Toward Incentives for Military Transformation
A Review of Economic Models of Compensation
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Two of the military’s transformation goals have particular significance when considering its compensation system: (1) assuring that the system provides flexibility in managing personnel, and (2) assuring that the system induces innovatory activities and well-calculated risk-taking. In addition, the system needs to provide incentives for performance, retention, and skill acquisition. This report reviews four models of compensation: (a) promotion tournaments, in which a fixed number of people compete for a fixed number of rewards, (b) deferred compensation, (c) pay-for-performance mechanisms, and (d) nonmonetary rewards. It analyzes how each of these works in a hierarchical organization and identifies factors within the military compensation system that might affect its transformation efforts.
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Promotion Tournaments
Chapter Three
Career Incentive Schemes: Deferred Compensation and Retirement Pay
Chapter Four
Explicit Pay-for-Performance Incentive Mechanisms
Chapter Five
Rewarding Teamwork and Cooperation in the Hierarchical Organization
Chapter Six
Incorporating the Effects of Nonmonetary Factors
Chapter Seven
Concluding Remarks
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