Postgraduate education and professional military development : are they compatible? PDF
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NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL Monterey, California THESIS POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL MILITARY DEVELOPMENT: ARE THEY COMPATIBLE? by James Roger Wilson December 1991 Thesis Advisor: Richard Elster Second Reader: Stephen L. Mehay Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited T259300 SECURITY CLASSIFICATIONOFTHISPAGE REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE 1a REPORTSECURITYCLASSIFICATION 1b RESTRICTIVE MARKINGS I uclassified 2d SECURITYCLASSIFICATIONAUTHORITY 3 DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITYOF REPORT Approvedlor publicrelease;distributionisunlimited. 2b DECLASSIFICATION/DOWNGRADINGSCHEDULE 4 PERFORMINGORGANIZATION REPORT NUMBER(S) S MONITORINGORGANIZATION REPORTNUMBER(S) 6a NAME OF PERFORMINGORGANIZATION 6b OFFICE SYMBOL 7a NAMEOFMONITORINGORGANIZATION Nuval PostgraduateSchool (Ifapplicable) Naval PostgraduateSchool 036 6c ADDRESS{City. State andZiPCode) 7b ADDRESS(C/fy, State,andZIPCode) Monterey,CA 93943 5000 Monterey,CA 93943 5000 8a NAMEOF FUNDING/SPONSORING 8b OFFICE SYMBOL 9 PROCUREMENT INSTRUMENT IDENTIFICATIONNUMBER ORGANIZATION (Ifapplicable) 8c ADDRESS(City, State, andZIPCode) 10 SOURCEOF FUNDING NUMBERS ProgramIlt*meniNu ProjectNo 11 TITLE (IncludeSecurity Classification) POSTGRADUATEEDUCATION ANDPROFESSIONALMILITARY DEVELOPMENT: ARETHEYCOMPATIBLE? 12 PERSONALAUTHOR(S) JamesRogerWilson 13a TYPE OFREPORT 13b TIME COVERED 14 DATE OF REPORT(year, month,day) 15 PAGECOuN"1 Master'sThesis From Tc December 1991 (.1 I 16 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTATION Theviewsexpressed inthisthesisarethoseoftheauthoranddonotrelied Lheofficial policyorpositionof theDepartmentofDefenseorthe L .S Government. 17 COSATICODES 18 SUBJECTTERMS(continueonreverseifnecessaryandidentifybyblock number) FIELD GROUP SUBGROUP utilization,graduateeducation,graduateeducation utilization,postgraduateeducation 19 ABSTRACT(continueonreverseifnecessaryandidentifybyblock, number) Thisthesisexaminestheutilizationolgraduateeducationlorgraduatesofthe Naval PostgraduateSchool, Manpower,personnel,and Training Analysis(MPTA)curriculum,fromDecember 1986throughJune 1991 Thestudyfocusesonfourareas: 1)developinga list and rankstructureol billetsrequiringthexx33Pcodegranted uponcompletionoftheeducation,2) trackingthecareesoftheofficersfollowingtheirgraduation from thecurriculum,3i examiningcareerprogressionpathstofind placeswheretimely utilizationcould beundertaken,and 4I examining the designatorcompositionofthepopulation.. Thestudydeterminedthat utilizationforthe periodDecember 198t>throughJune 1991 was22.2%. Assumingthatallofficersstill inthetwo-tourDepartmentofDefenseutilizationwindowwereassignedtoutilizationbilletsastheir next assignment,the utilization ratewould riseto52.5%. Thiswasdeemedunacceptable,andtherecommendationwastorequireaneighteenmonth utilizationtourimmediatelyfollowingcompletionofthecurriculum Thiswouldcausethe utilizationralefor MPTAgraduatesinriseto97%. 20 DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITYOFABSTRACT 21 ABSTRACT SECURITYCLASSIFICATION Q tH UNCLASSIHED/UNIIMIUU J SAMl ASRt/POK' DTICUSERS Unclassified 22a NAMEOF RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUAL 22b TELEPHONE (IncludeAreacode) 22c OFFICE SYMBOL StephenL. Mehay (408 646 '2643 ASMP 1 DD FORM 1473, 84 MAR 83 APReditionmay beused untilexhausted SECURITY CtASSlFlCATlQNOF THIS PAGE Allothereditionsareobsolete Unclassified Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL MILITARY DEVELOPMENT: ARE THEY COMPATIBLE? by James R. Wilson Lieutenant, United States Navy B.S., United States Naval Academy, 1986 Submitted in partial fulfillment ofthe requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT from the NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL December 1991 ABSTRACT This thesis examines the utilization of graduate education for graduates of the Naval Postgraduate School, Manpower, Personnel, and Training Analysis (MPTA) curriculum, from December 1986 through June 1991. The study focuses on four areas: 1) developing a list and rank structure of billets requiring the xx33P code granted upon completion of the education, 2) tracking the careers of the officers following their graduation from the curriculum, 3) examining career progression paths to find places where timely utilization could be undertaken, and 4) examining the designator composition of population. The study determined that utilization for the period December 1986 thourgh June 1991 was 22.2%. Assuming that all officers still in the two- tour Department of Defense utilization window were assigned to utilization billets as their next assignment, the utilization rate would rise to 52.5%. This was deemed unacceptable, and the recommendation was to require an eighteen-month utilization tour immediately following completion of the curriculum. This would cause the utilization rate for MPTA graduates to rise to 97%. in TABLE OF CONTENTS I. BACKGROUND 1 A. OBJECTIVES 2 B. RESEARCH QUESTIONS 3 C. SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS 3 D. LITERATURE REVIEW 4 E. ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY 6 II. METHODOLOGY AND DATA PRESENTATION 8 III. DATA ANALYSIS 18 IV. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 28 APPENDIX A 34 APPENDIX B 44 APPENDIX C 48 APPENDIX D 52 LIST OF REFERENCES 53 iv
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