The theme permeating this book on assessment centers is ",continuity and change",, describing what has remained the same and what has changed in the 50-year history of the assessment center method. One of the important changes explored is the evolution of the goals of assessment center programs and the ways in which assessment centers and their component parts have been used. Assessment Centers in Human Resource Management clearly differentiates between assessment centers used for prediction, diagnoses, and development. In addition, this book explores: assessment centers and human resource management, court cases involving assessment centers, innovations in assessment center operations, cross-cultural considerations including diversity of the workforce, and assessor training. The target audience for the text includes students who are learning about assessment centers, practitioners including human resource managers and consultants who may be considering the implementation of assessment centers, and academicians who are researching the method and wish to understand current issues.

Zusammenfassung
The theme permeating this book on assessment centers is "e;continuity and change"e;, describing what has remained the same and what has changed in the 50-year history of the assessment center method. One of the important changes explored is the evolution of the goals of assessment center programs and the ways in which assessment centers and their component parts have been used. Assessment Centers in Human Resource Management clearly differentiates between assessment centers used for prediction, diagnoses, and development. In addition, this book explores: assessment centers and human resource management; court cases involving assessment centers; innovations in assessment center operations; cross-cultural considerations including diversity of the workforce; and assessor training. The target audience for the text includes students who are learning about assessment centers, practitioners including human resource managers and consultants who may be considering the implementation of assessment centers, and academicians who are researching the method and wish to understand current issues.
Titel
Assessment Centers in Human Resource Management
Untertitel
Strategies for Prediction, Diagnosis, and Development
EAN
9781410617170
ISBN
978-1-4106-1717-0
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
13.01.2006
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Anzahl Seiten
384
Jahr
2006
Untertitel
Englisch