6. Assessment Centers

Assessment Centers

• An Assessment Center is a collective set of processes joining to target the evaluation of a range of competencies.

• It is a procedure to evaluate and develop personnel in terms of attributes or abilities relevant to organizational effectiveness

• The evaluations set the basis for important employment and personnel decisions including:

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•_________________ are more growth and development oriented

•The feedback and reports provided a long and detailed in all aspects of the assessment center, hence making them more time binding

•There is a focus on maintaining an inclusive and participative learning environment

•They highlight areas of improvement

•Help develop detailed individual Development plans

•They are used in Training Need Analysis and Succession Planning

• Developmental Assessment

  Centers

• Traditional Assessment

  Centers

•________________ are more recruitment-focused.

•They include brief feedbacks They fit candidates to the required criteria

•Have a more pass-and-fail approach

•They are used in Management

•Trainee (MTO), Gamification and Recruitment &Selection

• Developmental Assessment

  Centers

• Traditional Assessment

  Centers

Rotate from exercise to Exercise to observe and write notes, followed by a report Summarizing the observations made. The assessors are Trained To Conduct assessment.

• Trained Assessor

• Designers

• Assesse/Participant

• Facilitator/ Administrator

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  Role Players

They put together the entire working plan of the assessment center and specify the content of the assessment center

• Trained Assessor

• Designers

• Assesse/Participant

• Facilitator/ Administrator

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  Role Players

Take part in various simulated activities over the course of the day

• Trained Assessor

• Designers

• Assesse/Participant

• Facilitator/ Administrator

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  Role Players

Facilitators have the task of managing the Centre process operationally, i.e. on the day or days when the Centre is run. Their two main roles include:

Quality control and Time and Venue Management..

• Trained Assessor

• Designers

• Assesse/Participant

• Facilitator/ Administrator

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  Role Players

Role players are those who interact with participants so as to generate behavior to be assessed. This is often done on a one-to-one basis with a separate assessor/observer present

• Trained Assessor

• Designers

• Assesse/Participant

• Facilitator/ Administrator

• 
  Role Players

_____________________ are used in assessment centers as a scientific and standard method measuring the mental capabilities and behavioral style of an individual. They help assess the individual’s suitability to a particular role. Some of the common psychometrics used include: 16PF, Myer & Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), The Big Five Personality Test, Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), Integrity Test etc.

• Psychometric Tests

• Cognitive Abilities Test

• Competency Based Interviews (BI)

• Role Plays (RP)

• Group Discussions (GD)

______________ are administered in assessment centers to help in assessing a candidate’s mental functioning in terms of areas

such as memorizing, focusing attention, speed of processing information, and reasoning abilities etc. This assists in determining themental capacity of a candidate to perform a job role.

• Psychometric Tests

• Cognitive Abilities Test

• Competency Based Interviews (BI)

• Role Plays (RP)

• Group Discussions (GD)