Manpower Planning and Organization Design

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introductory Summary....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Models for Organization Design and Staffing....Pages 15-30
Manpower Planning for the Managerial Workforce: A Quantitative and Qualitative Approach....Pages 31-43
The Creation of a System of Personnel Management Forecasting: Technology or Sociology?....Pages 45-56
A Methodological Review of the Treatment of Individual Goals in Some Recent German System Approaches Towards Manpower Planning....Pages 57-72
An Optimal Retirement Policy for Individuals....Pages 73-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Conversational Manpower Planning Models in a Telecommunications Environment....Pages 85-101
MANPLAN: A Flexible Computer Package for Practical Manpower Planning....Pages 103-118
Bargaining Assignment and Officer Rotation Models in the US Navy....Pages 119-129
Developing a Research-Based System for Manpower Management and Career Progression in the US Army Officer Corps....Pages 131-144
A Computer Assisted Manpower Planning Model....Pages 145-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
An Action Research Approach to Organisation Design....Pages 157-171
Organization Design in the Smaller Enterprise....Pages 173-186
The Place of Value Orientation of Members in Organizational Design....Pages 187-196
Manpower Planning on the Halifax Waterfront: A Case Study with Implications for Industrial Relations....Pages 197-208
Matrix Organization in an Industrializing Society: Case Studies from Brazil....Pages 209-222
Importance of Individual Differences in Intervention and Design for Improving Quality of Working Life....Pages 223-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
The Integration of Human Resources Planning into the Budgetary Cycle of the Canadian Federal Public Service....Pages 243-258
Possibilities for Career Management in a Subordinate Organisation....Pages 259-269
Organisational Dichotomies: The Dilemma of Management....Pages 271-282
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Planning for Manpower Needs and Organization Development....Pages 283-288
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
A Normative Model for Manpower Planning Under Risk....Pages 291-305
Interactive Design of a Manpower System....Pages 307-318
Efficient Computation and Long Range Optimization Applications Using a Two-Characteristic Markov-Type Manpower Flow Model....Pages 319-330
Two Linear Programming Models of a Large German Federal Department....Pages 331-339
Manpower Planning Under Stochastic Turnover Behavior....Pages 341-352
Forecasting and Recruitment in Graded Manpower Systems....Pages 353-364
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Equal Employment Opportunity Planning and Staffing Models....Pages 367-382
Planning Manpower Utilization in a BI-Cultural Environment....Pages 383-394
On the Racial Composition of Workers Available to an Organization....Pages 395-407
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Intertemporal Eco-Demographic Interactions and their Manpower Planning Implications....Pages 411-425
Personnel Transfer in the Public/Private Research and Development (R & D) Sector....Pages 427-432
The Demand for Qualified Manpower: Some Implications for Macro-Economic Planning....Pages 433-444
Some Economic-Demographic Interactions Affecting Female Manpower Supply: The Greek Experience....Pages 445-459
Institutional Considerations for Macro Manpower Planning in Less Developed Countries....Pages 461-474
Manpower Planning for Industrial Projects in Libya....Pages 475-483
Engineering Education and Manpower Needs of Developing Countries....Pages 485-495
Front Matter....Pages 497-497
Organizational/Systems Opportunities in the Operational Use of a Personnel Planning Model....Pages 499-512
Manpower Planning as a Basis for Current Changes in Periods of Engagement in the Canadian Forces....Pages 513-527
Local Government Manpower Planning: Theory in Practice....Pages 529-543
Front Matter....Pages 497-497
Re-Evaluating Company Manpower Planning in the Light of Some Practical Experiences....Pages 545-559
An Integrated Assignment and Training Control System of the Army (IVAS)....Pages 561-571
On the Application of Analytical Models in Personnel Planning in the Bundeswehr....Pages 573-585
Selecting the Most Appropriate Manpower Model....Pages 587-601
Front Matter....Pages 603-603
The Identification of Management Potential: A Contingency Approach....Pages 605-619
An Objective Approach to the Development of Job Classification Schemes....Pages 621-636
The Characteristics of Naval Personnel and Personnel Performance....Pages 637-652
Implications of a Country Work Force’s Perceptions of Occupations on Work Force Mix and Macro Manpower Plans....Pages 653-665
Contingency Analysis: With an Emphasis on Organization Satisfaction....Pages 667-680
Front Matter....Pages 681-681
An Interactive Manpower Planning and Scheduling System for a Health Facility....Pages 683-689
The Cost-Effectiveness of Various Fringe Benefits to U.S. Navy Personnel....Pages 691-705
Vacate: A Model for Personnel Inventory Planning Under Changing Management Policy....Pages 707-720
An Initial Investigation into the Suitability of Absenteeism Rates as Measures of Performance....Pages 721-731
An Evaluation of Navy Unrestricted Line Officer Accession Programs....Pages 733-747
An Industry Framework for Company Manpower Planning....Pages 749-765
Back Matter....Pages 767-789