This paper presents a review of the personnel assignment problem, including summaries of its key factors and objectives. Previous military research in this field, such as the MANPRINT initiative and recent personnel assignment research in operations research are briefly reviewed. The relevance of personnel assignment research with a primarily human factors focus is discussed, with an emphasis on macroergonomics for achieving optimal personnel assignment solutions.
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