Challenges of the Assessment Process
Challenges of the Assessment and Measurement Process
identify the challenges I/O psychologists face in this area during the assessment and measurement process. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that addresses the following:
Hiring new employees is a task that is typically not complicated; however, selecting the wrong employee can lead to a host of problems. Equally, the methods used to assess and measure selection can be as daunting, creating deleterious effects on corporate resources, interviewees and employees.
Schultz & Schultz (2010) summarized chapters three and four stating some organizational leaders believe they are capable of making accurate and appropriate personnel selection by something’s as subjective as a “job applicant’s handshake, eye contact, or style of dress” (pg. 20). Fortunately, there are far more effective resources at the manager’s disposal to aid in effective assessment and selection.
May 16, 2007, The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel convened a meeting of recognized organizational psychologists and advocates of employers to share their professional experiences about testing practices and to educate the commission and public on emerging trends in employment testing and laws prohibiting discrimination in employment testing and screening (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel (2007).
Schultz & Schultz (2010), details that improper matching of person and job can lead to inefficiency and dissatisfaction for employee and employer alike, and periodic evaluation of work quality and job performance can be expected throughout a person’s career (pg. 20).
Challenges during Assessment and Measurement Process
Changing characteristics of a global market place, aging workforce, the number of mothers in the workforce, ethic mixes, and technology offers new challenges to Industrial Organizational psychologist, and human resource professionals,
identify the challenges I/O psychologists face in this area during the assessment and measurement process. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that addresses the following:
Hiring new employees is a task that is typically not complicated; however, selecting the wrong employee can lead to a host of problems. Equally, the methods used to assess and measure selection can be as daunting, creating deleterious effects on corporate resources, interviewees and employees.
Schultz & Schultz (2010) summarized chapters three and four stating some organizational leaders believe they are capable of making accurate and appropriate personnel selection by something’s as subjective as a “job applicant’s handshake, eye contact, or style of dress” (pg. 20). Fortunately, there are far more effective resources at the manager’s disposal to aid in effective assessment and selection.
May 16, 2007, The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel convened a meeting of recognized organizational psychologists and advocates of employers to share their professional experiences about testing practices and to educate the commission and public on emerging trends in employment testing and laws prohibiting discrimination in employment testing and screening (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of General Counsel (2007).
Schultz & Schultz (2010), details that improper matching of person and job can lead to inefficiency and dissatisfaction for employee and employer alike, and periodic evaluation of work quality and job performance can be expected throughout a person’s career (pg. 20).
Challenges during Assessment and Measurement Process
Changing characteristics of a global market place, aging workforce, the number of mothers in the workforce, ethic mixes, and technology offers new challenges to Industrial Organizational psychologist, and human resource professionals,
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