A Flow Model of the U.S. Army Field Grade Officer Corps to Produce the Five Year Promotion Plan

Abstract

This thesis analyzes the methods used to produce the U.S. Army Five Year Field Grade Officer Promotion Plan. The officer promotion system is formulated in terms of personnel flows. Calculations used within the system are then consolidated to present a promotion model. The current microcomputer implementation of the promotion model is presented, showing severe limitations as an analytical tool. A mainframe implementation is then demonstrated, showing significant advantages over the previous technique. The proposed flow model Proplan offers to the force planner a tool which accurately produces the promotion plan. Other characteristics of Proplan show that this implementation is flexible, responsive, and should be used to produce the promotion plan. Keywords: DOPMA; OPMS; MILPERCEN; Officer promotions; Manpower planning; Five year promotion plan; Computer flow model; and Networks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA162268

Entities

People

  • William R Thompson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Attrition
  • Carbonate Esters
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Field Grade Officers
  • Management Personnel
  • Manpower
  • Mechanics
  • Military Personnel
  • Officer Personnel
  • Operations Research
  • Personnel Management
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Schools
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Systems Analysis and Design