Quick Response for Special Needs. Task 40. Primer for Airport Organizational Redesign

Periodically airports redesign their workforce and organizational structure, transform their business model, or move in a different direction. Yet even after implementation, airports may not realize the anticipated benefits or find the redesign is unsustainable over time. ACRP Synthesis 40: Issues with Airport Organization and Reorganization (2013) explored past and then-current practices in operational design. Since then, much research on organizational redesign has been done outside the airport industry, as organizational needs and models continue to evolve. NCHRP Project 20-24(95), "Ensuring Essential Capability for the Future Transportation Agency" conducted research that resulted in a chapter on Organizational Management. There is no organizational structure that will work for all airports. The type and size of the airport, the governance structure, the presence of, or lack of a union, and other factors must be considered during an assessment. The concept of sustainable organizational redesign is not new, but the trends and latest practices are not as well known to airport staff. Therefore, this information needs to be adapted to airports. The objective of this research was to develop a primer to guide airports in determining an organizational redesign that addresses their current and emerging business needs and requirements that are applicable to all size airports.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5040

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $100000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 11-02, Task 40

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Airport Cooperative Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC    20001

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Project Managers:

  Greenberger, Marci

• Performing Organizations:

  ICF International

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• Principal Investigators:

  Cronin, Candace

• Start Date: 20201110
• Expected Completion Date: 20210923
• Actual Completion Date: 20210923

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport operations; Airport planning; Airports; Business models; Governance; Guidelines; Improvements; Organizational effectiveness; Strategic planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Design; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01748079
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 11-02, Task 40
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 18 2020 10:51AM