Mapping Assessments to Competencies (MAC) Process

Abstract

The Army's Talent Management Strategy (ATMS) details the importance of demonstrating and measuring expertise rather than depending on time in grade, service, or position for development or promotion decisions. Throughout the educational and training process, the Army assesses its personnel. To support ATMS objectives, the Mapping Assessments to Competencies (MAC) process is being developed to explore the extent to which existing educational, training, or operational assessments could be used to evaluate Army personnel on mastery of specific competencies for application in ATMS initiatives. The purpose of the MAC process is to allow the Army to develop a more dynamic collection of talent assessments that measure the unique knowledge, skills, behaviors, and preferences of Army soldiers and civilians. A pilot project of the MAC process using material from CGSOC core courses is described. Current research includes evaluating MAC user training and research to identifying mechanisms for combining disparate competency assessment scores into a single competency index to be used for future talent management decisions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 21, 2022
Accession Number
AD1175947

Entities

People

  • Heather M. Wolters
  • Jacqueline K. Deuling

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses
  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

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Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Case Studies
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Information Operations
  • Information Systems
  • Instructors
  • Learning
  • Lessons Learned
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Social Sciences
  • Standards
  • Students
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

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  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.