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John C. Stennis Space Center (NASA)

Mission: To act as the primary center for rocket propulsion testing and home to NASA's applied sciences directorate.

Parent Agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Score: 72.5

Scores and Rankings

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Index Score	Score	Rank of 241
	80.4	2
Best in Class Scores	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Employee Skills/Mission Match	84.8	3 of 229
Strategic Management	70.7	5 of 229
Teamwork	78.2	4 of 229
Effective Leadership	72.5	2 of 229
Effective Leadership - Empowerment	71.3	1 of 229
Effective Leadership - Fairness	72.8	1 of 229
Effective Leadership - Leaders	67.6	6 of 229
Effective Leadership - Supervisors	77.8	4 of 229
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	63.6	3 of 229
Training and Development	79.2	1 of 229
Support for Diversity	76.9	1 of 229
Pay	71.8	23 of 229
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	47.3	40 of 229
Work/Life Balance	77.9	2 of 229

Index Score	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
	77.0	72.0	75.1	70.5
Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005	2003
Employee Skills/Mission Match	83.4	81.1	82.7	79.4
Strategic Management	67.6	60.5	63.3	59.4
Teamwork	79.6	78.4	79.2	76.6
Effective Leadership	71.2	65.3	64.0	57.7
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	62.0	60.0	57.3	50.1
Training and Development	79.4	73.8	71.3	70.0
Support for Diversity	75.4	75.0	72.4	68.1
Pay	78.5	70.3	72.5
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	55.7
Work/Life Balance	71.3	64.6	70.7	71.6

Previous Years

Best in Class Scores	2010	2009	2007	2005
Employee Skills/Mission Match	83.4	81.1	82.7	79.4
Strategic Management	67.6	60.5	63.3	59.4
Teamwork	79.6	78.4	79.2	76.6
Effective Leadership	71.2	65.3	64.0	57.7
Performance Based Rewards and Advancement	62.0	60.0	57.3	50.1
Training and Development	79.4	73.8	71.3	70.0
Support for Diversity	75.4	75.0	72.4	68.1
Pay	78.5	70.3	72.5
Family Friendly Culture and Benefits	55.7
Work/Life Balance	71.3	64.6	70.7	71.6

2010

Scores by Demographic	Score	Rank (out of varied totals)
Female	86.9	1 of 228
Male	80.4	8 of 226
40 and over	80.8	6 of 228
Under 40
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-racial
White	83.6	6 of 227
American Indian or Native American

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	82.4
Male	77.2
40 and over	79.9	74.2
Under 40		70.8
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino		70.9
Multi-racial		70.9
White	79.9
American Indian or Native American

Previous Years

Scores by Demographic	2010	2009
Female	82.4
Male	77.2
40 and over	79.9	74.2
Under 40		70.8
Asian
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino		70.9
Multi-racial		70.9
White	79.9
American Indian or Native American

Staff/Manager Alignment

Score: 16

More Aligned / More Satisfied: This agency has Best Places Index scores that exceed government-wide norms, as well as greater-than-normal alignment between staff and managers on key workforce issues. These results suggest that an agency is well positioned to maintain and improve on current efforts and to recognize shared challenges in order to better address them.

Trends

Index Scores	Best in Class Scores

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Year	National Aeronautics and Space Administration Index Score	Subcomponent High Performing Average	Subcomponent Average Index Score	Subcomponent Low Performing Average
2003		69.3	61.0	51.9
2005	70.5	73.0	62.9	52.3
2007	75.1	73.8	61.9	49.0
2009	72.0	74.8	64.0	54.0
2010	77.0	76.7	65.6	54.4
2011	80.4	75.1	63.7	51.4

Comparative Data — Subcomponent Averages

High Performing Average Scores	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
High Performing Average - Employee Skills	82.4	82.3	83.3	83.4	82.9	82.7
High Performing Average - Management	65.7	64.6	65.9	66.9	66.8	66.1
High Performing Average - Teamwork	73.7	77.2	78.7	79.1	74.9	74.5
High Performing Average - Leadership	64.6	69.5	70.7	71.3	66.5	65.9
High Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	53.2	55.8	56.7	58.1	59.1	58.0
High Performing Average - Training and Development	67.7	70.5	71.3	72.0	72.8	71.4
High Performing Average - Support for Diversity	69.0	68.9	68.8	70.9	68.7	68.4
High Performing Average - Pay			81.9	83.1	78.5	73.7
High Performing Average - Family Friendly					55.5	52.6
High Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	72.6	72.1	72.8	72.4	72.3	71.0

Average Index Scores	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Average for Employee Skills	78.4	77.6	77.7	78.5	78.1	77.7
Average for Management	59.1	56.9	56.6	58.6	57.5	57.7
Average for Teamwork	67.8	71.1	70.8	72.1	66.3	66.4
Average for Leadership	50.2	53.0	52.9	54.8	56.6	56.4
Average for Rewards and Advancement	45.4	47.0	46.9	48.5	49.0	48.2
Average for Training and Development	58.4	61.0	59.8	61.8	61.1	60.4
Average for Support for Diversity	61.7	60.0	59.4	62.3	58.9	59.3
Average for Pay			64.6	64.4	67.9	62.8
Average for Family Friendly					41.0	37.5
Average for Work/Life Balance	66.1	64.6	63.4	64.2	62.8	62.2

Low Performing Average Score	2003	2005	2007	2009	2010	2011
Low Performing Average - Employee Skills	73.6	72.0	71.1	72.9	72.0	71.8
Low Performing Average - Management	52.2	48.8	47.3	50.2	49.0	50.2
Low Performing Average - Teamwork	61.8	65.1	63.3	65.5	58.1	58.8
Low Performing Average - Leadership	38.9	38.2	36.9	39.7	47.6	47.9
Low Performing Average - Rewards and Advancement	37.7	38.0	36.3	39.3	39.9	39.5
Low Performing Average - Training and Development	50.3	51.0	48.1	52.4	50.1	49.2
Low Performing Average - Support for Diversity	54.7	51.5	49.8	53.1	50.1	51.2
Low Performing Average - Pay			45.7	43.1	57.2	52.4
Low Performing Average - Family Friendly					27.8	23.8
Low Performing Average - Work/Life Balance	59.4	57.0	54.8	56.0	53.9	53.5

Workforce Size and Trends

Number of Employees

Number of Employees in 2001: 282

Number of Employees in 2002: 289

Number of Employees in 2003: 287

Number of Employees in 2004: 293

Number of Employees in 2005: 271

Number of Employees in 2006: 265

Number of Employees in 2007: 257

Number of Employees in 2008: 258

Number of Employees in 2009: 256

Employees joined (2010): 10

Percentage joined (2010): 3.80%

Average joined (2005-2010): 12

Employees left (2010): 9

Percentage left (2010): 3.40%

Average left (2005-2010): 13

Rookie ratio (percentage of workforce with less than three years of service): 6.50%

More About the Agency

Headquartered in Hancock County, MS

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/stennis/home/index.html

Demographics source: FedScope, OPM

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