TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ausink,John A.
AU  - Clemence,Robert
AU  - Howe,Robert D.
AU  - Murray,Sheila E.
AU  - Horn,Christopher C.S.
AU  - Winkler,John D.
ED  - Rand eBooks.
TI  - An optimization approach to workforce planning for the information technology field
SN  - 0833032585
AV  - UG478 .O68 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - United States
KW  - Army
KW  - Automation
KW  - Personnel management
KW  - Linear programming
KW  - Contracting out
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Manpower policy
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "Arroyo Center."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77); Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - 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
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ER  -