Personnel Planning in the Medical Service Corps: A Training Guide for Healthcare Executives.

Abstract

During the past decade the Medical Service Corps (MSC) has undergone a myriad of changes. The most challenging change has been the pressure to downsize while maintaining an appropriate force structure to enable it to support two nearly simultaneous major regional conflicts as mandated by the Defense Planning Guidance. While the MSC has cogenily developed requirements led measures to ensure that they can support its operational and peacetime requirements, the process of personnel planning has evolved to ensure that the proper number and mix of MSC officers are available. This thesis examines the current state of personnel planning in the Medical Service Corps. Of particular interest is to identify the various organizations involved in personnel planning and how Navy Medicine uses its personnel plans to meet its readiness and peacetime missions. The three personnel plans used by the Medical Service Corps: (1) End Strength, (2) Accession, and (3) Promotion, are used to ensure that the Medical Service Corps has on active duty the right number of officers, at the right grade at the right time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA324958

Entities

People

  • Kurt J. Houser

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Biological Sciences
  • Business Administration
  • Defense Planning
  • Employment
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hygiene
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Therapy
  • Training

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Naval Personnel Management