Research Proposal - Survery Research

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE:   SHOULD COMBAT ARMS BE
REVERTED TO ITS OWN CAREER FIELD

By

Joseph L. Brewer

A Research Proposal Presented to:

George Byrtek, Instructor

Portland 120 Cohort

April 27, 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 4
INTRODUCTION 4
Purpose 4
Setting 4
Importance 7
Operational Definitions 7
CHAPTER 2 9
LITERATURE REVIEW 9
Introduction 9
Job Design 9
Group Effects 10
Job Satisfaction 10
Task Specialization 11
Employee Motivation 12
Corporate Knowledge 13
Conclusion 14
CHAPTER 3 16
METHODS 16
Objectives 16
Participants 16
Materials 18
Procedures 19
REFERENCES 21
APPENDIX A 22
COVER LETTER 22
APPENDIX B 23
QUESTIONAIRE 23
SURVEY 1 - TRAINEES 23
SURVEY 2 – SECURITY FORCES MEMBERS 27


CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Purpose

At present, the United States Air Force has combined the Security Forces (Military Police) and Combat Arms Training and Maintenance (CATM) career fields.   The design of the merger was to facilitate cross training of personnel, maximize unit manning strengths and ensure interchangeability between the two career fields:   i.e. a Security Forces member could become a CATM instructor and a CATM could provide military police duties.   The theory was sound however in practice it has caused difficulties which resulted in logistical problems.   The design in this research proposal is to determine through a series of questionnaires the perspectives of the Portland Air Base personnel regarding the splitting of the Combat Arms Career Field.  
Setting
The United States Air Force is a group of approximate 350,000 active duty (work full time as military) members as well as hundreds of thousands of Reserve and National Guard members.   The range of ages spans from 17 to 60 with a balance of women and men.   The military structures its ranks between enlisted and commission officer personnel, with officers assuming roles of command and leadership.   The enlisted force comprises the largest percentage... [continues]

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