Organizational Testing and Assessment Organizational testing and assessment is done throughout companies and organizations of all kinds for the purpose of screening and selecting the best employees as part of their staff. Companies need to select tools and materials that are effective and reliable in screening employees. In addition they need to know how to properly administer and interpret the results. In the sections below‚ performance appraisal‚ behavioral observation scales‚ the Big Five Personality
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by looking at the history of workplace testing‚ then discuss some types of psychological tests‚ how these tests benefit employers‚ common testing instruments‚ institutions that use these tests‚ and some related limitations and legal concerns. History of workplace testing It’s hard to put a date on the inception of psychological testing. Who knows‚ informal means of psychological testing could have been happening between cavemen. But psychological testing in the workplace is a relatively new concept
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these major advances have something in common: they were all developed and tested using animals. Animal experimentation is a contentious issue‚ but it boils down to two essential questions: does it work‚ and is it ethical? The first is easy to answer: it works. Some would have you believe there are alternatives for all animal research‚ or that animal testing is always misleading and unsafe. These are fallacies. Where there are reliable alternatives‚ of course‚ we use them - that’s what the
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Why there should not be drug testing for welfare Should drug tests be required of welfare recipients? No‚ I don’t think so. Welfare recipients are typically extremely poor and are uneducated. Another aspect of welfare recipients is that they are mentally ill. It would seem too ignoble to find ways to deny recipients access to welfare. Welfare recipients are usually on welfare because they lack an education and training to earn a better living. Their education only allows them basic opportunities
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Animal Testing Should Cease To Exist There are currently laws in place to protect animals‚ such as dogs and cats‚ from being abused or mistreated. The punishment for breaking this law can be anywhere from a small fine to two years in jail. An exception to these laws are animals used in research facilities. What makes a rabbit in a cage at home any different than a rabbit in a cage at a laboratory? There is no physical difference‚ only the law that decides the treatment they receive and the punishment
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Companies’ Use of Psychometric Tests for Recruitment: A Review of the Literature Word count: 2995 PART 1 PART 1 Introduction This paper surveys the literature on the use of psychometric testing by employers as part of the recruitment process and considers the general usage by different types of businesses. Companies spend high amount of money each year on psychometric test which measures personality type‚ learning styles and personal preferences of individuals. Since
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Animal Testing In 2nd and 4th century BCE animal testing began‚ they used live animals to test experiments on. Now‚ even to this day‚ we use animals to test cosmetics‚ medicines‚ drugs‚ and medical research. Many people have realized how cruel these acts are to the animals and have tried to stop them but to no avail. Humans who use these helpless creatures have yet to realize how wrong it is and that they have feelings and are hurting from all our injections and concoctions used on them for our
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actually caring for their families and children with the assistance. Proponents of drug testing recipients say that the people that are harmed are the tax payers and those who genuinely use this benefit for its intended purpose. While opponents of the measure‚ such as the ACLU‚ feel that such laws unjustly punish families and that it takes money away from children. Among the main points of controversy for this issue is that the American Civil Liberties Union argues that it is a violation of the Fourth
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against this tyranny is a struggle as important as any of the moral and social issues that have been fought over in recent years. Animal rights are an emotional issue‚ second only perhaps‚ to the bitter abortion debate. For decades the value of animal research has been grossly overrated. Although researchers have depended on animal test data to achieve medical advances‚ there should be other means of research because testing on animals is cruel‚ inhumane‚ and often unnecessary. Perhaps it would be more
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Downfalls of Standardized Testing In January of 2002‚ President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law. This act required that each state develop standardized tests for basic skills and administer the tests to all students in order to receive federal funding for their school. Each state was required to set progress goals‚ and each school in the state must make adequate yearly progress‚ meaning that each year‚ the current students must perform better on the test than the
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