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Final Report of the Panel on the Department of Defense Human Capital Strategy
The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) called for sweeping reform in the way the Department of Defense (DoD) manages its human resources in the new national security environment, which calls for more flexibility in quickly accessing the right skills at the right place. In response, DoD published a human capital strategy (HCS) in the summer of 2006 that it hoped would contribute to the transformation of the Total Force by providing a foundation for a coherent personnel management and manpower system. The HCS called for three initiatives: competency-based occupational planning, performance-based management, and enhanced opportunities for personal and professional growth. DoD requested that RAND form a panel of experts to perform an objective and independent review of the HCS and to help refine its implementation. This report presents the panel's review of the HCS, along with its conclusions and a number of recommendations that should be useful in the next iteration of the strategy. The panel recommends that DoD (1) establish an oversight organization, (2) develop a clear and specific statement of objectives and a range of options to meet those objectives, (3) conduct a cost-benefit analysis of options, (4) pilot-test selected options, and (5) regularly revisit the strategy. The HCS itself is reproduced in an appendix.
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Contents
Chapter One:
Introduction
Chapter Two:
Key Elements of the Deparment of Defense Human Capital Strategy
Chapter Three:
Commentary on the Department of Defense Human Capital Strategy
Chapter Four:
Occupational Analysis and Key Elements of the Human Capital Strategy
Chapter Five:
Blueprint for the Future: Creating and Implementing a Human Capital Strategy for the Department of Defense
Appendix A:
Biographies of Panel Members
Appendix B:
Information Sources
Appendix C:
DoD Human Capital Strategy
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