MGTO 324 Recruitment and Selections

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MGTO 324 Recruitment and Selections

• Introduction
• Kin Fai Ellick Wong Ph.D.
• Department of Management of Organizations
• Hong Kong University of Science Technology

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Outline
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Outline
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Frequent asked questions

• FAQ 1
• What will I get from the course?
• Having concepts and skills relevant to
  recruitment and selections
• Understanding the use of SPSS for recruitment and
  selections.
• Interpreting selection (and other) test scores
  (norms, means, standard deviations, standard
  scores, percentiles, etc.).
• Assessing the reliability and validity of any
  predictor / criterion.
• Constructing valid and reliable psychological
  tests for selections.
• Analyzing a job and use the information for
  selection purposes.
• Designing a useful and effective interview format
  and procedure for an organization.
• Assessing the costs and benefits of a
  recruitment/selection program.

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Frequent asked questions

• FAQ 2
• What should I do in the course?
• Exam I (15)
• Exam II (15)
• Final Exam (30)
• Group Project Report (30)
• Participation (10)

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Frequent asked questions

• FAQ 3
• Any textbooks or supplementary textbook?
• Textbook
• Heneman, H. G. III, Judge, T. A. (2003).
  Staffing Organizations, 4th ed. Boston
  McGraw-Hill Irwin.
• Supplementary textbook
• Kaplan, R. M., Saccuzzo, D. P. (1989).
  Psychological testing Principles, applications,
  and issues. Belmont, CA Wadsworth.

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Frequent asked questions

• FAQ 4
• Where can I obtain the course materials?
• http//teaching.ust.hk/mgto324/ewong.htm
• PowerPoint files will be updated regularly and
  you can obtain them from the website
• Supplementary textbook is reserved in library
• Important news will be posted on the website
• Please check the website regularly

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Frequent asked questions

• FAQ 5
• Background of the instructor?
• Name Dr. Kin Fai Ellick WONG (???)
• Education B.S.Sc, M.Phil., Ph. D. in psychology
  (CUHK)
• Research interest Managerial decision making
  Human judgment and decision processes Human
  attention and memory Language processing
• Age? Hm hm..
• Hobby TV games, snooker, pop music (e.g., Jay,
  Chet, Sandy, YeeChing,Tat-Ming), watching soccer
  (Hot Spur Deportivo La Coruna), NBA (Utah Jazz)
• http//www.bm.ust.hk/mgto/staff/mnewong.html

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Frequent asked questions

• FAQ 6
• Teaching Assistant for this course?
• Name Ann Fok
• Office Room 2374 (Lifts 13-15)
• Tel [phone]
• Email annfok_at_ust.hk

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Frequent asked questions

• FAQ 7
• Lecture only is boring, other instruction
  formats?
• Group Project
• Apprentice Competition
• Experiencing the life HR consultants
• SPSS Workshop
• The essential computer and statistic skills for
  personnel selections
• Room 4116, Microsoft.net Lab
• Orientation 17-Feb-2005

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Frequent asked questions

• FAQ 8
• What is the requirement of participation?
• Two components contribution in class and
  assignment
• Contribution in class
• assessed by my observation during the class
• Assignment
• Satisfactory or not.
• Attendance?
• No, I wont take attendance. Its your freedom to
  use your time in a wise way
• Come if you find it useful Do other things else
  if you find them more useful
• But Some assignments can only be done in class

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Frequent asked questions

• FAQ 9
• What constitute violation of academic integrity?
• Cheating in examination
• Plagiarism copying assignments
• Lying (e.g. I could not come because I was sick)
• HKUST does not tolerate student conduct that
  causes shame and embarrassment to the university
  and society as a whole

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Frequent asked questions

• FAQ 10
• What should I do in the group project?
• Let you role-play HR consultants through
  competing an Apprentice game
• Group size 4-5 members
• Identify one member to be the group leader
• Deadline of grouping Feb 15
• I reserve the right to change your combination
• Please make an interesting group name
• Submit a list containing group name, member
  names, email addresses, student IDs, and the
  leaders cell phone number
• Dont miss the first workshop on Feb 17

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Outline
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Course Structure
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Course Structure
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Part 1Job Analysis Recruitment

• Basic concepts
• Staffing Model
• Staffing Strategy
• HR Planning
• Job analysis
• Recruitment
• External recruitment and internal recruitment
• Markov analysis (Workshop 2)

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Course Structure
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Part 2 Measurement in personnel selections

• Basic concepts
• What is measurement?
• Scale and Test construction
• SPSS data management
• Reliability
• Concepts
• Analyzing reliability (SPSS workshop)
• Validity
• Construct validity
• Criterion validity
• Analyzing validity (SPSS workshop)

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Course Structure
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Part 3 Assessment selections

• External selection
• Interview
• Other methods
• Internal selection
• Performance appraisal
• Judgment Decision making
• Errors and biases in selections