Model for Assigning Project Members to Maximize Personality Balance

Abstract:

Global competition has forced enterprises to constantly innovate business administration and product services, in order to dominate markets and to compete effectively. However, the formulation and execution of strategy and the development of products and services rely largely on a concrete management system that can efficiently produce attractive products within the shortest period of time. Project management is an effective way of achieving these objectives. A temporary task group is formed by borrowing personnel from related divisions, without altering the original organizational structure and adding extra workforce. Various team-building activities are used to quickly transform this group of people into a solid project team and to accomplish the specified project objectives as soon as possible. Traditional assignment of project personnel is based primarily on work experiences and expertise and ignores the role that personalities play in the success of the project. Therefore, this study develops a project assignment quantitative model that maximizes the team’s personality balance by selecting the most suitable personnel from a group of qualified capable candidates, to increase the possibility of success for the project. The results of the example show that the model developed can help a project manager to form a project team in which the members’ personalities are highly balanced, to maximize the project performance.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 556-562)
• Pages: 6815-6824
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.556-562.6815
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Jeong Yau Yeh*, Chiu Chi Wei
• Keywords: Assignment, Personality, Personality Balance, Project, Project Management

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