CAESAR: Commissioned Assignments Executive Support for the US Army.
Abstract
The Army officer assignment system, while generally functional, is not optimal, especially with regard to consideration of officer desires and skills. It is feasible to achieve significant improvement through a computerized decision support system that could match position requirements with officer talents and preferences. This system, when supervised by knowledgeable, involved officers, could greatly improve morale and assignment efficiency plus lower some personnel and training costs. This thesis develops a simple prototype for such a system called CAESAR. It uses data that is already available from the officer assignment preference sheet and officer's record brief. On a database management system (DBASE 2) that is substantially in place. The report concludes with recommendations for forms redesign, and prototype system enhancement (e.g. refinement of selection criteria for reports, ability to handle the problem of concurrent data base updatings; and program modules to quantitatively measure officer assignment preferences, and to monitor officer career movements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 27, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA168904
Entities
People
- Paul A. Stipek
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School