A Generalized Decision Support System for the Contracting Career Field

Abstract

This research effort develops a generalized decision support system (DSS) to assist contracting career field managers in making recruiting and retention decisions. The DSS focuses on the skill level inventories of the contracting enlisted force. The interest in this research was identified by contracting career field managers due to the recent negative trends in recruitment and retention and the lack of analytical tools available. To accomplish this objective manpower models were developed using a combination of techniques gathered through interviews with Army and Air Force analysts and a literature review focusing on manpower modeling. The models developed in this study are intended to assist career field managers in recruiting and retaining the correct number and skill level mix of personnel in the contracting career field. The models are generalized enough to serve as a DSS for other Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSC) with minimal revision.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA417204

Entities

People

  • Larry D. Mercier Jr

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Linear Programming
  • Literature Surveys
  • Management Personnel
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Military Personnel
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Simplex Method
  • United States

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