Program/Project Management Resource List #59

Revised Aug. 2007

Provided by the NASA Headquarters Library

As the golden anniversary of the foundation of NASA approaches, NASA faces a crisis. Many of NASA's scientists and engineers are as old-or older-than NASA itself. NASA's contractors face the same problem. Knowledge management can preserve the tradecraft that NASA developed over the years, but tradecraft is only worth preserving if there is someone to use it. This pathfinder explores how NASA can stem the "brain drain" of retirement and compete for the dwindling population of technically skilled American workers. For a longer perspective, please look at the library's pathfinders on Scientific Literacy and Science Education.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call (358-0172) or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your Local Library for the availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

Policies

NASA's human resources and personnel policies and procedural requirements can be accessed by anyone through the NASA Online Directives Information System.

Books

Fields, Martha R. A. Indispensable Employees: How to Hire Them, How to Keep Them. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, 2001.

HF5549.5 .R44 F54 2001 BOOKSTACKS

 

Kelly, Terrence K, William P. Butz, et al. (eds.). The U.S. Scientific and Technical Workforce: Improving Data for Decisionmaking. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2004.

Q149 .U5 R36 W67 2004 BOOKSTACKS

 

Li, Allen. Space Shuttle: Human Capital Challenges Require Management Attention: Statement of Allen Li, Associate Director, Defense Acquisitions Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division. Washington, DC: GAO, 2000.

TL795.5 .L52 2000 BOOKSTACKSS

 

National Academy of Public Administration. Balancing a Multisector Workforce to Achieve a Healthy Organization. Washington, DC: National Academy of Public Administration, 2007.

JK765 .B35 2007 BOOKSTACKS

 

National Research Council. Committee on Meeting the Workforce Needs for the National Vision for Space Exploration. Issues Affecting the Future of the U.S. Space Science and Engineering Workforce: Interim Report. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2006.

Q149 .U5 N38 S63 2006 BOOKSTACKS Note: also available online at http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11642.

 

Roecks, Alan L. Will There Be Enough Information Technology Managers in 2010?. Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 2006.

HF5549.5 .R44 I54 2006 BOOKSTACKS

 

Soat, Douglas M. Managing Engineers and Technical Employees: How to Attract, Motivate, and Retain Excellent People. Boston, MA: Artech House, 1996.

TA190 .S667 1996 PPM-STACKS

 

United States. Merit Systems Protection Board. The Federal Workforce for the Twenty-First Century: Results of the Merit Principles Survey 2000: A Report to the President and the Congress of the United States. Washington, DC: U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, 2003.

JK765 .U55 2003 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. NASA Workforce and Management Challenges: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, July 18, 2002. Washington, DC: U.S. G.P.O.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. Congressional Sales Office, 2003.

KF27 .S39 N36 2003 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Space Shuttle: Human Capital and Safety Upgrade Challenges Require Continued Attention. Washington, DC: GAO, 2000.

TL795.5 .S734 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

__________. The NASA Workforce: Does NASA Have the Right Strategy and Policies to Retain and Build the Workforce It Will Need?: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, June 13, 2006. Washington, DC: U.S. G.P.O.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2006.

KF27 .S32 W67 2006 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. Government Accountability Office. Defense Space Activities: Additional Actions Needed to Implement Human Capital Strategy and Develop Space Personnel. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2004.

UG773 .G36 D44 2004 PPM-STACKS

 

__________. Defense Space Activities: Management Actions Are Needed to Better Identify, Track, and Train Air Force Space Personnel. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2006.

UG773 .G36 D44 2006 PPM-STACKS

 

__________. Defense Space Activities: Management and Guidance Performance Measures Needed to Develop Personnel. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2005.

UG773 .G36 D44 2005 PPM-STACKS

 

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA's Workforce Plan: For the Use of the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 Authorities. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Human Resources, 2004.

TL521.312 .N3752 2004 BOOKSTACKS

 

__________. Strategic Human Capital Implementation Plan. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2003.

TL521.312 .S772 2003 BOOKSTACKS

 

__________. Strategic Human Capital Plan. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2003.

TL521.312 .S77 2003 BOOKSTACKS

 

__________. Office of Human Resources and Education. National Recruitment Initiative. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2002.

TL521.312 .N366 2002 BOOKSTACKS

 

Walker, David M. NASA Management Challenges: Human Capital and Other Critical Areas Need to be Addressed: Statement of David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States. Washington, DC: The Office, 2002.

