The Assignment Module: An Element of an Experimental Computer-Enhanced Career Counseling System for Army Officers

Abstract

An experimental, computer-enhanced career counseling system has been designed to study systematic approaches to the career counseling and assignment of Army officers. Within the assignment module, a policy-capturing program calculates sets of utility scores for personnel. The scores reflect suitability for assignment within a set of job categories. All officers are given a list of job categories. All officers are given a list of job assignments for which they are qualified. Officers can then express preferences for job categories from the list of possible assignments. Final assignments to job categories are made by using three personnel assignment algorithms representing varying degrees of optimality.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA060555

Entities

People

  • Robert F. Eastman

Organizations

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

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Army Personnel
  • Computers
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Instructors
  • Military Education
  • Military Research
  • Officer Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Research Facilities
  • Schools
  • Social Sciences
  • Students
  • Training
  • War Colleges

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  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.