Hardening Warfighting's Critical Vulnerability: The Need to Implement a Strategic Human Resources Methodology in the Marine Corps
Abstract
For the U.S. military to regain its strategic advantage, the Marine Corps must revolutionize its legacy manpower management practices by transforming to a warfighter focused Strategic Human Resources (SHR) methodology that maximizes the ability of every Marine and adapts to the evolving character of warfare. This thesis finds that the evolutionary approach to manpower management modernization efforts will not achieve Force Design 2030 objectives and beyond. The inability to achieve force design manpower management objectives is because the quantity of personnel was the primary goal of the system for the past century. Additionally, a revolutionary approach for transformation is necessary to overcome the deeply entrenched cultural barriers which consistently repelled previous manpower management reform efforts. The Marine Corps requires a systemic solution guided by a strategic people vision that unifies the HR community of stakeholders, is relevant to warfighting, and provides operationally relevant assessment metrics aligned to larger Marine Corps strategy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 27, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1178324
Entities
People
- Bill C Jr Tamayo
Organizations
- Marine Corps University