Background and theory behind the compensation, accessions, and personnel management (CAPM) model2003
by John A. Ausink
The Compensation, Accessions, and Personnel Management (CAPM) model is a software package that enables analysts to study the potential effects of personnel policy changes on future enlisted inventories in the military services. The software is Excel based and uses several modules written in Visual Basic for Applications. The authors provide theoretical background for the reenlistment module of the software. They begin with some general information about econometric models of retention behavior and then describe the Annualized Cost of Leaving (ACOL) and the ACOL 2 models, which are the basis for the adjustment of retention rates in CAPM. Calculation of annualized cost of leaving values, their use in projecting inventories, and examples of CAPM outputs for Air Force enlisted personnel are...