Internal Selection

1
CHAPTER 10

• Internal Selection

2
Preliminary Issues

• The Logic of Prediction
• Types of Predictors
• Selection Plan

3
Initial Assessment Methods

• Skills Inventory
• (traditional, upgraded, customized)
• Peer Assessments
• Self-Assessments

4
Initial Assessment Methods (Cont.)

• Managerial Sponsorship
• Informal Discussions
• Career Concepts

5
Evaluation of Initial Assessment Methods (Ex.
10.5, pg. 505)

• UseSkills inventories, informal methods
• ReliabilityPeer Assessments!
• ValidityPeer Assessments
• Utility
• Reactions
• Adverse ImpactInformal methods?

6
Substantive Assessment Methods

• Seniority Experience
• Use Evaluation
• Job Knowledge Tests
• Performance Appraisal
• Promotability Ratings (See Ex 10.7, pg. 511)

7
Substantive Assessment Methods (Cont.)

• Assessment Centers (in-basket exercise,
  leaderless group discussion, case analysis,
  validity effectiveness practices)
• Interview Simulations (role-play, fact finding,
  oral presentations)
• Promotion Panels Review Boards

8
Evaluation of Initial Assessment Methods (Ex.
10.11, pg. 521)

• No single best method to narrow down candidate
  list to finalists
• Job knowledge tests are promising
• Interview simulations are promising for jobs with
  public contact

9

• Discretionary Assessment Methods
• Applicant Reactions
• Legal Issues (UGESP, Glass Ceiling)