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The U.S. Department of the Air Force has historically used a simple approach to allocate goals to recruiting groups, proportionally assigning goals to each based on its five-year production average. However, many factors influence whether the U.S. Department of the Air Force can successfully produce contracts; therefore, the same factors that influence contract production should be considered during the goal-setting process. This Perspective compares and contrasts the current process with a more comprehensive model-based goaling process that accounts for factors influencing contract production.
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