Toward Incentives for Military Transformation: A Review of Economic Models of Compensation

Bogdan Savych

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: National Security;    Military Force Planning;    Military Compensation;    Military Personnel;   

ISBN  :  0-8330-3786-2
RP-ID  :  TR-194-OSD

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

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.