Transformation And the Army School System

by Shanley, Michael G.

• ISBN13: 9780833038098
• ISBN10: 0833038095
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-08-01
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

Policies and options for The Army School System (TASS) to meet the Army's current and future training demands.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Figures	ix
Tables	xi
Summary	xiii
Acknowledgments	xxv
Glossary	xxvii
Introduction	1	(10)
The Policy Context: Army Transformation Moderated by Contemporary Operational Challenges	3	(3)
Organization of TASS Across Army Components	6	(2)
Goals of This Research	8	(1)
Organization of This Report	9	(2)
A Construct to Assist TASS in Meeting Future Training Challenges	11	(20)
Army Transformation and the Current Operating Environment Will Increase Demands on the Army's Training System	11	(4)
TASS Will Need to Achieve More in Order to Meet the Army's Future Training Needs	15	(3)
Enablers Can Help TASS Achieve Its Future Training Mission	18	(10)
This Report Examines Three Key Challenges in More Depth	28	(3)
Improving the Training-Development Process: Building More-Responsive Capacity, Quality, and Productivity	31	(24)
Training Development Under TASS Could Gain from Understanding and Emulating Software-Development and Software-Publishing Organizations	32	(13)
New Supporting Technologies Can Further Improve the Speed and Efficiency of IMI Development	45	(6)
Concluding Observations: New Organizations, Support, and Processes Are Possible	51	(4)
Developing a More-Effective Local Training System	55	(22)
Local TASS Schools Offer Several Advantages	56	(13)
How Might a Local TASS School System Work?	69	(4)
Concluding Observations: A Local Training System Could Help TASS Expand Individual Training and Meet Unit Needs	73	(4)
Achieving Better Integration Between the AC and RC Training Systems	77	(12)
Training-System Integration Offers Advantages to the Future Army	77	(3)
The RC Could Take on Additional Responsibilities in the Future Army Training System	80	(5)
Concluding Observations: Training-System Integration Offers Advantages for the Future Army	85	(4)
Recommendations for Beginning the Process of Change	89	(54)
TASS Needs an Evolutionary Approach to Change	90	(4)
Concluding Observations: Potential Pilot Studies Offer Opportunities for the Army to Understand Costs and Tradeoffs	94	(5)
APPENDIX
A. Typology of Training Technologies	99	(6)
B. Assessment of Technology Payoffs for Current and Future Training	105	(6)
C. The Current RC TASS: Observations and Lessons Learned	111	(16)
D. The Relative Importance of Factors Affecting the DMOSQ Rate	127	(4)
E. Sample Pilot Studies	131	(12)
Bibliography	143