An optimization approach to workforce planning for the information technology field /
[Book]
John Ausink [and others].
Santa Monica, CA :
Rand,
2002.
xx, 77 pages :
illustrations ;
23 cm
"MR-1484."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-77).
To balance the competing goals of reducing infrastructure and preserving information technology (IT) skills, the Army must carefully manage military, government civilian, and private-sector contractor workforces in the IT field. Using Fort Bragg, N.C., as a test case, this report shows how a linear programming framework helps explore the cost and personnel consequences of management decisions that change the structure of the IT workforce. With a systematic determination of who can do what in the IT field, the authors conclude that with linear programming the consequences of policy changes can be quantified and better understood, a wide variety of policies can be studied, and the approach could be extended beyond the installation level.
United States.-- Automation.
United States.-- Data processing.
United States.-- Personnel management.
United States.
Defense information, Classified-- United States.
Information technology-- United States-- Personnel management.