Measurement of Productive Capacity: A Methodology for Air Force Enlisted Specialties.

摘要

This report describes the field test of a methodology for measuring the job performance of Air Force enlisted personnel, using supervisor ratings of task performance times as estimates of Productive Capacity (PC). An individual airman's PC on a particular task was defined as the ratio of the fastest possible performance on the task divided by the supervisor estimate. Overall PC for an airman could be obtained by averaging PC values for several tasks. Procedures and instruments to collect supervisor estimates were developed for four enlisted occupational specialties. During the field test, approximately 320 supervisors provided time estimates on 35 to 50 tasks for about 680 first and second-term airmen in the four specialties. To support follow-on analyses of the validity of the supervisor ratings, observed performance times on selected tasks were collected for a subsample of airmen. Data were also obtained to examine relationships between PC and job knowledge, interest, and motivation. The report concludes with a commentary on logistical and practical considerations tor collecting airman PC. Recommendations are given for research necessary to evaluate the utility of PC for establishing an empirical link between job performance and enlistment standards.