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Pablo Ballesteros-Perez
Pablo
Ballesteros-Perez
M. Carmen Gonzalez-Cruz
M. Carmen
Gonzalez-Cruz
Marta Fernandez-Diego
Marta
Fernandez-Diego
Human resource allocation management in multiple projects using sociometric techniques
Loughborough University
2018
Sociometry
Team composition
Quantitative methods
Groups
Optimization
Cohesion
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Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Human_resource_allocation_management_in_multiple_projects_using_sociometric_techniques/9449105
This article describes a new application of key psychological concepts in the area of Sociometry for the selection of workers within organizations in which projects are developed. The project manager can use a new procedure to determine which individuals should be chosen from a given pool of resources and how to combine them into one or several simultaneous groups/projects in order to assure the highest possible overall work efficiency from the standpoint of social interaction. The optimization process was carried out by means of matrix calculations performed using a computer or even manually, and based on a number of new ratios generated ad-hoc and composed on the basis of indices frequently used in Sociometry. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd and International Project Management Association.