Not going to make any recommendation about splitting vs not splitting in any practical cases, since there are many tradeoffs here, but I think the arguments are interesting! I like the idea of smaller competitive units being more efficient in terms of finding the best fit for each role.
If you maximise for the sum of two simultaneous dice rolls, it’s going to take more rolls on average to reach a sum of at least U compared to if you were allowed to roll each die separately. For the latter case, if you roll a high number on the first die, you can move on to rolling the second die. But if you have to roll both at once, you could get a high number on one and a low number on the other, so you’d have to roll both again for a chance of a higher sum. The divergence grows with the number of dice and the range of values.
The point is that if you want to maximise the sum of quality for a set of orgs, it’s going to be more efficient if you have smaller competitive units (rolling two dice sequentially rather than having to roll both at once), and splitting orgs could perhaps be a way of achieving that.
Although you may also argue that it’s easier for a larger org to find the best fit for an individual role due to concentration of expertise and experience. And because orgs hiring internally may have more information about what the best fit for a particular role is compared to ‘wisdom of the crowd’-aggregated opinions of potential funders. Hence the trade-offs, and me being reluctant to come to a conclusion.
Not going to make any recommendation about splitting vs not splitting in any practical cases, since there are many tradeoffs here, but I think the arguments are interesting! I like the idea of smaller competitive units being more efficient in terms of finding the best fit for each role.
If you maximise for the sum of two simultaneous dice rolls, it’s going to take more rolls on average to reach a sum of at least U compared to if you were allowed to roll each die separately. For the latter case, if you roll a high number on the first die, you can move on to rolling the second die. But if you have to roll both at once, you could get a high number on one and a low number on the other, so you’d have to roll both again for a chance of a higher sum. The divergence grows with the number of dice and the range of values.
The point is that if you want to maximise the sum of quality for a set of orgs, it’s going to be more efficient if you have smaller competitive units (rolling two dice sequentially rather than having to roll both at once), and splitting orgs could perhaps be a way of achieving that.
Although you may also argue that it’s easier for a larger org to find the best fit for an individual role due to concentration of expertise and experience. And because orgs hiring internally may have more information about what the best fit for a particular role is compared to ‘wisdom of the crowd’-aggregated opinions of potential funders. Hence the trade-offs, and me being reluctant to come to a conclusion.