Feasibility of Measuring Productivity Improvements in the Tactical Air Force's Accounting and Finance Offices Using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Model.
Abstract
The objective of this research was to measure the productivity of the Tactical Air Command's Accounting and Finance Offices (AFOs) for calendar years 1983-1985. Two separate approaches, both using a methodology called Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as their base, were used to measure productivity changes over this period. Both approaches (windo analyses and program versus managerial efficiency) used a two input, seven output DEA model for the analyses. The window analyses approach is analogous to smoothing techniques used in econometrics and involved subdividing the annual data into quarterly data and creating moving windows consisting of three quarters of data for each AFO. The program versus managerial approach eliminated managerial inefficiencies for each year and then compared each year's activity (program) for productivity changes that were programmatic. Productivity changes were checked through the use of regression analyses. Even though each approach showed signs of productivity increases, the corresponding statistical tests failed to provide conclusive evidence to support an actual increase during this period.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1986
- Accession Number
- ADA174373
Entities
People
- Jack R. White
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology