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Book Synopsis Pro Forma: A Meta-Model for Force Structure Costing by : James Cummings
Download or read book Pro Forma: A Meta-Model for Force Structure Costing written by James Cummings and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two largest expenses in the Army budget are personnel and operating costs (MPA and OMA), both of which are correlated to the size of the Army. The easiest way to reduce the Army's budget in the face of the federal budget deficit and the end of the cold war is, then, to reduce the number of soldiers on active duty. The Army, already in the midst of a major reduction in its size, must be able to rapidly react to further reductions. Until now, no quick, accurate method of determining the budget impact of a force reduction has been available. Pro Forma, a model developed by the Operations Research (OR) Center at West Point, allows analysts to rapidly estimate the budgetary impacts of different form size and basing options. The OR Center was tasked to assist the Army Budget Office (ABO) by producing a model that was quick, accurate, and easy to use. The ABO's main task is keeping track of current expenditures, not making budgetary predictions. Compounding matters is the high personnel turbulence in the office, with many people working there for only a year or two. Pro Forma, a term taken from the business practice of estimating a budget from current expenditures, is a user-friendly, spreadsheet based model designed to meet ABO's needs. It concentrates on OMA dollars because of its many component accounts, called Primary Sub-Programs (PSPs), but includes MPA and family housing (AFHO) expenses.
Book Synopsis Pro Forma: Force Structure Costing Model US Army Budget Office by : James Watson
Download or read book Pro Forma: Force Structure Costing Model US Army Budget Office written by James Watson and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes the efforts done in continuation of the ORCEN which developed the Force Structure Costing Model, Pro Forma, in FY 91. This spreadsheet based model provides quick results to inquires by the senior Army leadership regarding resource dollars savings that could be expected from force structure modifications. As an introduction to this model and the previous work done, readers are advised to look at ORCEN technical Report No. FY 92/90-2 entitled "Pro-Forma: A Meta-Model for Force Structure Costing" by MM James Cummings.
Book Synopsis Building a New Force Structure Cost Analysis Model by : Brent D. Bradley
Download or read book Building a New Force Structure Cost Analysis Model written by Brent D. Bradley and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A description of a new force structure cost analysis model being developed to advance the concept of force structure analysis and to facilitate its use in Air Force planning studies. The model is designed to incorporate non-weapon support activities and provide means for explicit analysis of their resource requirements. The concepts of the model and their use in the analytical process are discussed, as well as the definitional framework devised for it. This framework provides a two -dimensional description of the Air Force. The method by which the model will accommodate both planner and analyst is considered. (Author).
Book Synopsis Introduction to the USAF Total Force Cost Model by : H. G. Massey
Download or read book Introduction to the USAF Total Force Cost Model written by H. G. Massey and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to produce time-phased total manpower and dollar requirements estimates for 15-year projections of alternative future USAF forces and support structures, the USAF Total Force Cost Model--sometimes referred to as the FORCE model--is currently operating on computers in the Air Staff Cost and Economic Analysis Division, Directorate of Management Analysis, Comptroller of the Air Force. This report presents an overview of the model, including its basic purposes and its relationship to the planning and programming process. Some examples and suggested applications are presented. Only the general features of the model and the methodology it employs are discussed. The FORCE model has potential for application in analysis of future forces for research and development planning; studies of alternative weapon systems for mission-oriented subsets of the force; and analysis of alternative future basing plans, training structure, or other support issues. (Author).
Book Synopsis An Analysis of the 'Electric FYDP' Force Costing Model by : George Leon Moses
Download or read book An Analysis of the 'Electric FYDP' Force Costing Model written by George Leon Moses and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of the Electric FYDP force costing model's ability to estimate alternative force structure costs is presented and related to the current Department of Defense planning, programming, and budgeting system. The Electric FYDP cost model is described in economic and mathematical terms. An analysis of the model's workability, as defined by Michio Hatanaka, in modeling a military service economy for use in force cost prediction and force cost analysis is presented. The problems in estimating the parameters of the Electric FYDP ARE DISCUSSED AND CURRENT PARAMETER ESTIMATION PROCEDURES ARE APPRAISED. Preliminary sensitivity analysis is performed. The conceptual use of estimates of force cost variance in scheduling procurement of future weapons systems with a binding budgetary constraint is discussed. (Author).
