Optimal Allocation of Army Enlistment Incentives by MOS; Analyses of CY 86-87 Experience, Impacts of Nonmonetary Guidance Counselor Incentives, and PC Software.

摘要

Over the period CY86-87, the US Army contracted over 151,000 GSA (HSDG, I-III A Mental Category) recruits, involving incentive expenditures of $287.4M in the form of either enlistment bonuses or Army College Fund awards. Such incentives expand the market and redistribute recruits over difficult to fill MOS's. The thrust of this interim report has been to develop and exercise a methodology for aiding in the allocation of the above incentives by MOS, given the quotas needed, the recruiting environment anticipated, the prices of various incentive types, the levels of other Army resources being expended, and the level of non-monetary incentives in place. The model is built at the battalion, quarterly level, its decision parameters capable of being updated as more experience becomes available. Keywords: Enlistment incentives, Army college fund, Bonuses, Allocation, Budget generation, Validation, Guidance counselor. (cp)