An Enlisted Force Management System Model to Predict the Effects of Bonus Decisions

Abstract

The RAND Corporation is helping to design an Enlisted Force Management System (EFMS) for the Air Force. The conceptual design of the EFMS is presented in Grace Carter et al., Conceptual Design of an Enlisted Force Management System for the Air Force, The RAND Corporation, N-2005-AF, August 1983. This Note provides the design, specifications, and prototype implementation of a module in the EFMS to help skills managers make bonus decisions. The module, called the Bonus Effects Model (BEM), permits skills managers to evaluate the effects of alternative bonus plans on correcting specialty manning imbalances quickly and efficiently. They are then able to estimate bonus effects without paying the computational cost of tracking changes in the entire enlisted force. The Note should be of interest to those in the Air Force who are working on the design and implementation of the EFMS, to manpower modelers and personnel programmers in all of the uniformed services, and to analysts outside of the military who are involved in manpower and personnel research.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA596252

Entities

People

  • Clyde S. Sakai
  • Deborah L. Skoller
  • Grace M. Carter
  • Stanley E. Perrin

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Attrition
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Data Sets
  • Databases
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Force Structure
  • Language
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Recruiting
  • Standards
  • Steady State
  • Training

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  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Naval Personnel Management