Managing a Situation of Over-Hire in a Government Research Development and Engineering Agency without Firing Employees

Abstract

This project shows a situation many managers face, a reduction drill. May it be in private industry or a government agency; it is not easy for any manager to have to be part of a Reduction in Force (RIF). On the government side, there are many rules, regulation and levels of authority government managers have to follow, but nevertheless there are a number of available tools to use when reducing personnel to avoid firing employees. The project simulates a Research Development and Engineering Agency (RDEA) with 3000 employees. Characteristics of comparable agencies have been studied from 2013 and 2014 data in order to determine proper numbers and distributions to superimpose in the simulation. The numbers show that it is possible to reduce a number of employees if given enough time to plan and implement the available tools. Key Terms − Authority, Budget, Table of Distributions and Allowances, VERA/VSIP.