Improving Military Team Building Utilizing Matchmaking Algorithms

Abstract

Professional leaders across all industries, including the Army, seek to create teams that not only work well together, but are also highly successful. As the Army continues to structure its teams using an archaic and rudimentary system that relies heavily on intuition, the civilian sector has found great success by leveraging matchmaking technology to assist in team development. In continuation of previous research, our work discusses the current state of the Armys talent management system and the gap between it an its civilian counterpart, and urges the use of technology as a possible solution. We begin by establishing a base understanding of human chemistry. We discuss why human judgment and intuition are no longer sufficient tools for successful talent management, and highlight how current matchmaking technology is being used. Last, we present areas within the military that could benefit from the application of this technology and examine two hypothetical tests that could act as a proof of concept for our claims.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1069753

Entities

People

  • David N. Schnaak
  • Robert Jr B. Thompson

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Business Administration
  • Chemistry
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Judgment
  • Logistics
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychological Operations
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Students
  • Supply Chain
  • Warfare

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  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Systems Analysis and Design