Economies of scale and implementation efficiencies of fully integrated environmental programs in view of fiscal uncertainties: A case for consolidation of environmental services at federal installations

Robert J. Harrington
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In spite of an extraordinary administrative burden, most environmental support services at military and other federal installations tend to be split among various contractors along functional lines. This portioning of services introduces many inefficiencies and fails to take advantage of potential economies of scale. Inefficiencies can be worsened dramatically when funding uncertainties are introduced. Consolidation of all environmental services at a federal facility, including environmental operations and maintenance, under a single contract facilitates a phenomenon of organizational integration. With management attention, integration can be nurtured and maximized, substantially reducing program costs while dramatically improving quality and responsiveness.

The natural world is replete with examples from which we may learn to be better managers. Uncertainties in program funding create essentially the same challenges to business managers as uncertainties in the supply of food and nutrients present to natural populations. By viewing temporal trends in programfunding in the same way that nature views trends in resource supply we may better understand how the introduction of funding uncertainties impacts the evolution of the optimal team size and skill mix. And we may also evaluate how a fully integrated environmental program can work to offset the deleterious effects of unpredictable program funding.

考虑到财政不确定性,全面整合环境项目的规模经济和实施效率:联邦机构环境服务整合案例
尽管行政负担特别重,但军事和其他联邦设施的大多数环境支助服务往往按职能划分给不同的承包商。这种服务分配方式带来了许多效率低下的问题,并且无法利用潜在的规模经济。当引入资金不确定性时,效率低下可能会急剧恶化。将联邦设施的所有环境服务,包括环境操作和维护,合并到一份合同下,有助于实现组织一体化。有了管理层的关注,集成可以得到培育和最大化,在显著提高质量和响应能力的同时,大大降低了项目成本。自然界充满了例子,我们可以从中学习成为更好的管理者。项目资金的不确定性给企业管理者带来的挑战,本质上与自然人口面临的食物和营养供应的不确定性相同。通过观察项目资金的时间趋势,就像自然界观察资源供应的趋势一样,我们可以更好地理解资金不确定性的引入是如何影响最优团队规模和技能组合的演变的。我们还可以评估一个全面整合的环境项目如何能够抵消不可预测的项目资金的有害影响。
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