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Assessment Centers and Managerial Performance presents the historical development of multiple assessment procedures with focus on those advances relevant to assessment centers. This book discusses the models of job analysis, the nature of managerial work, work-sampling assessment methods, and the process of human judgment based on the assessment center experience. Organized into 11 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the various methods to describe, evaluate, and predict management effectiveness. This text then describes a number of assessment programs, including the earliest assessment centers. Other chapters consider the five approaches to predicting managerial effectiveness, including psychometric testing, clinical evaluations by psychologists, supervisor's ratings of potentials background interviews, and assessment centers. This book discusses as well the three levels of managerial jobs, namely, supervisory, middle management, and executive. The final chapter deals with the development of standards for assessment center operations. This book is a valuable resource for psychologists.
Today's enterprises face a profound leadership crisis - and the speed of business has far outstripped conventional executive development systems. In Grow Your Own Leaders, three world-renowned experts introduce an entirely new approach for identifying tomorrow's leaders within your own organization, accelerating their development, and deploying them immediately, to address new challenges wherever they emerge.
"I hate Mondays." "They say I'm responsible, but my boss makes all the decisions." "We're supposed to work as a team, but everybody's out for themselves." Sound familiar? You don't have to take it anymore! In HeroZ, you'll actually have fun learning how to survive and even thrive in today's work world. Step-by-step techniques--proven by thousands of companies around the globe--show you how to make meaningful decisions, measure your progress, and work efficiently in teams. By the time you finish reading HeroZ, you'll feel that you control your job, not that your job controls you. Millions of leaders have been energized by its bestselling predecessor, Zapp!: The Lightning of Empowerment. The Wall Street Journal declared that "Zapp! helped redefine the genre" of business books. Fortune magazine's reviewer raved, "I couldn't put it down." Now, with HeroZ, you can restore meaning and purpose to your work life and make a real difference--no matter where you fall on the organizational chart!
Since the first edition of this book, the level of interest and the varied forms of assessment and development centres have mushroomed. Iain Ballantyne and Nigel Povah's book looks at the entire process, from the underlying concepts to the most effective methods of validation - not forgetting the organizational politics involved. The main objectives of the book are: ¢ to establish a thorough understanding of the principles and practice of assessment and development centres; ¢ to provide sufficient knowledge to enable practitioners to run their own events in a professional manner; ¢ to help readers to recognise when they may need to call on outside expertise, and ¢ to equip readers to ask pertinent questions of any prospective advisers. This second edition includes guidance to reflect the significant developments within the technology, along with further advice on quality control, process improvements and further refinements to the increasingly popular development centre concept. Assessment and Development Centres represents a practical approach which is sure of a warm welcome from HR professionals.
Annotation Is your organization harvesting the positive results of thinking and acting ethically? Ethics by Design delivers essential guidance for those who would follow Peter Drucker's sage advice: It is more important to do what is right than it is to do things right. The focus of this book is not on internal processes or individual performance, but rather on system ethics. You'll learn how to begin at the top level and, with stakeholders, design ethics into everything you do starting with what you deliver to society and linking that on down into your organization and the individuals within your organization.
A looming leadership gap faces most organizations over the next 10 years. Has your organization prepared for the imminent lack-of-leadership crisis? Do you have a pipeline of developed leaders for the future? Leadership is the most important competency for both individual and organizational success and advancement. As Cynthia D. McCauley of the Center for Creative Leadership notes in her overview, leadership is also "a tool designed to help with a particular human dilemma: how to get individuals to work together effectively to produce collective outcomes." When you need to learn more about how to drive success in your organization, where do you turn? To the experts. And The ASTD Leadership H...
Intrapreneurs are the engines of corporate America. They are the ones that are 100% committed to their employer's mission and are willing to do whatever it takes to make real work happen. Intrapreneurs adeptly navigate the politics and back and front channels of an organization to move mountains and accomplish projects that everyone told them couldn't be done. The Business Intrapreneur: Profiles of the unsung heros of corporate America provides a glimpse into the minds and motivations of intrapreneurs. The book's description of intrapreneur traits, characteristics, and profiles will help individuals and leaders to identify and understand intrapreneurs. In recognizing their own business intrapreneurs and better understanding why they do what they do, organizations will be able to leverage these under utilized, passionate, and committed employees to drive for real business results.