Manpower waste

Article type: Short Communication

Authors: Mackenzie, Kenneth D.^{a; b}

Affiliations: [a] School of Business, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, U.S.A. | [b] Organizational Systems, Inc., Lawrence, KS 66044, U.S.A.

Abstract: Manpower waste is an important part of manpower supply and demand. Less manpower waste can yield more output with the same size organization and affect turnover. Many of the causes of manpower waste lie in how the organization is managed to achieve its goals and strategies. A new approach called the Organizational Audit and Analysis is described to design organizations to be more productive and adaptive. This approach can be used to identify manpower waste, to eliminate it, and to maintain the organization to prevent it.

Keywords: Human resource planning, manpower waste, organizational audit, organizational analysis, organizational architecture, organizational design, organizational logic, productivity, vulnerability

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-1982-3209

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 136-142, 1982