Assessment centers and managerial performance [ebook] / George C. Thornton, III.
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.
Thornton III, George C.
Byham, William C.; Warr, Peter
PERSONNEL--SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT--ASSESSMENT CENTERS
Chapter 8. Contributions to Management DevelopmentImproved Selection Results in Better Candidates; Early Identification of Management Talent; Diagnosis of Training Needs; Assessor Training a s a Learning Experience; The Impact of Assessment Center Methodology on the Organization; Can People Be Developed?; Chapter 9. Unique Uses of Assessment Center Methodology; Assessment Centers as a Research Criterion; Assessment Centers as a Competency Criterion; Career Planning; Nonsupervisory and Nonmanagement Assessment Center Programs; Nontraditional Management Assessment Centers; Conclusion