Assignment of project members considering capability and personality balance

作者：Wei Chiu Chi; Lai Ming Chun; Wei Chiou Shuei; Peng Li Hui

来源：Kybernetes, 2013, 42(7): 1016-1028.

DOI：10.1108/K-10-2012-0096

• Project management
• Assignment
• Personality
• Project
• Personality balance

Purpose - This paper aims to construct for the first time a link between the project members' assignment and personality balance.
Design/methodology/approach - This study develops a project assignment quantitative model that maximizes the team's personality balance while meeting the capability requirements. Findings - The findings indicate that a more balanced project team that contributes to project performance can be obtained before project starts.
Research limitations/implications - This paper is limited to the exploration of Belbin's personality types. However, it offers a generic approach that can be applied to other personality categorization.
Practical implications - The paper helps practitioners form a personality balanced project team to improve the project performance by reducing the complexity of project communication and problem solving.
Originality/value - The paper develops for the first time a project assignment model that considers both capability and personality and allocates project personnel in such a way that the most suitable personnel is selected from a group of qualified capable candidates, to increase the possibility of success for the project.

• 出版日期2013