Assessment Methods in Recruitment Selection and Performance: A Manager's Guide to Psychometric Testing Interviews and Assessment Centres - Hardcover

Edenborough, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749442948 ISBN 13: 9780749442941

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2005

Synopsis

This book is a comprehensive guide that examines the formal assessment methods used in both recruitment and performance management. A thorough examination of the principles underpinning assessment methods along with practical applications are provided. The use of assessment centres, psychometrics and structured interviews are thoroughly examined along with practical advice on their use. Examination of the design and applications of performance management systems in day to day decision making about individuals, appraisal, reward and succession planning is included.

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About the Author

<p>Dr Robert Edenborough is a director in KPMG's People Services Division with responsibility for Management, Review and Assessment. He works with both the private equity sector and senior civil servants.<br><br> He was formerly head of the consulting practice ASE, a leading test publisher and provider of HR business solutions and has considerable experience of designing and applying interviews in organizations as diverse as the Ministry of Defence, the NHS and a range of financial institutions.</p>

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FRONT FLAP:

Assessment Methods in Recruitment, Selection and Performance is a comprehensive guide to the use of formal selection and recruitment methods.

The use of assessment centres, psychometric testing and structured interviews is discussed and guidanceon their practical application included. Robert Edenborough also demonstrates how these methods can be used to determine competencies and to feed into an integrated performance management system.

A thorough examination of the principles underpinning assessment methods
along with practical applications are provided, including:

The argument for linking selection and performance management;
Psychometric testing history, statistics and standards, tests and selection, practice and implementation;
Assessment centres scope and use, exercise types, assessment centre technology;
Interviewing structure in interviewing, interview models, criterion- and competency-based interviews, critical-incident interviews and feedback;
Performance management background and approaches to measurement, one-to-one interactions in performance management, supplier and client relationships in assessment and performance management;
Information and communication technology use in assessment and performance management;
Current issues and future trends.

Packed with case examples, figures and illustrations Assessment Methods in Recruitment, Selection and Performance is essential reading for human resource practitioners and line managers.

REAR COVER:

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. Robert Edenborough also examines how these methods can be used to determine competencies in order to shape performance management systems.

Assessment Methods in Recruitment, Selection and Performance argues for the linking of 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;
the use of information and communication technology in assessment and performance management.

Case studies, figures and illustrations are also included making Assessment Methods in Recruitment, Selection and Performance essential reading for human resource practitioners and line managers.

Dr Robert Edenborough is a director of KPMG s People Services Division and is the author of Effective Interviewing and Using Psychometrics (both published by Kogan Page).

REAR FLAP:

Dr Robert Edenborough is a director in KPMG s People Services Division with responsibility for Management Review and Assessment. He works with both the private equity sector and senior civil servants. He was formerly head of the consulting practice at ASE, a leading test publisher and provider of HR business solutions, and has considerable experience of designing and applying interviews in organizations as diverse as the Ministry of Defence, the NHS and a range of financial institutions. He is the author of Effective Interviewing and Using Psychometrics (both published by Kogan Page).

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749442948
• ISBN 13: 9780749442941
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320