The Assessment Center as Instrument for Staff Selection. Components and Accomplishments
The Assessment Center as Instrument for Staff Selection. Components and Accomplishments

Author: Vivien Wika

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2020-03-06

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 3346126455

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Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Leadership and Human Resources - Recruiting, grade: 1,3, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, language: English, abstract: This essay examines the process of staff selection by using an Assement Center as a tool to select the expedient staff for the job and company. Its components and accomlishments gain centre stage within the context of this essay. The staff selection wasn't observed for a long time in the Human Recourse Management, but nowadays the selection of staff and especially the process and possible methods of staff selection play a major role. Each company selects its staff in a different way. There are many methods which can be used. The selection of a suitable method is depending on the position to be filled and what priorities the company has. The Assessment Center is a method of staff selection and has its origin in the military field. Nowadays, the Assessment Center is mainly used to select executives, but also to develop staff. The strengths and weaknesses of each participant are revealed by the Assessment Center, because of its extensive and diverse nature. The Assessment Center offers a number of benefits, but it is also one of the most expensive methods of staff selection, as it is enforced for 1-3 days and many observers are involved. Nevertheless the Assessment Center provides a high accuracy and thus saves a lot of costs that can occur when a company has made a wrong decision in relation to the staff selection, especially in the selection of an executive. There are many ways how Assessment Centers can be realized in context of staff selection, because there are a lot of exercises from which the company can choose and which can be distributed on the selected days. Based upon the research question that has been postulated before, a definition and description of staff selection will be given in chapter two. Furthermore conventional instruments for staff selection such as the analysis of application documents, interviews,tests, biographical questionnaires and graphological reports will be covered. Thereafter, the AC including a definition and description, origin, areas of application, advantages and disadvantages will be addressed in chapter three. Afterwards, the process of staff selection within the AC including preparation, realization and the result will be approached. In the conclusion a summary of the findings, a critical acclaim and an outlook will be given.

Assessment Centers and Managerial Performance
Assessment Centers and Managerial Performance

Author: George C. Thornton

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 1982-06-28

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13:

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Assessment Centers and Managerial Performance presents the historical development of multiple assessment procedures with focus on those advances relevant to assessment centers. This book discusses the models of job analysis, the nature of managerial work, work-sampling assessment methods, and the process of human judgment based on the assessment center experience. Organized into 11 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the various methods to describe, evaluate, and predict management effectiveness. This text then describes a number of assessment programs, including the earliest assessment centers. Other chapters consider the five approaches to predicting managerial effectiveness, including psychometric testing, clinical evaluations by psychologists, supervisor's ratings of potentials background interviews, and assessment centers. This book discusses as well the three levels of managerial jobs, namely, supervisory, middle management, and executive. The final chapter deals with the development of standards for assessment center operations. This book is a valuable resource for psychologists.

The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Assessment and Selection
The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Assessment and Selection

Author: Neal Schmitt

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-03-28

Total Pages: 992

ISBN-13: 0199930694

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Employee selection has long stood at the practical forefront of industrial/organizational psychology. Today's social, business, and economic climates require ongoing adaptations by those who select organizations' personnel, and research on the topic helps gauge the impact of these adaptations and their implications for human performance and potential. The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Assessment and Selection codifies the wealth of new research surrounding employee selection (web-based assessments, social networking, globalization of organizations), situating them alongside more traditional practices to establish the best and most relevant research for both professionals and academics. Comprising chapters from authors in both the private sector and academia, this volume is organized into seven parts: (1) historical and social context of the field of assessment and selection; (2) research strategies; (3) individual difference constructs that underlie effective performance; (4) measures of predictor constructs; (5) employee performance and outcome assessment; (6) societal and organizational constraints on selection practice; and (7) implementation and sustainability of selection systems. While providing a comprehensive review of current research and practice, the purpose of this handbook is to provide an up-to-date profile of each of the areas addressed and highlight current questions that deserve additional attention from researchers and practitioners. This compendium is essential reading for industrial/organizational psychologists and human resource managers.