Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Placement
Fitting a person to the right job.
Person-Organization Fit
The congruence between individuals and organizational factors.
HR Employment Functions
1. Receiving applications 2. Interviewing applicants 3. Administering tests to applicants
Psychomotor Tests
Ability Tests
Work Sample Tests
Aptitude and Achievement
Assessment Centers
Ability tests Tests that assess learned skills. Aptitude tests Tests that measure general ability to learn or acquire a skill. Work sample tests Tests that require an applicant to perform a simulated job task.
Other Tests
Personality Tests Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)
Myers-Briggs
Fakability and personality tests Honest and Integrity Tests Socially desirable responses False positives Polygraph tests (lie detector)
Work Simulations
Management assessment center A simulation in which management candidates are asked to perform realistic tasks in hypothetical situations and are scored on their performance. Typical simulated exercises include: The in-basket Leaderless group discussion Management games Individual presentations Objective tests The interview
Structured Interviews
Structured Interviews
Biographical Interview
Behavioral Interview
Competency Interview
Situational Interview
Effective Interviewing
Conducting an Effective Interview
Plan the Interview Control the Interview Utilize Effect Questioning Techniques
Questions to Avoid
Yes/No questions Obvious questions Questions that rarely produce a true answer Leading questions Illegal questions Questions that are not job related
Negative Emphasis
Halo Effect
Cultural Noise