大锦囊001think.com(品牌营销第一资料库)海量精品策划资料!QQ:1242116556SecretaryofDefenseCorporateFellowsProgramFINALREPORTMCKINSEY&COMPANY,LLPLTCKeithA.Armstrong,USAMay2003TABLEOFCONTENTSExecutiveSummary……….………………………………………………3McKinsey&Company……………………………………………………4QuotableQuotes…………………………………………………………..6TheParadox………………………………………………………………7ThePrivateSector–atWar……………………………………………….9TheMilitary–theUniformedWarforTalent.……………………………14PersonalPerspectives…………………………………………………….21Findings/Recommendations………………………………………………24Conclusion.………………………………………………………………..26Figures…………………………………………………………………….29Bibliography………………………………………………………………49EXECUTIVESUMMARYThisreportisanoverviewofthefellowshipconductedatMcKinsey&CompanyinHouston,Texas,fromAugust1999toJune2000aspartoftheSecretaryofDefenseCorporateFellowshipProgram(SDCFP).ThepurposeandscopeoftheSDCFPisoutlinedinDepartmentofDefenseDirective1322.23.Thiswasthefifthyearoftheprogram.WhileassignedtoMcKinsey&Company,IworkedprimarilyasanassociateperformingconsultingworkasamemberofaclientsupportteambasedoutoftheHoustonOffice.IdidhaveoccasiontoobservetheworkingsofthefirmatahigherlevelandinterviewedalloftheTexasofficepartnersduringthecourseoftheyear,butthemajorityoftheworkwasattheconsultingentrylevel.Ichosetoconcentratemyfocusforthisyear’sprojectonasubjectthatisofgreatconcerntotheDefenseDepartmentaswellasprivateindustry–theWarforTalent-theattraction,recruitmentandretentionoftoptalent.Intimesofnationaleconomicanddefensesuccess,organizationsarefacedwithasignificanthumanresourcescrisis.Unemploymentratesareaslowastheyhavebeenindecades.Interestratesaredown.Inflationisundercontrol.Marketshavebeensoaring.Sowhatisthecrisis?Thispaperwillattempttoanswerthatquestion.TheWarforTalentexistsinmanydifferentformswithnocookie-cuttersol...