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Author Moore, S. Craig, 1946-

Title Advancing the U.S. Air Force's force-development initiative / S. Craig Moore, Marygail K. Brauner.

Imprint Santa Monica, CA : RAND Project Air Force, 2007.

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 35 pages) : illustrations
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Note "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
"MG-545-AF"--Page 4 of cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-35).
Summary A mismatch in the late 1990s between the qualifications needed for key general officer positions and the backgrounds of available candidates stimulated RAND research and then an extensive U.S. Air Force effort to improve the development of future senior leaders. In the past, most officers were managed within their career fields and were too narrowly specialized. This monograph summarizes the force development initiative's history and related research efforts that (a) identified colonel positions' needs for multiple (paired) occupational skills and set targets for the numbers of officers who should acquire those skills before they are promoted to colonel and (b) illustrated a four-step approach that can create notably more specific developmental targets for officers at grades from lieutenant through colonel within an occupation or career field. The four steps are as follows: (1) identify and prioritize the types of experience, education, and training that should precede each category of job (identify the demand, at least for the jobs in the field grades -- major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel), now and in the future; (2) ascertain the backgrounds that officers have accumulated (assess the supply); (3) compare supply with demand (gap analysis); and (4) plan ways to close the gaps. These ideas suggest steps that could improve the efficiency and effectiveness of force development for Air Force officers, the enlisted and civilian forces, and the reserve components.
Note Print version record.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL
Subject United States. Air Force -- Officers.
United States. Air Force -- Occupational specialties.
United States. Air Force -- Personnel management.
États-Unis. Air Force -- Officiers.
États-Unis. Air Force -- Spécialités.
États-Unis. Air Force -- Personnel -- Direction.
United States. Air Force
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Human Resources & Personnel Management.
Armed Forces -- Occupational specialties
Armed Forces -- Officers
Armed Forces -- Personnel management
Added Author Brauner, Marygail K., 1947-
Other Form: Print version: Moore, S. Craig, 1946- Advancing the U.S. Air Force's force-development initiative. Santa Monica, CA : RAND Project Air Force, 2007 9780833040121 083304012X (DLC) 2007011005 (OCoLC)85899065
ISBN 9780833044198 (electronic bk.)
0833044192 (electronic bk.)
083304012X (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780833040121 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000051314459
DEBBG BV043122181
DEBSZ 422117277
GBVCP 1008651087
GBVCP 802614302

 
    
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