Analysis of Officer Performance of an Experimental Task: Office Management
Abstract
A comprehensive longitudinal research program to improve initial assignment of officers was undertaken by BESRL at the recommendation of the Army Scientific Advisory Panel and the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel. The research was designed to provide instruments and techniques for differential classification of officers into three broad job domains: combat, technical, and administrative. The primary objective of the present analysis was to discover the dimensions of behavior measured in the Office Management task. Scores developed in this analysis are to be correlated with scores from the other 14 tasks to indicate which dimensions are task specific, which are common to the administrative domain, and which are general across all performance domains. The scores will serve also as criteria for validation of predictor scores from the DOB. Findings from the overall research program can be applied to evaluation of junior officer performance, to initial classification of officers, and to the problem of early identification and career follow-up of the most promising potential leaders.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- ADA079348
Entities
People
- Eli Frankfeldt
- William H. Helme
Organizations
- United States Army Research Laboratory