| Title : | Assessment methods in recruitment, selection and performance : A manager's guide to psychometric testing, interviews and assessment centres | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Robert Edenborough, Author | | Publisher: | London : Kogan Page | | Publication Date: | 2005 | | Pagination: | xiv, 305 p. | | Layout: | ill. (b & w) | | Size: | 23 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-7494-5014-4 | | General note: | Offers explanations of the principles behind these methods along with their history, practice and implementation. This title presents an exploration of how these methods can be used to determine competencies to shape performance management systems. | | Class number: | 658.3125 | | Abstract: | Assessment centres, psychometric testing and structured interviews are all methods that are regularly used to select and recruit employees. "Assessment Methods in Recruitment, Selection and Performance" offers clear explanations of the principles behind these methods along with their history, practice and implementation. There is also an exploration of how these methods can be used to determine competencies to shape performance management systems. Complete with case studies, figures and illustrations, the book links selection and performance management by examining a number of issues including the use of selection and recruitment methods; the background and approaches to measurement within performance management; and, the use of information and communication technology in assessment and performance management. | | Contents note: | 1. Why selection and performance management?; 2. Historical perspectives; 3. Testing explored; 4. Statistics and standards in psychometrics I; 5. Statistics and standards in psychometrics II; 6. Tests and selections - the developing context; 7. Psychometrics and selection - the practice; 8. Implementing psychometrics; 9. Assessment centres; 10. Other aspects of assessment centre technology; 11. Structure in interviewing: the scope of structured interviews; 12. More on structured interviews; 13. Performance management - background and approaches to measurement; 14. A variety of one-to-one interactions in performance management; 15. Supplier and client relationships in assessment and performance management; 16. The use of information and communication technology in assessment and performance management; Current issues and future trends |
Assessment methods in recruitment, selection and performance : A manager's guide to psychometric testing, interviews and assessment centres [printed text] / Robert Edenborough, Author . - London : Kogan Page, 2005 . - xiv, 305 p. : ill. (b & w) ; 23 cm. ISBN : 978-0-7494-5014-4 Offers explanations of the principles behind these methods along with their history, practice and implementation. This title presents an exploration of how these methods can be used to determine competencies to shape performance management systems. | Class number: | 658.3125 | | Abstract: | Assessment centres, psychometric testing and structured interviews are all methods that are regularly used to select and recruit employees. "Assessment Methods in Recruitment, Selection and Performance" offers clear explanations of the principles behind these methods along with their history, practice and implementation. There is also an exploration of how these methods can be used to determine competencies to shape performance management systems. Complete with case studies, figures and illustrations, the book links selection and performance management by examining a number of issues including the use of selection and recruitment methods; the background and approaches to measurement within performance management; and, the use of information and communication technology in assessment and performance management. | | Contents note: | 1. Why selection and performance management?; 2. Historical perspectives; 3. Testing explored; 4. Statistics and standards in psychometrics I; 5. Statistics and standards in psychometrics II; 6. Tests and selections - the developing context; 7. Psychometrics and selection - the practice; 8. Implementing psychometrics; 9. Assessment centres; 10. Other aspects of assessment centre technology; 11. Structure in interviewing: the scope of structured interviews; 12. More on structured interviews; 13. Performance management - background and approaches to measurement; 14. A variety of one-to-one interactions in performance management; 15. Supplier and client relationships in assessment and performance management; 16. The use of information and communication technology in assessment and performance management; Current issues and future trends |
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