AN OPERATIONAL MODEL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMAL U. S. ARMY ENLISTED GRADE STRUCTURE THROUGH JOB EVALUATION
Abstract
An operational model was developed which utilizes weighted job factors for assigning appropriate enlisted grades to Army jobs. Working from job descriptions written by job analysts, a sample of 100 officers from courses at the U. S. Army Adjutant General School rated a sample of 100 jobs. Each of ten factors, judged to be important across all Army jobs, was rated on a six- point scale for each of the jobs. These factors were: Knowledge, Supervision of Personnel, Adaptability and Resourcefulness, Responsibility for Material Resources, Concentration and Attention, Physical Skills, Physical Efforts, Job Conditions, Freedom of Action, and Combat Exposure. A Job Evaluation Board, composed of 35 field grade officers and 15 senior NCO's in the grades of E8 and E9, had previously assigned what they considered to be the appropriate enlisted grades to the sample of 100 jobs. Mathematical equations were developed for predicting appropriate grade for Army jobs based upon accurate factor ratings for these jobs. Through multiple correlation techniques, it was found that, when the job factors were optimally weighted, they correlated with the Job Evaluation Board grade ratings R = .94. Multiple regression equations have been developed from weights provided by the multiple correlation which will successfully predict the appropriate grade for any job in the Army for which accurate factor ratings are available. Mean factor ratings can be provided for each job by job analysts, who have detailed knowledge of the job requirements of job in specific caceer groups.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1967
- Accession Number
- AD0660327
Entities
People
- Charles H. Anderson
- Daniel B. Corts
- Raymond O. Waldkoetter