Featured Talk: The Efficiency Trap of Agentic AI in Human Resource Management

and Special Issue Call for Papers in Technological Forecasting and Social Change — Register Now! (2026/11/20)

🤖 Agentic AI in Human Resource Management: Efficiency and Governance Challenges 📚

As Agentic AI continues to transform human resource management and organizational leadership, how to enhance managerial efficiency while maintaining organizational flexibility, effective governance, and long-term adaptability has become an increasingly important issue.

The Center for Strategy and Human Capital Research at National Sun Yat-sen University is pleased to welcome Associate Professor Miles Yang from the Department of Management at Macquarie University, Australia, to share his research on this topic. The event will also introduce a special issue of the international journal Technological Forecasting and Social Change, inviting faculty and students to explore leadership transformation and organizational governance in the age of AI.

🔗 Event Details

• Date & Time: Friday, November 20, 2026, 12:20–14:00
• Venue: Room CM4069, 4th Floor, College of Management, National Sun Yat-sen University
• Speaker: Miles Yang, Associate Professor, Department of Management, Macquarie University
• Moderator: Hsing-Er Lin, Professor, Department of Business Management, National Sun Yat-sen University

💡Registration

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/tQfixf4WGFTj1iLo9

Please complete your registration by Friday, November 6, 2026.

📌Special Lecture — The Efficiency Trap of Agentic AI in Human Resource Management

Agentic AI is transforming human resource management from data-driven support toward autonomous execution. While improving efficiency and consistency, it may also constrain organizational flexibility and weaken resilience in the face of multiple crises.
Drawing on Weick’s Theory of Loose Coupling, this research examines the critical role of human managers in organizational adaptation and value-based decision-making. It also proposes a governance framework to balance AI execution efficiency with organizations’ long-term adaptive capacity.

📌Special Issue Call for Papers — Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Special Issue Title: Agentic AI and the Future of Leadership: The Emergence of Leadership as a Service

The rise of Agentic AI is redefining leadership and organizational operations, giving rise to a new paradigm of Leadership as a Service (LaaS).
This special issue focuses on autonomous AI, algorithm-driven management, and emerging organizational structures. It explores the associated governance challenges, alignment gaps, and long-term sustainability issues, while reconsidering value governance and leadership transformation in the age of AI.

• Submission Deadline: January 31, 2027
• Suggested Topics (including, but not limited to):

1. Leadership as a Service (LaaS) and Leadership Transformation
2. Agentic AI and Autonomous Management
3. AI Governance and the Alignment Gap
4. Organizational Transformation and Emerging Structures
5. Long-Term Sustainability and Value Creation Governance

Additional Information: 

• Complimentary lunch boxes will be provided after the event to participants who complete advance registration.
• The event will be conducted entirely in Chinese.
• Organizer: Center for Strategy and Human Capital Research, National Sun Yat-sen University
• Co-organizer: Office of Academic Development, College of Management, National Sun Yat-sen University

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