Book Description

The report presents a study and evaluation of the Army's personnel subsystem with respect to effectiveness of its policies in assignment, training, utilization, and contingency readiness of specialized personnel. The SIMPO-I effort has been directed to development of a model simulation package for assessing quantitatively the cumulative impact of personnel policy changes on the allocation, distribution, and utilization of Army personnel with special attention to effects of policies on deployability. The present publication reports on progress in the production and planning of computerized models for use in dealing with the manpower system problems and for evaluating alternative personnel policies.