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Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1997 M.B.A., University of South Dakota, 1991 B.S., Iowa State University, 1982 Kevin D. Carlson (Ph.D., University of Iowa) is Professor and Head of the Department of Management. His teaching interests include staffing, recruitment, training and development, turnover, productivity improvement, human capital metrics and analytics and the effective use of technology in organizations. Prior to beginning his graduate studies, he worked for Cargill, Incorporated and later in the Iowa Community College system as an administrator and instructor of business and microcomputer courses. He also is currently serving as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM). Dr. Carlson has published research on a wide variety of topics related to the measurement and evaluation of individual, process and organizational effectiveness. His work has been published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Management, IHRIM Journal, and Organizational Research Methods. He has published numerous book chapters and presented research papers at the meetings of the Academy of Management, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the International Association for Human Resource Information Management. He speaks and has taught professional development courses throughout the United States on the topic of Workforce Analytics. His current research interests center on improving individual and organizational effectiveness. Ongoing research is examining the determinants of individual performance and how knowledge impacts individual and organizational outcomes. Key components of this research include understanding how knowledge conceptualizations influence knowledge management efforts, organizational metrics, specifically addressing how information systems capabilities can be most effectively utilized for enhancing organization performance. Central to this effort is a reexamination of human capital metrics and their application in light of the dramatically reduced costs of assessment activities and the increased access to information possible with currently deployed integrated human resource information systems.