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IT Workforce Planning: A Modular Design Science Approach
Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research
  • Monica Adya, Marquette University
  • Fred Niederman, St. Louis University
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
1-1-2011
Publisher
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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Abstract

Strategic benefits offered by well-executed investments in information technology (IT) have been acknowledged extensively. Among other factors, successful return on IT investments depends upon timely availability of quality of IT personnel. IT workforce planning necessitates active projections of a firm's workforce transformation from both known technology evolutions such as shifting among platforms, and personnel transition scenarios such as retirement, turnover, and other career decisions. Using a design science approach, we propose the development of a modular workforce planning system that captures current workforce inventory, projected personnel transitions, and projected skill evolutions to generate future workforce states. This proposed system has implications for development and design of systems for succession, transition, training, and hiring/exit decisions for an IT workforce environment.

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Published in Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research 2016: 42-48. DOI.

Citation Information
Monica Adya and Fred Niederman. "IT Workforce Planning: A Modular Design Science Approach" Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research (2011)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/monica_adya/62/