What are Assessment Centres

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This is a presentation describes about what is assessment centre, its need and benefits in an organization.

CENTRES

FLOW OF PRESENTATION
• • • • • • • • • • What is an Assessment Centre (AC) History Requirement Elements Types of Exercises Stages Advantages and Disadvantages Validity of Assessment centre Why Assessment Centre’s are Successful Assessment Centre at Crompton Greaves

What is an Assessment Centre?
Evaluation of
candidate Specially developed assessment simulations Series of exercises

Pooling of judgement

ASSESSMENT CENTRE

Designed to measure competenci es

Candidates Strength & abilities Standardize d procedure

HR

decisions

HISTORY
German Armed Forces

British Army

Public Sector

1929

1930

1942

1956

1970

German Psychologists

Private Sector

Requirement
• • • • • Globalization Increase in competition Increase in strategic importance of HR Achievement of organizational goals Identification of competent people

Essential elements of an Assessment Centre
• • • • • Job Analysis Predefine Competencies Behavioural classification Assessment techniques Simulations

Essential elements of an Assessment Centre
• • • • • Observations Observers Recording Behavior Reports Data Integration

Uses of Assessment Centre
• • • • • Selection Career Development Potential appraisal Identification of High Potential Managers Succession Planning

Assessment Centre Exercises
• Tool • Explanation • Competency

Exercises used for Assessment
Tool Case study interview Explanation Competency Requires candidates to read a large Analytical skills, assimilation of set of information and then information, prioritization of answer questions relating to the information, timesubject matter management, working under pressure Includes personal history questions Analytical skills, business and problem-solving tasks and acumen, communication, scenarios interpersonal skills, personal attributes, teamwork Includes research and retrieval of Communication, professional information on a given subject or interaction interaction with the interviewer to obtain further information from them Practiced by ZS Associates

Competencybased interview Fact-finding exercise

TCS

Britvic

Tool

Explanation

Competency Personal assertiveness, teamwork, Interpersonal effectiveness, drive for result

Group exercise Includes problem solving within a committee or team In-tray test

Practiced by KPMG

Problemsolving task Presentation

Includes prioritizing Time-management, analytical KPMG documents, drafting skills, business acumen replies to letters, and delegating important tasks Includes building a Analytical skills, creativity, lateral AT & T structure with limited thinking, resourcefulness materials Involves a 10 to 15 Assimilation of information, KPMG minute presentation on a presentation delivery, working pre-determined topic. under pressure

Tool Psychometric/Pers onality/ Aptitude Tests

Competency Practiced by: Agreeableness, Roll’s Royce behavioral interaction, conscientiousness, extroversion /introversion, personal assertiveness, teamwork Role-play exercise Involves acting-out a Approach to business Boeing business-related situations situation Written exercise Involves producing a concise written summary from a collection of documents. Analytical skills, summarization, written communication Boeing

Explanation Includes a personality questionnaire and/or numerical, verbal, and diagrammatic reasoning tests.

Stages in an Assessment Centre

Pre Assessment Centre
• Define the objective and get approval from Concerned Officer • Conduct job analysis • Define the competencies required for the target position • Identify the potential position holder and send them invitations

• Identify the observers and train them • Design the AC exercises • Decide the rating methodology • Schedule the AC and make infrastructural arrangements • Inform the concerned people of the schedule

During Assessment Centre
• Explain participants the purpose of the AC, the procedure • Give instructions to the participants, before every exercise • Distribute the competency-exercise matrix sheets among observers

• Make a report of the strengths and improvement areas of each participant • Give feedback to participants • Conduct a discussion of all observers on every participant’s ratings, at the end of the session

Post Assessment Centre
• Get feedback from participants and observers about the conduction of AC • Compile reports of all participants and submit the list of selected participants to the concerned authorities • Make improvements in the design according to the recommendations • Evaluate the validity of results after a definite period

Advantages & Disadvantages of Assessment Centers

What got you here. Won’t get you there -Marshall Goldsmith

Advantages of Assessment Centres
• ACs map the next level challenges and simulate them in exercises. Thus finds the customized candidates • Assessment centers not only help the organization find the right candidate but also helps in developing the participants • Self-Awareness and realization for candidates • Assessment Centers can be customized for different kinds of jobs • The assessors undergo training in the process which proves helpful for the organization

Disadvantages of Assessment Centers
• ACs are very costly and time consuming • ACs requires highly skilled observers • Observers might bring in their own perceptions and biases while evaluating • Those who receive poor assessment might become demotivated and might lose confidence in their abilities

Validity of Assessment Centers

whether or not it measures what it purports to measure

Assessment centers have high predictive, face and content validity because • Designing of ACs is based on job analysis
• Observers are extensively trained • Candidates are graded by using ratings / marks of competencies

• The mean and standard deviation is computed for each cell in the rating matrix • Comparing the means for the same competency dimension measured in different exercises shows whether there is consistency in the rating of the competency • The standard deviations show if assessors are differentiating between participants or giving everyone the same average rating

Why are Assessment Centre's Successful ?
• • • • • • Participants competencies are brought out Standardized exercises No personal bias Trained observers AC activity is flexible Participant has clear picture of the job responsibility • The process appeals to the participants logic

CROMPTON GREAVES
Assessment centre

Behavioral Competencies
Strategic Thinking
Result Orientation Leadership People Management Customer Orientation Execution Skills Managing Self & Value Orientation

Knowledge & Innovation

Identification Criteria
? Talent – Ability to move up by 2 levels in 5/6 year ? Identification of Performance ? Performance Analysis data for last 4 Years ? Minimum 2 times ‘2’ rating ? Identification of Potential by considering behavioral patterns required for 2 higher levels ? Prepare base data of behavioral patterns required for each level ? Put all employees through this process ? To be done by Division Heads and to be normalized by HR Head / Unit Heads and Business Unit Heads

Competency Levels
LEVEL 1 Basic Has some knowledge but no practical experience.

LEVEL 2 Has some practical experience but can Developmental apply under supervision.

LEVEL 3 Advanced
LEVEL 4 Expert LEVEL 5 Mastery

Has substantial knowledge but can apply without supervision.
Extensive knowledge, can apply in complex situations & can guide others. Recognized as a thought Leader.

Selection Criteria
– Filter 1 • Identify people with respect to performance and potential as per the grid
POTENTIAL

Potential – Performance Matrix – Filter 1

HIGH

?
X

?
?

? ? ?
HIGH

– Filter 2 • Identified people to go through further assessment by DC (Development Centre) for Talent Pool

LOW

MEDIUM

X
LOW

X
MEDIUM

PERFORMANCE

Minimum and Maximum competency levels expected are defined
STRATEG IC THINKIN G RESULT ORIENTATIO N LEADERS HIP PEOPLE MANAGE MENT CUSTOM ER ORIENTA TION EXEC UION SKILL S MANAGI NING SELF KNOW LEDGE & INNOVA TION Total

GT

Min Max

1 2

1 3

1 2

1 2

1 2

1 2

2 3

1 2

9 18

E1/ E2

Min
Max

2
3 2

2
4 2

1
3 2

2
3 2

2
3 2

2
4 2

3
4 3

2
4 2

16
28 17

M1/ M2

Min

Max
M3 Min Max

4
2 4

4
3 5

4
2 5

4
3 5

4
3 5

4
2 5

5
3 5

4
2 5

33
20 39

At the Assessment Centre
People involved are: 1. Assessors 2. Assesse Process: • The selected employees are divided into groups • The various assessment activities planned take place • Various competencies are evaluated and marked • The data is recorded and integrated for future reference

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