Handbook of Workplace Assessment: Evidence-Based Practices for Selecting and Developing Organizational Talent
- 13h 25m
- Douglas H. Reynolds, John C. Scott
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2010
Given the trend for organizations to streamline their workforces and focus on acquiring and retaining only top talent, a key challenge has been how to use assessment programs to deliver a high-performing workforce that can drive revenues, shareholder value, growth, and long-term sustainability.
The Handbook of Workplace Assessment directly addresses this challenge by presenting sound, evidence-based, and practical guidance for implementing assessment processes that will lead to exceptional decisions about people. The chapters in this book provide a wide range of perspectives from a world-renowned group of authors and reflect cutting-edge theory and practice.
The Handbook of Workplace Assessment :
- provides the framework for what should be assessed and why and shows how to ensure that assessment programs are of the highest quality
- reviews best practices for assessing capabilities across a wide variety of positions
- summarizes key strategic applications of assessment that include succession management, mergers, acquisitions and downsizings, identification of potential, and selection on a global scale
- highlights advances, trends, and issues in the assessment field including technology-based assessment, the legal environment, alternative validation strategies, flaws in assessment, and the strategic use of evaluation to link assessment to organizational priorities
About the Editors
John C. Scott is chief operating officer and cofounder of APTMetrics, Inc., a global human resource consulting firm that designs sophisticated talent management solutions for Fortune 100 companies and market innovators. He is coeditor of The Human Resources Program–Evaluation Handbook and coauthor of Evaluating Human Resources Programs: A Six-Phase Approach for Optimizing Performance.
Douglas H. Reynolds is vice president of assessment technology at Development Dimensions International, where he leads the development and deployment of assessment and testing products. Recently Doug coauthored Online Recruiting and Selection, a book on the integration of technology with personnel selection practices.
In this Book
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Foreword
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Individual Differences That Influence Performance and Effectiveness—What Should We Assess?
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Indicators of Quality Assessment
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General Cognitive Ability
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Personality
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Assessment of Background and Life Experience—The past as Prologue
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Knowledge and Skill
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Physical Performance
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Competencies, Job Analysis, and the Next Generation of Modeling
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So Where are the Promised, Practical, and Proven Selection Tools for Managerial Selection and Beyond? A Call to Action
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Assessment for Technical Jobs
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Assessment for Administrative and Professional Jobs
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Assessment for Sales Positions
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Assessment for Supervisory and Early Leadership Roles
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Executive and Managerial Assessment
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The Special Case of Public Sector Police and Fire Selection
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The Role of Assessment in Succession Management
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Assessing the Potential of Individuals—The Prediction of Future Behavior
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Assessment for Organizational Change—Mergers, Restructuring, and Downsizing
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Global Applications of Assessment
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Advances in Technology-Facilitated Assessment
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The Legal Environment for Assessment
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Validation Strategies
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Addressing the Flaws in our Assessment Decisions
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Strategic Evaluation of the Workplace Assessment Program
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Final Thoughts on the Selection and Assessment Field
