People & Organizations - Towards SHRM

Assessment Center Method Figure 1: An Assessment Centre  Source: https://www.careeraddict.com/assignment-center-tips Assessment centers (AC) or assessment Center Method (ACM) is a personal selection method in modern HR. This is an alternative method to direct interviews. The selection can be described in a broader manner as below, • “External candidates into organizations, • internal candidates into supervisory and managerial ranks, • Individuals into a pool of high potentials who will get special training, • Exemplary staff members to receive certification of competence in job skills, or • Employees for retention when there is a reduction in force and reorganization.” (Thornton & Gibbs, 2009) Early research on employee selection focused on either how well tests predicted future performance or how much utility they added (Gilliland, 1993; Herriot, 1989; Hunter & Hunter, 1984; Schmitt, 1997), rather than on applicants’ attitudes and reactions (Avery...

Personal Development Plan (PDP) Personal Development Plan (PDP) is also referred as an employee development plans or Individual development plans. This is a part of good performance management system under HR functions. From the HR point of view any company’s development depending on its people’s development. When people stop developing they become a burden to the company (Buchholtz, 2014). As McDowall and Fletcher formulate it (2004, p. 8): “It is in an organization’s best interest to focus on effective staff development strategies, since companies strong on training and development may be preferred (by employees) over those offering the greatest rewards. One technique for developing individuals is through the social and motivational aspects of appraisal or review processes.” When comparing personal development plan against employee development the different comes with company goals and business plans. Which are linked with employee development plans whereas PDP is more focusin...