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Selection and Classification

A significant portion of the services’ attrition problem has been attributed to inappropriate selection and classification of personnel.  Past tools for selecting and classifying personnel have been based on statistical methods like regression that have used a few variables to develop a single linear equation for decision making.  This has led to a focus on the median sailor and “one size fits all” approach to the problem.  The projects that are included in this group are aimed at the development of scientific measures and techniques that support the Whole Person Assessment goal of modern selection and classification.  These projects are aimed at developing an array of new psychological measures that are closely related to team success.  These measures

focus on measures like collective efficacy, trust, social and coping skills, goal orientation, social intelligence and impression management.  The measures will be related to team effectiveness in a number of situations.  In one case the relation of measures to the effectiveness of virtual teams will be investigated. In addition, two of the projects are concerned with the development of data evaluation techniques that can lead to flexible tools for creating the harmonizing blend of skills that must characterize successful teams in an environment of reduced force size.  Fuzzy sets and expansions of data envelopment analysis will be investigated. The individual projects are

                      1)Project-1                                         8)Project-8
                      2)Project-2                                         9)Project-9
                      3)Project-3                                       10)Project-10
                      4)Project-4                                       11)Project-11
                      5)Project-5                                       12)Project-12                
                      6)Project-6                                       13)Project-13 
                      7)Project-7                                       14)Project-14