A Practical Guide to Assessment Centres and Selection Methods March 24, 2008
By Melissa F. Thompson
"Assessment centers are designed primarily for selection, whereas development centers identify potential and training needs.”
For the already overstretched human resources professional, the time necessary to recruit qualified employees, and assess existing ones for development and potential advancement, can be overwhelming. Assessment centers can provide a way of gathering information under standardized test conditions about an individual's capabilities to perform a supervisory or first-line management job.
"A Practical Guide to Assessment Centres and Selection Methods" is a how-to manual focused on information and tools that can be used to design and deliver assessment and development centers within your organization. Author Ian Taylor uses his 20-plus years of experience as a management development practitioner to provide a guide on how to run the center, including selecting practical exercises to support job competencies commonly found at the supervisory and first-line management level (a CD-ROM with exercises is included), conducting the actual test event, and collecting feedback and evaluations. Even if you're not planning to develop an assessment or development center, the information presented in this book will help you better organize and prepare for interview processes. It will help you select the employees you need, and develop the employees you wish to promote.
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