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How They Do It at Boeing We talk a lot about books on management and how to make your organization work better, and we take a look at the way contractors do bus...

Federal News Network Staff

January 6, 2009 7:20 pm

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How They Do It at Boeing

We talk a lot about books on management and how to make your organization work better, and we take a look at the way contractors do business with the Federal government quite a bit. Peter Cohan’s “You Can’t Order Change: Lessons From Jim McNerney’s Turnaround at Boeing” does both, and he talked about the book on today’s show.

WEB EXTRA: The sound file includes more discussion of the book that you didn’t hear on the radio!

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Overseeing the Overseers

The Bernie Madoff scandal has raised some interest in the Securities and Exchange Commission on Capital Hill. The House Financial Services Committee looked into the SEC’s response to allegations about Madoff’s misconduct at a hearing yesterday. Our highlights included testimony from the Inspector General at the SEC, David Kotz.

Personnel Matters

The so-called “retirement wave”, attracting new Federal employees, and some other issues are ready for the new Director of the Office of Personnel Management to take on. Former OPM Director Linda Springer, now with Ernst and Young, offered some suggestions to the new OPM leader on how to get things done at the agency.

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COMING TOMORROW: A video of part of my interview with Linda Springer.