Book/Printed Material Manpower alternatives to enhance total force capabilities : could new forms of reserve service help alleviate military shortfalls?

Title

• Manpower alternatives to enhance total force capabilities : could new forms of reserve service help alleviate military shortfalls?

Summary

• Changes in employment stability, family structure, and economic pressures since the development of the U.S. military reserve component (RC) in the twentieth century have created challenges and opportunities for how the RC is used. Sustaining an operational RC demands committed reservists and guardsmen, and since, at present, the population is not meeting that demand under traditional models, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has begun to look for ways to access and retain ready participants under alternative programs. Modified assumptions about Reserve duty have the potential to improve RC member recruitment, performance, development, and retention in critical occupational fields-and it could stem projected manpower losses or provide alternative service options in fields with highly competitive civilian industries. The research team employs an iterative, qualitative analytical process to develop a list of possible workforce constructs aimed at enhancing innovation in U.S. military personnel processes. The findings in this report will be relevant and applicable primarily to U.S. military leaders and U.S. government policymakers. The authors provide specific recommendations and more general analysis that will be immediately applicable in developing and administering programs to facilitate access to civilian human capital to help meet DoD's most pressing requirements. This research will also be applicable to broader U.S. academic and policymaking communities that seek to understand how organizations are adapting to changes in the workforce and labor market.

Names

• Dalzell, Stephen, author
• Carter, Phillip, author
• Costello, Katherine, author
• Donohue, Amy Grace, author
• Dunigan, Molly, author
• Phillips, Brian M., author
• Pollard, Michael S., author
• Resetar, Susan A., 1961- author
• Shurkin, Michael, author
• United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). Forces and Resources Policy Center
• Rand Corporation

Created / Published

• Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2019]

Contents

• Introduction -- Policy and Practice Surrounding Current Reserve Component Personnel Systems and Related Sources of Human Capital -- Service Demand for Key Types of Personnel -- Identifying Segments of the Labor Force Underrepresented in Military Service -- A Comparative Analysis of Reserve Component Organizational Models Across Foreign Militaries -- Innovative Employment Models in Other U.S. Public Organizations and the Private Sector -- Potential Workforce Constructs for Innovative Reserve Component Workforce Management Models -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Identifying Shortfalls in Specialties Across the Services -- Appendix B: Detailed Analysis of Potential Human Capital Rewards of Alternatives -- Appendix C: Background and Case Studies of Nonstandard Work Arrangements.

Headings

• -  United States.--Department of Defense--Personnel management
• -  United States.--Department of Defense
• -  Armed Forces--Occupational specialties
• -  Armed Forces--Reserves--Pay, allowances, etc
• -  Personnel management
• -  United States--Armed Forces--Occupational specialties
• -  United States--Armed Forces--Reserves--Pay, allowances, etc
• -  United States--Armed Forces--Reserves--Recruiting, enlistment, etc
• -  États-Unis--Forces armées--Spécialités
• -  United States

Notes

• -  "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
• -  "RAND National Defense Research Institute."
• -  "This research was ... conducted within the Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface (page iv)
• -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-244).
• -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

• 1 electronic resource (xxxii, 244 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

• UA42

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2024739125

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2024739125

Rights Advisory

• This is non-restricted, fully open content that may be accessed on and off of the Library of Congress campus, with no restrictions, by an unlimited number of users

Access Advisory

• Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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• pdf

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2024739125

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