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Author Lytell, Maria C., 1979- author.

Title Force drawdowns and demographic diversity : investigating the impact of force reductions on the demographic diversity of the U.S. military / Maria C. Lytell, Kenneth Kuhn, Abigail Haddad, Jefferson P. Marquis, Nelson Lim, Kimberly Curry Hall, Robert Stewart, Jennie W. Wenger.

Publication Info. Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvii, 234 pages) : color illustrations, color charts
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
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PDF
Series Research report ; RR-1008-OSD
Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-1008-OSD.
Note "October 26, 2015"--Table of contents page
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234).
Summary In January 2012, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced plans for a large-scale reduction, or drawdown, of its military force. The last drawdown to affect all four DoD services occurred in the 1990s, after the end of the Cold War. During that period, the military shrank by almost 37 percent, from about 2.17 million in FY 1987 to 1.37 million by FY 2000. Despite having a variety of goals and strategies for the 1990s and mid-2000s drawdowns, the services had few, if any, explicit diversity goals or strategies related to the drawdowns. Based on our discussions with force management experts, demographic diversity is also not part of their recent drawdown goals and strategies. However, the drawdown could have unintended consequences for demographic diversity even when diversity is not part of drawdown decisionmaking. To address the issue of unintended consequences of drawdowns on diversity, the Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity (ODMEO) in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) asked RAND to analyze how force reductions could affect the demographic diversity of the DoD workforce. Our study focuses on gender and race/ethnicity, although we include other individual differences, such as education, in some analyses.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed October 27, 2015).
Funding "This research was sponsored by the Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity (ODMEO) in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) ..."--Page iii
Contents Introduction -- Active-duty drawdown in the 1990s -- Navy and Air Force active-duty drawdowns in the mid-2000s -- Law, policy, and plans for recent active-duty drawdowns -- Potential impact of recent drawdowns on demographic diversity in active-duty force -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix A. Reserve component drawdowns --Appendix B. Civilian drawdowns -- Appendix C. Methodology and additional results for chapters two to four -- Appendix D. Overview of tools available for recent drawdown.
Subject United States -- Armed Forces -- Personnel management.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Minorities.
Women -- Armed Forces -- United States.
États-Unis -- Forces armées -- Minorités.
Femmes -- Forces armées -- États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
Armed Forces -- Minorities
Armed Forces -- Personnel management
Armed Forces -- Women
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Added Author Kuhn, Kenneth, author.
Haddad, Abigail, author.
Marquis, Jefferson P., author.
Lim, Nelson, author.
Hall, Kimberly Curry, author.
Stewart, Robert, author.
Wenger, Jennie W., author.
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Rand Corporation, issuing body.
Added Title Investigating the impact of force reductions on the demographic diversity of the U.S. military
ISBN 9780833093394 (electronic bk.)
0833093398 (electronic bk.)
9780833091499
0833091492
Standard No. AU@ 000061155657
GBVCP 100866491X

 
    
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