Air Force manpower determinants : options for more-responsive processes / Albert A. Robbert, Lisa M. Harrington, Louis T. Mariano, Susan A. Resetar, David Schulker, John S. Crown, Paul Emslie, Sean Mann, Gary Massey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robbert, Albert A., 1944- author.

Harrington, Lisa M., author.

Mariano, Louis T., author.

Resetar, Susan A., 1961- author.

Schulker, David, author.

Crown, John S., author.

Emslie, Paul, author.

Mann, Sean, author.

Massey, Gary, author.

Contributor:

Project Air Force (U.S.). Manpower, Personnel, and Training Program.

Rand Corporation.

Series:

Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-4420-AF.

[Research report (Rand Corporation)] ; RR-4420-AF

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Air Force--Personnel management.

United States.

United States. Air Force.

Manpower planning--United States.

Manpower planning.

Personnel management.

Physical Description:

xx, 107 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2020]

Summary:

Determining manpower requirements is an important function of Air Force personnel management organizations. The Air Force has long had a detailed and complex process for accomplishing it. The Air Force asked RAND Project AIR FORCE to examine this process and to identify and evaluate options to increase its efficiency. The authors compared the process with equivalent processes in other services, local government, and industry, examining the literature and conducting interviews with practitioners. They also evaluated Air Force data and observed Air Force workshops and other activities. For example, the authors examined how manpower standards are set and applied to determine manning for various units, including such issues as availability and the effects of deployments. Among their findings were that the process lacks feedback loops to determine whether the standards are adequate and that the management engineering workforce is mostly nontechnical, with limited analytical education and expertise. The authors also found that manpower standards have minimal effect on resource programming, being applied mainly when first set but, even then, applying mostly to authorizations unlikely to be funded. The report also offers suggestions for ways to improve modeling of manpower standards, endorsing a survey approach similar to the one the Navy uses.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction

Background

Methodologies

Organization of the Report

2. Current Methods for Determining Manpower Requirements

Requirements Process Coverage

Developing Manpower Standards

Determining Requirements

3. Practices in Other Organizations

Approaches for Determining Workforce Requirements Discussed in the Literature

Practices We Observed

Summary

4. Processes for Developing Man-Hour Estimates

Familiarization

Subject-Matter Expert Workshop

Development of Required Man-Hours

Additional Considerations

5. Man-Hour Availability and Other Related Factors

Methods for Estimating Factors

Evaluating Potential Sources of Error in Man-Hour Availability Factor Measurement

6. Deployment Credit

Changing Patterns of Deployment Demands

Dynamic Deployment Credit

Natural Turnover

Forecasting Demand

Sizing the Dynamic Deployment Credit Pool

7. Feedback Loops

Time on the Job

Performance Metrics

Tandem Application

8. The Management Engineering Workforce

Professionalizing the Management Engineering Workforce

Civilianizing the Management Engineering Workforce

9. Conclusions and Recommendations

What Other Organizations Do Better

Our Analysis of Current Policies and Methods

Appendixes

A. Manpower Standard Implementation Codes

B. Calculation and Simulation Details

C. Management Engineering Workforce Academic Degrees.

Notes:

"RAND Project AIR FORCE."

"Prepared for the United States Air Force."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-107).

ISBN:

1977404847

9781977404848

OCLC:

1181966593