Book Synopsis Force Structure Cost Model File Maintenance Program: Operator's Manual by : Robert E. Pugh
Download or read book Force Structure Cost Model File Maintenance Program: Operator's Manual written by Robert E. Pugh and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document provides guidance in the use of the File Change routine to the analyst preparing data for the FOSCOM data file. It includes a discussion of the different types of change items along with substantive examples of their possible use, the mechanics of preparing a deck of changes to the file; a description of the format and use of the various output listings; and lastly, a detailed analysis of an illustrative run of the File Change routine. (Author).
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Download or read book Regions and Powers written by Barry Buzan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-04 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book develops the idea that since decolonisation, regional patterns of security have become more prominent in international politics. The authors combine an operational theory of regional security with an empirical application across the whole of the international system. Individual chapters cover Africa, the Balkans, CIS Europe, East Asia, EU Europe, the Middle East, North America, South America, and South Asia. The main focus is on the post-Cold War period, but the history of each regional security complex is traced back to its beginnings. By relating the regional dynamics of security to current debates about the global power structure, the authors unfold a distinctive interpretation of post-Cold War international security, avoiding both the extreme oversimplifications of the unipolar view, and the extreme deterritorialisations of many globalist visions of a new world disorder. Their framework brings out the radical diversity of security dynamics in different parts of the world.
Book Synopsis The Russian Way of War by : Lester W. Grau
Download or read book The Russian Way of War written by Lester W. Grau and published by Mentor Military. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Force Structure, Tactics, and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces The mighty Soviet Army is no more. The feckless Russian Army that stumbled into Chechnya is no more. Today's Russian Army is modern, better manned, better equipped and designed for maneuver combat under nuclear-threatened conditions. This is your source for the tactics, equipment, force structure and theoretical underpinnings of a major Eurasian power. Here's what the experts are saying: "A superb baseline study for understanding how and why the modern Russian Army functions as it does. Essential for specialist and generalist alike." -Colonel (Ret) David M. Glantz, foremost Western author on the Soviet Union in World War II and Editor of The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. "Congratulations to Les Grau and Chuck Bartles on filling a gap which has yawned steadily wider since the end of the USSR. Their book addresses evolving Russian views on war, including the blurring of its nature and levels, and the consequent Russian approaches to the Ground Forces' force structuring, manning, equipping, and tactics. Confidence is conferred on the validity of their arguments and conclusions by copious footnoting, mostly from an impressive array of primary sources. It is this firm grounding in Russian military writings, coupled with the authors' understanding of war and the Russian way of thinking about it, that imparts such an authoritative tone to this impressive work." -Charles Dick, former Director of the Combat Studies Research Centre, Senior Fellow at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, author of the 1991 British Army Field Manual, Volume 2, A Treatise on Soviet Operational Art and author of From Victory to Stalemate The Western Front, Summer 1944 and From Defeat to Victory, The Eastern Front, Summer 1944. "Dr. Lester Grau's and Chuck Bartles' professional research on the Russian Armed Forces is widely read throughout the world and especially in Russia. Russia's Armed Forces have changed much since the large-scale reforms of 2008, which brought the Russian Army to the level of the world's other leading armies. The speed of reform combined with limited information about their core mechanisms represented a difficult challenge to the authors. They have done a great job and created a book which could be called an encyclopedia of the modern armed forces of Russia. They used their wisdom and talents to explore vital elements of the Russian military machine: the system of recruitment and training, structure of units of different levels, methods and tactics in defense and offence and even such little-known fields as the Arctic forces and the latest Russian combat robotics." -Dr. Vadim Kozyulin, Professor of Military Science and Project Director, Project on Asian Security, Emerging Technologies and Global Security Project PIR Center, Moscow. "Probably the best book on the Russian Armed Forces published in North America during the past ten years. A must read for all analysts and professionals following Russian affairs. A reliable account of the strong and weak aspects of the Russian Army. Provides the first look on what the Russian Ministry of Defense learned from best Western practices and then applied them on Russian soil." -Ruslan Pukhov, Director of the Moscow-based Centre for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) and member of the Public Council of the Russian Federation Ministry of Defense. Author of Brothers Armed: Military Aspects of the Crisis in Ukraine, Russia's New Army, and The Tanks of August.
