Balancing Officer Community Manpower through Decentralization: Granular Programming Revisited (1REV)

Abstract

This study addresses inventory-billet imbalances in the Navys officer corps. It uses a game-theoretic model to explore whether these imbalances can be resolved using substitution-based granular programming rates in the billet authorization process. The results show that, within the models stylized framework, substitution-based granular rates can be set to substantially reduce inventory-billet imbalances, thus indicating that granular programming has the potential to work in practice. Parts of the analysis, however, also highlight that any effort to use granular programming to resolve imbalances must include adopting complementary policies and practices. In particular, billet authorizations must be allowed to deviate from manpower requirements, and the relevant information technology systems must be adapted to accommodate granular rates.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1040071

Entities

People

  • Amanda Kraus
  • Elliot Lee
  • Jared Huff

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Department Of Defense
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Manpower
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • Motivation
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Officer Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • United States Transportation Command
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Educational Psychology
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense