AI Applications in People Management

Peter Cappelli is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at The Wharton School and serves as the Director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources. With a focus on human resource practices, public policy related to employment, and talent management, Cappelli has made significant contributions to understanding the dynamics of the workforce in contemporary settings. He holds degrees in industrial relations from Cornell University and in labor economics from Oxford University, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. His extensive experience includes serving as Senior Advisor to the Kingdom of Bahrain for Employment Policy and as a Distinguished Scholar of the Ministry of Manpower for Singapore.Professor Cappelli teaches various courses, including "AI Applications in People Management" and "Managing Social and Human Capital." He has authored several influential books, including The Future of the Office: Work from Home, Remote Work, and the Hard Choices We Face, and has published research in leading journals such as Harvard Business Review and Journal of Business. Recognized as one of the top five most influential thinkers in management by HR Magazine, he is also a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal and HR Executive magazine. Through his research and teaching, Cappelli continues to shape the discourse on effective management practices in an evolving labor market.

Prasanna (Sonny) Tambe is an associate professor of Operations, Information and Decisions at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the use of data science and AI for HR applications and on the economics of labor markets for high-tech workers. His research has been published or is forthcoming in a number of academic journals including Management Science, Information Systems Research, MIS Quarterly, The Review of Financial Studies, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Communications of the ACM,, and Information Economics and Policy. His research has also won a number of awards, including the Best Published Paper in Information Systems Research and the Best Published IS Paper in Management Science. He currently serves on the editorial board of Management Science and was previously on the editorial board of Information Systems Research. Professor Tambe received his SB and MEng in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and his PhD in managerial science and applied economics from Wharton.

Professor Matthew Bidwell's research examines new patterns in work and employment, focusing in particular the causes and effects of more short-term, market oriented employment relationships. He has conducted detailed research on the contracting workforce in information technology, publishing papers on how those contractors are used within firms, on the effects of their relationships with staffing firms, and on who goes into contracting. A second focus of his research explores how workers build careers across organizations, working in different kinds of workplaces at different points in their careers. Current projects explore how organizations balance internal promotions with external hiring, and why worker mobility has increased in recent years.