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The personnel assignment problem involva the assignment of people to tasks, projects, etc., in a manner that maximizes a measure of aggregate utility for the assignees subject to several assignment constraints. In addition to computationally efficient solution algorithms, the effective implementation of mathematical models to solve the personnel assignment problem must include data processing systems with comprehensive error checking/resolution procedures, end user reports, documentation, and training. This paper summarizes two successful computer-based systems for solving large-scale personnel assignment problems that frequently occur in university settings. SCAT, the Student-Company Assignment Technique, assigns students to job interview slots. SPAT, the Student-Project Assignment Technique, assigns students to project teams in an MBA field project course. The SCAT and SPAT approaches can be generalized to a wide variety of personnel assignment problems in university, industry, government, and military settings. Subject Areas: Computer AppUcations, Decision Support System, Management Information Systems, and Mathematical hogramming.Decision Sciences [Vol. 14 to actual problems, unfortunately, has not been widespread [3] [9]. The implementation effort must overcome three significant obstacles: X X Summary statistics report X X Student and company listing by name X X Student assignment by project X Assignments by company X Assignments by student X Requests and assignments by company X X Requests and assignments by student X X Interview master schedule X