Synopses & Reviews
This book provides advice and tools to effectively introduce, design, and deliver assessment or development centers in an organization. A ""how to"" manual, it runs through every aspect of running an assessment center, from pre-briefing an organization to the event, the feedback, and the evaluation. It includes a sample framework specifically designed for use at assessment centers and tips for sourcing and developing individual frameworks. It also examines the key critieria used to guide an organization's choice of selection tools and compares asessment centers with other commonly used methods. The free CD ROM contains exercises such as role play, in-tray prioritizing, analytical report writing, and group problem solving, and advice on which exercises to use to assess each competence.
About the Author
Ian Taylor is Senior Lecturer at the School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews; Professor Extraordinare at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; and Visiting Lecturer to the Faculty of Development Studies, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda.
Table of Contents
Part One: Is effective selection art or science? The case for assessment centers;
What are we assessing? Developing a competence framework; Designing and running an assessment center; Assessor skills; The role of psychometric instruments in assessment and development; Adapting and devising activities; Further reading
Part Two: Activities; Role plays; In-trays; Analytical /report writing; Open ended group decision making; Physical task group activities; Mental task group activities; Supplementary group activities