Air Force Personnel Research: Recommendations for Improved Alignment

Abstract

In 2009, Air Force Force Management Division (AF/A1PF) asked the RAND Corporation for assistance in identifying whether the existing personnel research efforts were meeting the broader Air Forces personnel research needs. In response, RAND Project Air Force conducted a series of interviews with key personnel in the Air Force to identify the organizations involved in personnel-related research efforts. Informed by the findings, the RAND team suggested several ways to improve the organizational structure to reduce duplication and help streamline the work. In 2011, the RAND team reported its recommendations for realignment to Air Force leadership in a draft report summarizing the state of the relevant organizations as of 2010. This report publishes those findings. Although the organizations and their structures may have changed since the report was produced in early 2012 (to include merging of the Air Force Manpower Agency and Air Force Personnel Center), many of the findings and core recommendations of this work still stand.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2014
Accession Number
AD1023234

Entities

People

  • Carra S. Sims
  • Chaitra M. Hardison

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Administrative Personnel
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Applied Psychology
  • Attrition
  • Business Administration
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Information Science
  • Job Analysis
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.