Herb Shukiar

Adjunct Staff Member, Retired; Past President, RAND Alumni Association

Santa Monica Office

Education

B.A. in mathematics, University of California, Los Angeles

One Page Bio

Overview

Herb Shukiar has had the opportunity to work in many areas at RAND, both research and management. He is an expert in: military personnel policy; modeling the military personnel system; decision support system design; senior military and civilian leader development.

Research Focus

Recent Projects

Senior military and civilian leader development (Flag and SES)

Selected Publications

Robbert, Albert A., Steve Drezner, John E. Boon, Jr., Lawrence M. Hanser, Craig Moore, Lynn Scott, and Herb Shukiar, Integrated Planning for the Air Force Senior Leader Workforce: Background and Methods, RAND Corporation (TR-175), 2004

Shukiar, Herb, John D. Winkler, and John E. Peters, Enhancing the Retention of Army Noncommissioned Officers, RAND Corporation (MR-1186), 2000

Publications

Report
Enhancing the Performance of Senior Department of Defense Civilian Executives, Reserve Component General/Flag Officers, and Senior Noncommissioned Officers in Joint Matters
Examines the preparation of reserve component general and flag officers, senior civilians, and senior noncommissioned officers for participation in joint military activities.
Sep 18, 2008
Research Brief
Preparation of Senior Department of Defense Civilian Executives, Reserve Component General/Flag Officers, and Senior NCOs for Joint Roles
This research brief describes how the Department of Defense can best develop its civilian executives, reserve component general/flag officers, and senior noncommissioned officers for success in joint matters.
Sep 12, 2008
Research Brief
Test and Evaluation Facilities and Capabilities: Is the Air Force Overinvested?
This research brief describes a RAND examination of the costs and benefits of a proposed consolidation of Air Force test and evaluation facilities that had raised concerns among a broad set of interested parties, including members of Congress.
May 28, 2008
Report
Cost-Benefit Analysis of the 2006 Air Force Materiel Command Test and Evaluation Proposal
The Air Force proposal to consolidate and divest a portion of Eglin Air Force Base's test and evaluation capabilities has both financial merits and risks that the Air Force should address.
May 15, 2008
Research Brief
Is the Navy Developing Flag Officers with the Expertise They Need?
This research brief summarizes a study that examined the kinds of expertise required by senior Navy officers, whether recent pools of officers possess this expertise, and the skills that may become more important for Navy leadership in the future.
May 14, 2008
Report
Developing Senior Navy Leaders: Requirements for Flag Officer Expertise Today and in the Future
Identifies the expertise requirements of senior Navy leadership positions, as well as the types of experience likely to become more important in the future, to better understand how the Navy should develop its officers.
May 7, 2008
Research Brief
New Approaches to Developing the Air Force's Senior Leader Workforce
To help improve the Air Force's general officer (GO) development approach, RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF) conducted a study of GO positions and Senior Executive Service (SES) positions and the competencies required for each.
Nov 25, 2005
Report
Integrated Planning for the Air Force Senior Leader Workforce: Background and Methods
Describes the background for and methods used in a study carried out to better understand how to develop leaders who possess the operational knowledge and technical skills needed to perform effectively in senior Air Force positions.
Dec 13, 2004
Report
Enhancing the Retention of Army Noncommissioned Officers
In April 1997, RAND and the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy conducted a noncommissioned officer (NCO) leader development workshop. This report presents findings concerning NCO retention and other personnel policy practices.
2000
Research Brief
How Can the Army Retain High-Quality NCOs?
In this research, Shukiar and his colleagues sought to test these anecdotal workshop responses empirically.
2000
Report
Personnel Turbulence: The Policy Determinants of Permanent Change of Station Moves
The movement of soldiers between permanent duty stations in the future will remain as prevalent as it was before the downsizing that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.
1998
Report
Future Leader Development of Army Noncommissioned Officers: Workshop Results
Reports recent efforts by RAND's Arroyo Center and the U.S. Army Noncommissioned Officer corps to examine ways of strengthening NCO professional development.
1998
Report
Ensuring Personnel Readiness in the Army Reserve Components
This project examined the extent of cross-leveling during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the reasons for it and the likelihood of serious personnel shortfalls in future deployments.
1996
Report
The Readiness Enhancement Model: A Personnel Inventory Projection Model of the Army's Reserve Components
RAND has developed the Readiness Enhancement Model, a personnel inventory projection model for the Army's Reserve Components.
1996
Report
Upgrading an Office Automation Environment: The Army's DCSPER Automation Project Final Report
Summarizes the survey results and suggests several evolutionary enhancements to Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (ODCSPER)'s computing environment.
1992
Report
Automated war gaming: an overview of the RAND Strategy Assessment Center
This paper outlines the origins, objectives, and architecture of the RAND Strategy Assessment Center (RSAC), a highly ambitious multiyear research program to develop a system and methodology combining the systematic reproducibility of analytic modeli...
1985
Report
Overview of RSAC System Software: A Briefing
This Note gives an overview of the RAND Strategy Assessment Center's (RSAC) software design and summarizes characteristics of the automated war gaming system.
1985
Report
The RAND Strategy Assessment Center System Perspective
The RAND Strategy Assessment Center (RSAC) is a highly ambitious, multiyear research program to develop a system and methodology that combine the systematic reproducibility of analytic modeling/simulation with the behavioral richness of rule-based artificial intelligence technology.
1984
Report
An introduction to the ISIS interactive information system
An introduction to the ISIS interactive information system
1979
Report
The Constrained Officer Force Progression Model: A Steady-State Mathematical Model of the U.S. Air Force Officer Structure
The model described is one of a set of computer-based models designed to provide personnel planners with broadly based aggregated data and detailed officer inventories and flows reflecting the effects of policies and conditions under investigation.
1976
Report
The Officer Grade Limitations Model: A Steady-State Mathematical Model of the U.S. Air Force Officer Structure
The Officer Grade Limitations Model was developed as part of a series of models to be used by the Air Force.
1975
Report
The Officer Force Progression Model: A Steady-State Mathematical Model of the U.S. Air Force Officer Structure
Describes a computer-based model, the Officer Force Progression Model.
1974
Report
The SIMSCRIPT II Programming Language: IBM 360 Implementation
Updated information on the implementation of SIMSCRIPT II on Rand's360/65 computer, with directions for use, helpful hints for programmers, a listing of messages produced during compilation and during execution, and a listing of the new improved...
1972
Report
The Consolidation of Maintenance Durations with Applications to Aircraft Sorties
A description of two computerized methods, CONCUR and CONVOL, for consolidating information on the total time required to perform two kinds of maintenance tasks.
1967
Report
A Programmer's Guide to SAMSOM II.
A technical manual for programmers concerned with modifying or adapting programs of SAMSOM II, RAND's Support Availability Multi-System Operations Model, to a particular computer installation. The guide is divided into four major sections, one for e...
1967
Report
A User's Manual for SAMSOM II: The Support Availability Multi-System Operations Model
A description of the capabilities of SAMSOM II, RAND's operations model for the simulation of aircraft operations and logistics support problems.
1967