Personnel Management - The Key for Making Force Modernization Payoff.
Abstract
The basic argument is to prove that the personnel management of the manpower resource area is the most vital and important element necessary to ensure success in the dramatic change the US Army is experiencing. This paper is a discussion of the force modernization program with particular emphasis on presenting for commanders and personnel managers recent examples of success and failure, as well as a discussion of pitfalls in the management of soldiers. The paper is primarily focused for, and intended to be useful to, the Active Component. Data was collected through an unclassified literature search, personal interviews with recent and serving commanders at the battalion and brigade level, and military management officials from division/installation level through, and including, the Department of the Army level. The author used personal knowledge gained in the management of enlisted soldiers during the 'bow wave' period of the current force modernization effort. Four major themes of personnel management developments affecting supportability and direction are new equipment training in units; manning restructured organizations; implement and execute training programs for individuals to man new organizations; and the 'new manning system.' The essay concluded that because the Army cannot control the threat; advances in technology; national demographics or politics.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 15, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA157310
Entities
People
- G. W. Aux Jr
Organizations
- United States Army War College