Human Resource Models: An Overview.

A recent Secretary of the Navy frequently reminded his staff that People are our most important resource. The subject of this chapter is how human resource models help the military departments manage their people so that the United States can meet its defense commitments. The overview paper developed and illustrated some general principles about models and contrasted model types by specific area of application. This chapter illustrates the general principles by highlighting the different types of human resource models, and points out problems that model builders should consider when they the develop new models of this type.