DATA ANALYSIS TO SUPPORT A LIMITED OBJECTIVE TEST/EXPERIMENT OF A BILLET MARKETPLACE FOR MARINE OFFICERS
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Authors
Malia, Andrew M.
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billet assignment
billet marketplace
talent management
survey analysis
data analysis
billet marketplace
talent management
survey analysis
data analysis
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Koyak, Robert A.
Seagren, Chad W.
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2020-06
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Effective talent management is an invaluable process within an organization. The Department of Defense rotates roughly one-third of its officers every year. The United States Marine Corps is seeking an efficient method to address this issue, while accounting for the preferences of each Marine officer. This research assists in that endeavor by exploring other similar methods in use across the Department of Defense and civilian sector. We analyze an officer assignment process survey to identify and assess focus areas for a new billet marketplace system using a wide range of analytic techniques. Our study evaluates data from three officer mover’s surveys provided to officers seeking permanent change of station orders to isolate distributional trends in billet preference among various officer groups. Through our research of the assignment process, we identify an association between an officer’s dissatisfaction with the assignment process and company grade officer’s desire to resign. Our research provides insight into the necessity of a billet marketplace and illustrates the implications of the current billet assignment process. We recommend improving the transparency of the officer assignment process and developing a data collection and analysis methodology to track the performance of the billet marketplace.
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Operations Research (OR)
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