Lecture 5 Assessment And Selection Flashcards
What are job analyses procedures used for?
To produce systematic information about jobs
What is the essential function of personal selection and assessment procedures
To provide means of estimating the likely future job performance of candidates
What is job orientated in relation to job analyses?
Focus on the work itself, producing a description of things such as equipment used etc
What does worker orientated mean in relation to job analyses?
Concentrates on describing psychological or behavioural requirements of the job
What are the models of performance?
Task performance- focusing in specific responsibilities of the job
Contextual performance- organisational behaviours such as courtesy
What are the sources of job analyses data?
Written material
Job holders report
Colleagues report
Direct observation
What is competency analysis?
Used to identify the required knowledge, skills and behaviours that are essential to perform a specific role
What selection methods are there?
Interview
Psychometric tests
References
Biodata
Work sample tests
Handwriting analyses (graphology)
Assessment centres
What is a psychometric test?
Tests of cognitive ability
What is biodata?
Information about a candidates life history
What are work samples tests?
Tests that use samples of the job in question
What is graphology?
Inferences based on a candidates handwriting
What two types of interview are there?
Behavioural interviewing
Situational interviewing
What is behavioural interviewing?
Involves asking interviewees to describe previous behaviour in past situations that are relevant to the job
What is situational interviewing?
Based on goal setting theory.
You present interviewees with hypothetical job related situations and ask them to indicate how they would respond
