Modeling cost and performance for military enlistment : report of a workshop / / Bert F. Green, Jr. and Anne S. Mavor, editors ; Committee on Military Enlistment Standards, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1994
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (172 pages)
• Disciplina: 355.2/23/0973
• Soggetto topico: Soldiers - Rating of - United States - Mathematical models
• Soggetto geografico: United States Armed Forces Recruiting, enlistment, etc Mathematical models Congresses
• Altri autori: GreenBert F MavorAnne S
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Modeling Cost and Performance for Military Enlistment -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Opening Remarks: The Nexus Between Science and Policy -- JOB PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND ENLISTMENT STANDARDS -- RECRUIT QUALITY: ISSUE OF SCIENCE OR POLICY -- RECRUIT QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, AND COST -- DENOUEMENT -- APPRECIATION -- Cost/Performance Trade-off Model -- Part I: The Context of the Enlistment Standards Project -- ORIGINS OF THE JPM PROJECT -- PROVIDING COST/PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFFS IN LINKING ENLISTMENT STANDARDS TO JOB PERFORMANCE -- WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS -- REFERENCES -- MILITARY MANPOWER QUALITY: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE -- THE HISTORY OF THE QUALITY ISSUE -- Quality and the All-Volunteer Force -- The Search for Quality Standards -- QUALITY REQUIREMENTS AND TRENDS -- Quality Requirements, 1985-1989 -- Trends in Enlisted Accessions and Quality -- Quality Supply and Demand -- FUTURE TRENDS AND ACTIVE-RESERVE ISSUES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Part II Job Performance Measurement Issues -- SETTING PERFORMANCE GOALS FOR THE DOD LINKAGE MODEL -- THE PERFORMANCE METRIC: DESCRIPTION OF THE SCALE FOR HANDS-ON PERFORMANCE QUALIFICATION -- Task Sampling -- Task Scoring -- Combining Scores from Different Tasks -- A NORMATIVE APPROACH -- Samples -- Variables -- Analyses -- Findings -- CRITERION-REFERENCED APPROACHES -- Phase II Design -- Phase II Results -- Comparison of Task-DPG and Task-APG Results -- Additional Results from Phase III -- Summary of SYNVAL Standard-Setting Results -- CONCLUSIONS -- Summary of Findings -- Implications for Further Research -- Enhancing Performance Level Descriptions -- Linking Job Characteristics to Performance Distribution Targets -- Linking Performance Distribution Targets to Unit Effectiveness and Readiness -- REFERENCES -- PREDICTING JOB PERFORMANCE SCORES WITHOUT PERFORMANCE DATA -- VALIDITY GENERALIZATION. ; SYNTHETIC VALIDITY -- MULTILEVEL REGRESSION ANALYSIS -- An Example -- The Building Blocks of the Linkage Equation: Individual- and Job-Characteristic Variables -- Derivation of the Individual-Characteristic Variables -- Derivation of the Job-Characteristic Variables -- Specification of the Linkage Equation -- Structure of the Linkage Parameters -- The Parameters for the Linkage Equation -- Variance of Predicted Performance Scores -- Deriving Job-Specific Equations -- Validation of the Primary Linkage Equation -- Method -- Results -- Shrinkage Formulae -- Comparison of Adjusted and Cross-Validity R2 Values -- Comparison of Validity Coefficients to the Literature -- Summary -- Discussion -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Part III: The Cost/Performance Trade-off Model -- THE ACCESSION QUALITY COST/PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFF MODEL -- INTRODUCTION -- DESCRIPTION OF THE MODEL -- Variables: Accessions by Recruit Category and Occupation Group -- Recruit Categories -- Occupation Groups -- Constraints: Performance Goals by Occupation -- Definition of Performance -- Measuring Performance -- Setting Performance Goals -- Constraints: Strength Goals -- Objective Function: Recruiting, Training, and Compensation Costs -- Recruiting Costs -- Training and Compensation Costs -- VALIDATION OF THE MODEL -- Model Selections Versus Actual Accession Cohorts -- Variation in Model Scenarios -- Scenario 1: Lower Performance Goals -- Scenario 2: A Higher Unemployment Rate -- Scenario 3: Increase in Training Costs -- Scenario 4: No Effect of Quality on Performances Scores -- SUMMARY -- TECHNICAL APPENDIX -- The Optimization Problem -- Objective Function -- Constraints -- Optimization Approach -- Recruiting Cost Function -- REFERENCES -- POLICY AND MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS OF THE ACCESSION QUALITY COST/PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFF MODEL -- INTRODUCTION. ; CONGRESSIONAL DIALOGUE ON RECRUIT QUALITY STANDARDS -- Importance of Linkages -- Role of the Model -- Hypothetical Accession Program -- Proposed Recruiting Budget Reduction -- Cost of Performance Increase -- THE MODEL AS A PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION TOOL -- Evaluation of a Recruiting Program -- Feasibility -- Efficiency -- Robustness -- Level of Performance -- Developing the Service's Accession Programs -- Setting Recruit Quality Goals and Resources -- Adjusting for Specific Occupational Groups -- Sensitivity to Recruiting Market Conditions -- SETTING ENLISTMENT STANDARDS: ANALYSIS OF OCCUPATION-LEVEL ENLISTMENT STANDARDS -- The Empirical Linkages: Linking Occupational Enlistment Standards to High Quality -- Applying the Cost/Performance Trade-off Model to Enlistment Standards -- Effect of Current Enlistment Standards on Recruit Quality and Cost -- Reducing Enlistment Standards -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Workshop Participants June 9-11, 1993 -- COMMITTEE ON MILITARY ENLISTMENT STANDARDS -- OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE -- CONTRACTORS' REPRESENTATIVES -- AIR FORCE REPRESENTATIVES -- ARMY REPRESENTATIVES -- MARINE CORPS REPRESENTATIVES -- NAVY REPRESENTATIVES -- OTHER GUESTS -- NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STAFF.
• Titolo autorizzato: Modeling cost and performance for military enlistment
• ISBN: 1-280-19574-6; 9786610195749; 0-309-58653-4; 0-585-14382-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825912003321
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