TL521.312 .W36 2002 BOOKSTACKS

Articles and Reports

Anselmo, Joseph C. "Vanishing Act: Baby Boomer Retirements Could Trigger A and D Engineering Crisis", Aviation Week and Space Technology, vol. CLXVI, no. 6 (5 Feb. 2007), p. 44-46.

 

Bachkosky, J. M., J. B. Erickson, et al. Science and Technology Community in Crisis, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition), Washington, DC, 1 May 2002

(ADA423395: (May 2002) DTIC)

 

Fountain, Augustus W., III. Transforming Defense Basic Research Strategy. US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, PA, 3 May 2004.

(ADA424085: (May 2004) DTIC)

 

Gibbs, Michael. "Returns to Skills and Personnel Management: U.S. Department of Defense Scientists and Engineers", Economic Inquiry, vol. XLIV, no. 2 (April 2006), p. 199-214.

Available through Wilson Select Plus

 

Gotz, Glenn A., Karen W. Tyson, Col. Lyndon S. Anderson, and Douglas Wink. Comparative Costs of Air Force Military and Civilians in Selected Science and Engineering Specialties, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA, Sept. 2004.

(ADA439112: (Sept. 2004) DTIC)

 

Hedden, Carole. "Workforce Matters", Aviation Week and Space Technology, vol. CLX, no. 18 (3 May 2004), p. 50-52.

 

Jordan, Gretchen. "What Matters to R and D Workers", Research Technology Management, vol. XLVIII, no. 3 (May June 2005), p. 23-32.

 

Kehrli, Sommer, and Trudy Sopp. "Managing Generation Y", HR Magazine, vol. LI, no. 5 (May 2006), sec. 113-114, col. 119, p. 116.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Landreth, Dex Y. AFMC Civilian Retention: Forecasting Policy on the Future of the Civilian Workforce, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, 23 March 2006

(ADA446640: (March 2006) DTIC)

 

Lord, Robert L. "Traditional motivation theories and older engineers", Engineering Management Journal, vol. XIV, no. 3 (Sept. 2002), p. 3-7.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Marshall, Michael L., Timothy Coffey, Fred E. Saalfeld, and Rita R. Colwell. "The Science and Engineering Workforce and National Security", Defense Horizons, no. 39 (April 2004), p. 1-12.

(ADA424472: (April 2004) DTIC)

 

Mayfield, Robert W., and Charles B. Keating. "Major Factors That Influence Employment Decisions of Generation X Consulting Engineers", Engineering Management Journal, vol. XV, no. 2 (June 2003), p. 35-43.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Parson, Ellen. "The Utility Leaders of the Future", Transmission and Distribution World, vol. LVIII, no. 1 (Jan. 2006), p. 56-61.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Reese, Melissa Proffitt, Linda Rowings, and Tiffany Sharpley. "Employee Benefits of the Future", Employee Benefit Plan Review vol. LXI, no. 7 (Jan. 2007), p. 21-25.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Rothwell, William J., and Stan Poduch. "Introducing Technical (Not Managerial) Succession Planning", Public Personnel Management, vol. XXXIII, no. 4 (Winter 2004), p. 405-419.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Schneider, Jay W. "Three-tiered Plan Keeps Skilled Employees", Building Design and Construction, vol. XLVII, no. 6 (May 2006), p. S17-S18.

Available through Wilson Select Plus

 

Short, Tim, and Jim Schwendinger. "How To Win the War for Talent", Aviation Week and Space Technology, vol. CLXVI, no. 6 (5 Feb. 2007), p. 54.

 

Stern, Stefan. "The new generation game", Human Resources, April 2005, p. 28-31.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Theiss, Stephen. "The Dynamic Change in Workforce Motivation: How Did We Get Here?", Employee Benefit Plan Review, vol. LXI, no. 8 (Feb. 2007), p. 14-15.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Internet Resources

The National Academies. Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future. 2006 [6 April 2007]

http://fermat.nap.edu/catalog/11463.html

 

National Science Foundation. Division of Science Resources Statistics. Federal Scientists and Engineers: 1998–2002. 13 May 2005 [10 April 2007]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf05304/

 

Stewart, Mike. NASA Human Capital Management. 2 April 2007 [5 April 2007].

http://nasapeople.nasa.gov/

 

__________. NASA Human Capital Program. 26 March 2007 [5 April 2007].

http://nasapeople.nasa.gov/HCM/default.htm

 

__________. NASA Workforce Implementation Plan. 2 April 2007 [5 April 2007].

http://nasapeople.nasa.gov/HCM/index_sbg.htm

 

Weaver, Karen. NASA Recruiting. 11 Jan. 2007 [5 April 2007].

http://nasapeople.nasa.gov/recruitment/index.htm