The United States Air Force Occupational Research Project.

Abstract

AND Development, Navy Personnel Research and Development Center, San Diego, Calif., 10-12 Jul 73.*Job analysis, Surveys, Air force personnel, Job satisfaction, Manpower utilization, Aptitudes, Inventory*Comprehensive occupational data analysis program, CODAP(Comprehensive Occupational Data Analysis Program)The paper describes a significant segment of the Air Force's occupational research project. The first part of the paper describes how and why the Air Force uses the job inventory approach for collecting, analyzing, and reporting information describing the work performed by its personnel. This is followed by a brief description of the Comprehensive Occupational Data Computer Program system (CODAP). Finally, the last section describes applications of job survey information to problems in managing the personnel system. It is limited primarily to one stream of research which combines information on task and job difficulty levels with data describing individual jobs. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0774574

Entities

People

  • Raymond E. Christal

Organizations

  • Brooks Air Force Base

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Inventory
  • Job Analysis
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower
  • Manpower Utilization
  • Personnel Management
  • United States

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Computer Science.
  • Organizational Psychology.