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Title Air Force enlisted force management : system interactions and synchronization strategies / Michael Schiefer [and others].

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2007.

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 Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (xxi, 110 pages) : illustrations
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-110).
Contents Introduction -- Objectives of enlisted force strength management -- The enlisted aggregate strength management system -- The enlisted disaggregate strength management system -- The enlisted promotion system -- The manpower system -- Strategies to improve synchronization of the strength management system with the enlisted promotion and manpower systems -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Appendix -- Selected manpower grade rations over time.
Summary A fundamental goal of the Air Force personnel system is to ensure that the manpower inventory, by Air Force specialty code and grade, matches requirements. However, there are structural obstacles that impede achieving this goal. The three major independently managed systems the Air Force uses to determine manpower strength currently tend to function in isolation. Because the current organizational structure lacks broad coordinating and control mechanisms, actions taken to control one system often adversely affect another. The authors lay the foundation for a discussion of policy changes that would better synchronize these systems. They propose a methodology that would marginally modify grade authorizations within skill levels to make it possible to better achieve manpower targets. Each specialty would retain the same number of authorizations within each skill level, and the aggregate solution would maintain the same total number of enlisted authorizations by grade. This would help the manpower community follow the policy of equal selection opportunity while also taking personnel management system capabilities into account.
Note Print version record.
Language English.
Subject United States. Air Force -- Airmen.
United States. Air Force -- Personnel management.
États-Unis. Air Force -- Personnel -- Direction.
United States. Air Force
Armed Forces -- Airmen
Armed Forces -- Personnel management
Added Author Galway, Lionel A., 1950-
Robbert, Albert A., 1944-
San, Christine.
Schiefer, Michael.
Stanton, Richard E., 1945-
United States. Air Force.
Project Air Force (U.S.). Manpower, Personnel, and Training Program.
Rand Corporation.
Added Title Air Force enlisted force management (Online)
In: Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR
Other Form: Print version: Air Force enlisted force management. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2007 (DLC) 2007014088
Related To RAND/DRR-3837-1-AF
Better coordination is needed to manage the enlisted force in the U.S. Air Force RAND/RB-220-AF
ISBN 0833040138 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780833040138 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780833046048
0833046047
Report No. RAND/MG-540-AF
Standard No. AU@ 000051458433
AU@ 000061153614

 
    
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