Accession Number:

ADA499742

Title:

An Objective Decision Tool for Use in Considering Air Force Specialty Code Pairs for Consolidation

Descriptive Note:

Master's Graduate Research Paper

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

Personal Author(s):

• Marentette, Kenneth A.

Report Date:

2008-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

53.0

Abstract:

Throughout its history, the Air Force has experienced a growth in the diversity of the jobs it has been asked to perform, as well as a reduction in the number of personnel it has as a resource to fulfill these requirements. As a result, Air Force leadership has periodically had to review the set of required skills and consolidate similar specialties in order to complete its mission under these more restrictive manpower numbers. However, during previous consolidation efforts, Air Force Specialty Code pairs were identified anecdotally and subject matter experts were brought in to evaluate the feasibility of merging only these career fields. In response to higher deployment tempos and a recent manpower drawdown, the Air Force Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel received a tasking to develop an objective, repeatable process for identifying AFSC pairs that may be consolidated to ease the operations tempo on Airmen within the force. This research is in response to that tasking and addresses the issues associated with merging specialty codes, ultimately formulating an objective costbenefit ratio to identify skill pairings which will be likely to merge successfully.

Descriptors:

• *CAREERS
• *PAIR PRODUCTION
• *AIR FORCE PERSONNEL
• *LEADERSHIP
• *JOBS
• COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
• REPRODUCIBILITY
• SKILLS
• RESPONSE
• DECISION MAKING
• MANPOWER
• DEPLOYMENT

Subject Categories:

• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE