Big Data Techniques and Talent Management: Recommendations for Organizations and a Research Agenda for I-O Psychologists

Big data and its applicability to talent management (TM) as defined by Rotolo et al. (2018) has already been recognized by many outside the field of I-O psychology. The market is beginning to include offerings from vendors for products that use some combination of big data techniques to process vast amounts of data or previously unanalyzable data, which they claim will improve components of TM for organizations. Unfortunately, as noted in the focal article, this “frontier” issue makes it difficult for organizations to separate the wheat from the chaff. Further, with few exceptions, I-O psychology is just beginning to inform organizations about whether and how big data can be used for the purposes of TM

On the relationship between philosophy and sociology

Through offering thoughtful readings of this, or any work, we are engaging in an effort which continues formulating the relationship between philosophy and sociology in such a way that our version of social actions (whether our own actions or the actions of others) is developing dialectically. Developing such that, for instance, any seeming lack of resemblance between the title of this work and the work itself does not restrain us and prevent us from hearing how it is only by risking engaging in work, which may be heard by some, even by many, as eccentric, that genuine social research can proceed.As composers of our readings of this, or any work, we might having read it, say that the conception of the relationship between these two disciplines; the conception of each of the disciplines; and indeed the way of conceptualizing each of ourselves and other selves, with which we had set out, has developed through our relationship to our work with this piece of writing. We say we "might" say this, for each of our readings displays each of our response -ability, i.e. each of our decisions.I, as writer, look forward to working with your response, for my desire in offering this work for your attention is to pursue or instigate our conversation, and not to commit selves to solitary confinement

“What we need to acknowledge from people like Iqbal is that you can have debate within a context of familiarity and friendship” – Bishop Nazir-Ali

In February Bishop Nazir-Ali was in conversation with Professor Javed Majeed at an event on the philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal co-hosted by the South Asia Centre and Bloomsbury Pakistan. During the Bishop’s visit to LSE, Sonali Campion interviewed him about the contemporary relevance of Iqbal’s writing, particularly in questions around the relationship between religion and the state

Introduction to the Special Issue: What We Can Learn from Large Scale Human Resources Initiatives in the Federal Government and Department of Defense

Arguably, the government has some of the most complex and sophisticated Human Resource (HR) initiatives of any organization in the country. This is due to at least three reasons. First, the sheer size of the government requires sophisticated HR systems to manage the huge number of HR decisions required. Second, the HR systems in the government must respond to much greater external (public) scrutiny than any other organization because it is funded by government money and must be responsive to taxpayers interests and concerns. As such, fairness and defensibility are far more important factors than in other organizations. Third, the government HR systems must comply with many more laws and regulations than other organizations, thus placing constraints on informal judgment and discretion and requiring sophisticated formal decision-making systems

Moving Forward: Updates and Current Progress of The CLASS Project

The cancellation of Step 2 CS has resulted in a lack of national direction regarding clinical skills assessment and standards. Clinical Skills have traditionally been regarded as one of the cornerstones in medical education. The elimination of Step II CS has created a vacuum in the learning continuum as to a standardized approach for these skills. This not only has implications for across the medical continuum but also ultimately for the patients. In view of this, the CLASS Project, Clinical Skills Assessment and Standardization, is a national effort re-examining clinical skills in the context of medicine today. This project began in August 2021. It has nationally crowdsourced the knowledge of the medical educator community through a grassroots effort. There are 12 Taskforces each seeking to answer major questions as it relates to clinical skills. Each of these Taskforces are designated by question words: Why, What, How, Who, When, and Where. Additionally, there is a 13th Taskforce, Technology, examining the role of technology within the context of clinical skills. As a result, almost 400 people have been participating. This number of people who have volunteered is reflective of the widespread interest. This is an important project not only because it addresses important issues but also because the process, structure, involvement, and size of the project is unique. Learning Objectives: By the end of the session, attendees will: 1. Learn about the Background and Current Progress of the CLASS Project 2. Contribute knowledge to ongoing topics of discussion within each Taskforce 3. Understand the unique structure of project for possible future replication in other endeavors References 1. Yudkowsky R, Szauter K. Farewell to the Step 2 Clinical Skills Exam: New Opportunities, Obligations, and Next Steps. Acad Med. 2021 Sep 1;96(9):1250-1253. 2. Kogan JR, Hauer KE, Holmboe ES. The Dissolution of the Step 2 Clinical Skills Examination and the Duty of Medical Educators to Step Up the Effectiveness of Clinical Skills Assessment. Acad Med. 2021 Sep 1;96(9):1242-1246

Towards a Toolset for Intranet Evaluation

Usability is an important component of information systems acceptance. Independent consultants in the assessment of organisational intranets often perform heuristic appraisal, a common method of usability evaluation. However, there are alternative usability models that offer valuable analysis in the evaluation process. Using a government organisation’s intranet as a case study, this paper assesses the value of an independent heuristic-based intranet audit by providing a comparable approach to assessment realisable internally in the organisation using questionnaires. Using a single case study, we empirically apply the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), together with some heuristic aspects, to provide an alternative tool for intranet usability and acceptance. We provide insight into the usability impact of intranet design changes, and compare the findings of an external usability audit with the approach outlined. An overall toolset for intranet evaluation is proposed as an initial step for further exploration and potential use

Colored Permutation Statistics by Conjugacy Class

In this paper, we consider the moments of permutation statistics on conjugacy classes of colored permutation groups. We first show that when the cycle lengths are sufficiently large, the moments of arbitrary permutation statistics are independent of the conjugacy class. For permutation statistics that can be realized via $\textit{symmetric}$ constraints, we show that for a fixed number of colors, each moment is a polynomial in the degree $n$ of the $r$-colored permutation group $\mathfrak{S}_{n,r}$. Hamaker & Rhoades (arXiv 2022) established analogous results for the symmetric group as part of their far-reaching representation-theoretic framework. Independently, Campion Loth, Levet, Liu, Stucky, Sundaram, & Yin (arXiv, 2023) arrived at independence and polynomiality results for the symmetric group using instead an elementary combinatorial framework. Our techniques in this paper build on this latter elementary approach