Book Synopsis The Structuring of Organizations by : Henry Mintzberg
Download or read book The Structuring of Organizations written by Henry Mintzberg and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synthesizes the empirical literature on organizationalstructuring to answer the question of how organizations structure themselves --how they resolve needed coordination and division of labor. Organizationalstructuring is defined as the sum total of the ways in which an organizationdivides and coordinates its labor into distinct tasks. Further analysis of theresearch literature is neededin order to builda conceptualframework that will fill in the significant gap left by not connecting adescription of structure to its context: how an organization actuallyfunctions. The results of the synthesis are five basic configurations (the SimpleStructure, the Machine Bureaucracy, the Professional Bureaucracy, theDivisionalized Form, and the Adhocracy) that serve as the fundamental elementsof structure in an organization. Five basic parts of the contemporaryorganization (the operating core, the strategic apex, the middle line, thetechnostructure, and the support staff), and five theories of how it functions(i.e., as a system characterized by formal authority, regulated flows, informalcommunication, work constellations, and ad hoc decision processes) aretheorized. Organizations function in complex and varying ways, due to differing flows -including flows of authority, work material, information, and decisionprocesses. These flows depend on the age, size, and environment of theorganization; additionally, technology plays a key role because of itsimportance in structuring the operating core. Finally, design parameters aredescribed - based on the above five basic parts and five theories - that areused as a means of coordination and division of labor in designingorganizational structures, in order to establish stable patterns of behavior.(CJC).
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Book Synopsis Meta-Analysis, Decision Analysis, and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis by : Diana B. Petitti
Download or read book Meta-Analysis, Decision Analysis, and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis written by Diana B. Petitti and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public health and in health policy courses at the undergraduate and graduate level.
Book Synopsis Forging the Shield by : Donald A. Carter
Download or read book Forging the Shield written by Donald A. Carter and published by Department of the Army. This book was released on 2015 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated book that includes tables, charts, and maps primarily discusses the role of USAREUR (US Army Europe) in rearming and training the new German Army which was perhaps the Army's single greatest contribution toward maintaining security in Western Europe. Likewise, the relationship between American soldiers and their French and West German hosts evolved over time and is a critical element in telling the story of the US Army in Europe.
Book Synopsis Ten Steps to a Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation System by : Jody Zall Kusek
Download or read book Ten Steps to a Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation System written by Jody Zall Kusek and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2004-06-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An effective state is essential to achieving socio-economic and sustainable development. With the advent of globalization, there are growing pressures on governments and organizations around the world to be more responsive to the demands of internal and external stakeholders for good governance, accountability and transparency, greater development effectiveness, and delivery of tangible results. Governments, parliaments, citizens, the private sector, NGOs, civil society, international organizations and donors are among the stakeholders interested in better performance. As demands for greater accountability and real results have increased, there is an attendant need for enhanced results-based monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs, and projects. This Handbook provides a comprehensive ten-step model that will help guide development practitioners through the process of designing and building a results-based monitoring and evaluation system. These steps begin with a OC Readiness AssessmentOCO and take the practitioner through the design, management, and importantly, the sustainability of such systems. The Handbook describes each step in detail, the tasks needed to complete each one, and the tools available to help along the way."
Book Synopsis Introduction to Multi-Armed Bandits by : Aleksandrs Slivkins
Download or read book Introduction to Multi-Armed Bandits written by Aleksandrs Slivkins and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multi-armed bandits is a rich, multi-disciplinary area that has been studied since 1933, with a surge of activity in the past 10-15 years. This is the first book to provide a textbook like treatment of the subject.
Book Synopsis Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics, Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies by : OECD
Download or read book Improving Healthcare Quality in Europe Characteristics, Effectiveness and Implementation of Different Strategies written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, developed by the Observatory together with OECD, provides an overall conceptual framework for understanding and applying strategies aimed at improving quality of care. Crucially, it summarizes available evidence on different quality strategies and provides recommendations for their implementation. This book is intended to help policy-makers to understand concepts of quality and to support them to evaluate single strategies and combinations of strategies.
Book Synopsis Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020 by : Brian Graf
Download or read book Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020 written by Brian Graf and published by INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Consumer Price Index Manual: Concepts and Methods contains comprehensive information and explanations on compiling a consumer price index (CPI). The Manual provides an overview of the methods and practices national statistical offices (NSOs) should consider when making decisions on how to deal with the various problems in the compilation of a CPI. The chapters cover many topics. They elaborate on the different practices currently in use, propose alternatives whenever possible, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative. The primary purpose of the Manual is to assist countries in producing CPIs that reflect internationally recommended methods and practices.
