Author: BALLANTYNE, IAIN
Title: Assessment and Development Centres
Description: Gower Publishing Company. 1995. (ISBN: 9780566074844). Hardcover, 9.8 x 6.5 x 1 inches. Condition good, Isbn 0-566-07484-2,0566074842. Assessment and development centres have been established for some years as an effective method for selecting and developing people. This book provides guidance on how to run them, examining the entire process, from the underlying concepts to the most effective methods of validation. The main objectives of the book are: to establish a thorough understanding of the principles and practice of assessment centres; to provide sufficient knowledge to enable practitioners to run their own events in a professional manner; to help readers to recognize when they may need to call on outside expertise; and to equip readers to ask pertinent questions of any prospective advisers. Iain Ballantyne is an independent business psychologist, until recently Principal Consultant with Nigel Povah at Assessment & Development Consultants Ltd. For more than 25 years he has assessed people at work, Initially as a Personnel Manager for 'blue chip' companies like Grandmet and Unisys and since the mid-1980s as a management consultant. Nigel Povah is the Managing Director of Assessment & Development Consultants Limited, a practice specialising in assessment methods and developing human potential at work. He was a training manager at ICL prior to founding A&DC in 1988. Used: Acceptable.

Keywords: 9780566074844


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