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Top-Level Communication: The Real Key to Asset Management
“Whatever made you successful in the past won't in the future.” Lew Platt, the former Chairman and CEO of Hewlett Packard, once said those words. That business platitude serves as a reminder that successful businesses are transformational, adapting to changing market forces to grow while operating at peak efficiency.
But change can’t happen in a vacuum. Operational efficiencies can’t be realized without clear, complete communication among stakeholders. When communication is lacking, the weight of creating efficiencies may be unfairly borne on the backs of one group, rather than being shared.
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Three Questions with Craig Aycock
Craig Aycock is National Transaction Manager for Trammell Crow Company, a global real estate services firm. The editors of “Managing Change” recently learned more about the role of federal lease brokers, and learned more about the GSA National Broker Contract. |
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FRPA Survey Shows Lack of Communication on PMA Initiatives
Federal real property professionals are seldom asked for their input in such President’s Management Agenda (PMA) initiatives as e-Government and Budget & Performance Integration, according to findings from a recent survey by the Federal Real Property Association (FRPA). The survey was released at the association’s professional development conference in October.
Are top agency executives failing to provide meaningful direction to real property professionals in balancing such factors as personnel, supplies, and facilities against adjustments in other business processes? This article provides a summary of the FRPA survey.
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ASIP: A Tool for Army Transformation
In the realm of installation management, few tools are as useful as the Army Stationing and Installation Plan (ASIP) database. Created in the 1980s, ASIP is a database that represents the planning populations for Army installations; it is typically used for decision support on military construction, base operations and installation management.
Now a Web-based application employed by over 2,500 individuals throughout the Army, ASIP has also become the primary data feed source for many decision processes including Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC). This article provides an overview of the ASIP database. |
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