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PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESOURCE LIST #59

Revised September 2017

Provided by the NASA Headquarters Library

As the golden anniversary of NASA’s founding recedes into memory, NASA and its chief contractors face a crisis. Many of their scientists and engineers are as old-or older-than NASA itself. 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. As NASA faces a time of transition when it will no longer be able to launch people into space, its ability to recruit and retain talented scientists and engineers may be impaired. This webpage explores how NASA can stem the “brain drain” of retirement and successfully compete for technically skilled American workers. For information on NASA’s growing need for managerial talent, please see the library’s webpage on Executive Resource Management. For more information on what can be done about this situation in the long run, please see the library’s webpages on Science Education, and Communicating Science.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: Call x0168 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.

BOOKS 24X7

• Rothwell, William J. Effective Succession Planning 5th ed. 2016. SATERN
• Meister, Jeanne C. The Future Workplace Experience: 10 Rules For Mastering Disruption in Recruiting and Engaging Employee. 2017. SATERN
• Saporito, Thomas J. Inside CEO Succession: The Essential Guide to Leadership Transition. 2012. SATERN
• Berger, Lance A. The Talent Management Handbook: Creating a Sustainable Competitive Advantage by Selecting, Developing, and Promoting the Best People. 2011. SATERN

HQ LIBRARY CATALOG

• Hannam, Susan. Engaging a Multi-generational Workforce: Practical Advice for Government Managers. 2011. HF5549.5.M5 H366 2011

NASA TECHNICAL REPORTS

• Riley, Betsy N; et al. Early Career Hire Rapid Training and Development Program: Status Report External Online: JPL Beacon. 2009. NTRS 20150011933
• Topousis, Daria E. Multi-Generational Knowledge Sharing for NASA Engineers External Online: JPL Beacon. 2009. NTRS 20150011935
• Rieber, Richard. Phaeton: Training Young Engineers at JPL External Online JPL Beacon. 2009. NTRS 20150011951

NASA INTERNET RESOURCES

• Preparing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators: Identifying and Developing Our Nation’s Human CapitalNational Science Board
• NASA Human Capital 2015: A Guide to Building a Highly Engaged Workforce

NODIS (NASA ONLINE DIRECTIVES INFORMATION SYSTEM) NPD AND NPR:

Human Capital Management
Policy Info: NPD 3000.1C

Strategic Workforce Planning
Policy Info: NPD 3010.1A