Research/Evaluation Report
Economic and Workforce Impacts of Hurricane Katrina, Demographic and Related Changes on NASA's...
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Assesses the impacts of several factors, which include Hurricane Katrina and the aging workforce, on NASA’s Space Shuttle Program and offers findings and recommended strategies that may be useful to regions facing major economic catastrophes or other economic dislocation.
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin analyzed various factors, including the effects of Hurricane Katrina, that may adversely affect the ability of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program to accomplish its mission between now and fly-out in September 2010. The study recommended strategies for addressing identified issues (p.9). (Abstractor: Author and Website Staff)
Full publication title: Economic and Workforce Impacts of Hurricane Katrina, Demographic and Related Changes on NASA's Space Shuttle Program: Findings and Recommendations, Summary Report
Major Findings and Recommendations
• "The imminent termination of the Space Shuttle Program...created uncertainty about future job prospects" for NASA’s contractor employees (p.15).
• Flight scheduling pressures that had been imposed to meet the revised schedule for the 2010 fly-out deadline contributed to worker stress for NASA’s contractor employees (p.14).
• Paper work, bureaucracy, and poor communication hindered NASA’s contractor employees from implementing efficient systems and processes (p.17).
• The continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina was affecting NASA’s "ability to recruit new workers to replace those who have left or will leave due to retirement and other exigencies" (p.22). (Abstractor: Author and Website Staff)
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- Resource Publication Date: 2007
- Author(s): King, Christopher T.; Smith, Tara; Anderson, MaryAnn; Hadley, Bradley, et al.
- Organizational Author(s): Ray Marshall Center for Human Resources at the University of Texas at Austin
- Funding Source: NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
- Resource Availability: Publicly available
- Posted by: Wesley Peterson
- Posted in: Workforce System Strategies