Introducing HR Analytics with Machine Learning: Empowering Practitioners, Psychologists, and Organizations

Description

This book directly addresses the explosion of literature about leveraging analytics with employee data and how organizational psychologists and practitioners can harness new information to help guide positive change in the workplace. In order for today’s organizational psychologists to successfully work with their partners they must go beyond behavioral science into the realms of computing and business acumen. Similarly, today’s data scientists must appreciate the unique aspects of behavioral data and the special circumstances which surround HR data and HR systems. Finally, traditional HR professionals must become familiar with research methods, statistics, and data systems in order to collaborate with these new specialized partners and teams. Despite the increasing importance of this diversity of skill, many organizations are still unprepared to build teams with the comprehensive skills necessary to have high performing HR Analytics functions. And importantly, all these considerations are magnified by the introduction and acceleration of machine learning in HR. This book will serve as an introduction to these areas and provide guidance on building the connectivity across domains required to establish well-rounded skills for individuals and best practices for organizations when beginning to apply advanced analytics to workforce data. It will also introduce machine learning and where it fits within the larger HR Analytics framework by explaining many of its basic tenets and methodologies. By the end of the book, readers will understand the skills required to do advanced HR analytics well, as well as how to begin designing and applying machine learning within a larger human capital strategy. Front Matter Part I. A Model for Quality Analytics with Workforce Data 1. Introduction 2. Analytics About Employees 3. HR Analytics Ikigai Part II. Bringing Science, Machine Learning, and Behavior Together 4. Thinking About Your Problem-Solving Strategies 5. Great Results Come from Great Questions 6. Statistics for Non-Statisticians 7. Why Now? Computers Enable a Future with Machine Learning 8. Introducing Machine Learning 9. Common Machine Learning Techniques Part III. Getting Started with Machine Learning 10. What History Can Teach us About Using Machine Learning Well 11. Machine Learning Project Management 12. The 3 A’s of a Machine Learning Project 13. Data Wrangling 14. Bringing Your Model to Life Back Matter