1st Edition

The Gower Assessment and Development Centre Planning and Administration

By Julie Hay Copyright 1997
384 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

Assessment and Development Centres offer a detailed and objective way of assessing your people's potential, whether you are trying to: ¢ establish training and development needs ¢ identify potential for promotion ¢ assess and select new recruits to your organization or using the centre in some other way. To make this assessment possible involves a huge investment in time, money and effort to... Read more
A short glossary of terms; Welcome to the Gower Assessment and Development Centre; The coding system. Part One Assessment Documentation: Assessment documentation: contents; Assessment factors: professionals; Assessment factors: management; Rating scale; Participant self-assessment; Observer record: individual; Observer record: group discussion; Assessment sheets without factors; Assessment sheets with professional factors; Assessment sheets with management factors; IN-TRAY marking sheet. Part Two Professional Development Workshop: Professional Development Workshop: contents; Development Centre outline; About the programme; Publicity materials; Running the Workshop; Programmes; Assessor/participant allocations; Follow-up day. Part Three Management Assessment Centre: Management Assessment Centre: contents; Management Assessment Centre outline; About the programme; Programmes and allocations; Administration and documentation; Running the programme; Additional activities; Final assessment and feedback process.

Biography

Julie Hay has over 30 years experience in industry, government and the public sector and is currently Chief Executive of Training Consultancy AD International. She has been designing and running assessment and development centres since 1979, in organizations as diverse as airlines, insurance companies, local authorities, computer and IT companies and the probation service.