Assessment Methods

1. Assessment Methods
a presentation by Anita Kumari
MGT 359, SP09 SJ1
Professor; Christine Chojnacki

2. What is assessment
Different kinds of assessment methods
Usefulness of assessment methods
Developing assessment Methods
Benefits & Limitations
Agenda

3. What is assessment?
An assessment is a diagnostic process that
measures an individual’s behaviors,
motivators, attitudes, or other selected
qualities.
Assessment gives organizations more than
just data and information — it opens doors to
strategic change and helps measure progress.

4. Why individuals or groups are succeeding or struggling in
their work
What leaders must do to successfully execute a strategy
Critical success factors for sales excellence
Specific behaviors needed to perform in a new role
How to best invest your training and development funds
A more effective set of management practices at work in your
organization
How to coach people in a meaningful and inspiring way
Ways to make change occur
A higher level of job morale and satisfaction
How assessment can help you?

5. Deciding what to measure
Deciding how to measure it
Deciding how to present the results
Developing assessment methods

6. Self Assessment
Assessment by
Supervisor
Types of Assessment Methods

7. Personnel Selection
Performance
Evaluation
Assessment Method Utilization

8. Purpose
What they are designed to measure
What they are designed to predict
Format
Level of Standardization, objectivity &
quantifiability
Personnel Assessment Tools

9. Observations
Resume evaluations
Application banks/questionnaires
Biodata inventories
Interviews
Work samples/performance tests
Achievement tests
General ability tests
Specific ability tests
Source: http://www.hr-guide.com
Methods for Personnel Selection
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10. Physical ability tests
Personality inventories
Honesty/integrity inventories
Interest inventories
Work values inventories
Assessment centers
Drug tests
Medical tests
Methods of Personnel Selection

11. Performance Appraisals
Work Samples
Reference Checks
Source: http://www.hr-guide.com
Methods for Performance
Assessment

12. Selection.
Placement.
Training and
development.
Promotion.
Career exploration
and guidance.
Program evaluation.
Why conduct assessment?

13. Hire The Right People
Reduce Absenteeism
Reduce Employee Turnover
Improve Productivity
Reduce Employee error
Be compliant with latest legal laws
Benefits of assessment tests

14. Do not expect any test or procedure to
measure a personal trait or ability with
perfect accuracy for every single person.
Do not expect any test or procedure to be
completely accurate in predicting
performance.
Limitations

15. Lack of expectation to engage in assessment
Lack of evaluation expertise or lack of
knowledge in how to conduct assessment
Lack of resources to conduct assessment
Lack of time
Lack of understanding what improvement is
needed
Why do people resist assessments?

16. Provide a clear expectation about the
assessment
Provide education about how to engage in
assessment in a meaningful manner
Provide resources for the administration of
quality evaluation
Allocate some time for assessments
Tools to overcome resistance

17. Appropriate use of professionally developed
assessment tools on average enables
organizations to make more effective
employment-related decisions than use of
simple observations or random decision
making.
Conclusion