

Smith, Ralph R. Performance Management: Performance Standards and You. Huntsville, AL: FPMI Communications, 1996.

HF5549.5 .P35 S54 1996 PPM-STACKS

 

Wiley, Mary Katherine. The Federal Manager's Guide to Improving Employee Performance. Huntsville, AL: FPMI Communications, 2001.

HF5549.5 .P35 W67 2001 PPM-STACKS

Articles and Reports

Becker, Katherine M., Deborah Rae Mulligan, Gail L. Szenasi, and Stephen Vernon Crowder. Leaderhip Development Study: Success Profile Competencies and High-Performing Leaders at Sandia National Laboratories. SAND--2005-2081. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM., April 2005.

(882353: (30 April 2007) DoE Information Bridge)

 

Berman, Evan M., and Johnathan P. West. "Solutions to the Problem of Managerial Mediocrity: Moving Up to Excellence", Public Performance and Management Review, vol. XXVII, no. 2, (Dec. 2003), p. 30-52.

 

__________. "What is Managerial Mediocrity? Definition, Prevalence, and Negative Impact", Public Performance and Management Review, vol. XXVII, no. 2, (Dec. 2003), p. 9-29.

 

Cheng, M., A. Dainty, and D. Moore, "Towards a multidimensional competency-based managerial performance framework: A hybrid approach", Journal of Managerial Psychology, vol. XX, no. 5 (2005), p. 380-396.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Levenson, A., W. van der Stede, and S. Cohen. "Measuring the Relationship Between Managerial Competencies and Performance", Journal of Management, vol. XXXII, no. 3 (June 2006), p. 360-380.

Available through Wilson Select Plus

 

Macaulay, Michael, and Alan Lawton. "From Virtue to Competence: Changing the Principles of Public Service", Public Administration Review, vol. LXVI, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 2006), p. 702-710.

 

Manderlink, G., L.P. Clark, W.M. Bernstein, and W.W. Burke. "Management behavior, group climate and performance appraisal at NASA", in R and D Productivity: New Challenges for the US Space Program, NASA-TM-87520, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, 10-11 Sep. 1985.

(19860005693: (4 Nov. 2005) NTRS)

 

Mustapha, F.H., and Naoum, S. "Factors influencing the effectiveness of construction site managers", International Journal of Project Management, vol. XVI, no. 1 (Feb. 1998), p. 1-8.

 

Ruth, Damian. "Frameworks of managerial competence: limits, problems and suggestions", Journal of European Industrial Training, vol. XXX, no. 3 (2006), p. 206-226.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Walker, Carol A. "Saving Your Rookie Managers from Themselves", Harvard Business Review, vol. LXXX, no. 4 (April 2002), p. 97-102.

Internet Resources

The Alliance of Sector Councils. A Framework - Management of Competencies, Skills, and Standards for Small Business Owner/Operator/Entrepreneur for the Sector Councils Steering Committee. September 1995. [21 Aug. 2007].

http://www.councils.org/1small_business/guideline/index_e.cfm

 

Council for Excellence in Government. 2006 [20 Aug. 2007].

http://www.excelgov.org/index.php

 

Hoffman, Edward. Ask Magazine Archive. Professional Growth. 2006 [20 Aug. 2007].

http://appel.nasa.gov/ask/archives/lessons.php?lesson=17

 

Management Standards Centre. 2007 [21 Aug. 2007].

http://www.management-standards.org/

 

Riesco, Melissa. Leadership and Management Development. 11 Jan. 2007 [20 Aug. 2007].

http://www.leadership.nasa.gov/index.htm

 

Results.gov. 2007 [20 Aug. 2007].

http://www.whitehouse.gov/results/index.html

 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Performance Management. 2001. [21 Aug. 2007].

http://www.opm.gov/perform/index.asp

 

__________. Senior Executive Service. Executive Core Qualifications. 2006 [20 Aug. 2007].

http://www.opm.gov/ses/qualify.asp

 

World Health Organization. MAKER (Managers taking Action based on Knowledge and Effective use of resources to achieve Results). General management topics: Overall competencies. 2007 [21 Aug. 2007].

http://www.who.int/management/general/overall/en/index.html