A comparisn of assessment centre and career path appreciation procedures in management selection
Date
2016-07-20
Authors
Bester, Francois
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Abstract
r~his research compares the Assessment Centres and the
Career Path ApprecIation procedure used in the
aseessment of managerial potential for selection
purposes. The aims of the research are to conduct a
concurrent validation of the Career path. Appreciation
and to determine any redundancy of. the two
proce(.~ures and of the sllbprocedures of the
Appreciation.
Al:>sessment Cent:res are estab1.4 shed and accepted EtS a
valid procedures fol'. management potential
maaaur'emerrt , The Car('H,~rPath Appreciation is a
fairly new procedure with a small research base. The
Appreciation uses the Stratified systems Theory to
consm-uet; its validity.
The Appreoiation is more economioal to apply than
Assessment centres. Claims are made t.hat the
Appreciation oan replace Assessment Centres. Tho
value of this research is in the investigation of
this claim of redundancy.
The two procedures are administerG j to a sample of
319 senior management candi.dabee , The Spearman ranl~
correlation coefficient is applied to analvse tho
ordinal data.
Resul ts of. the analysi'3 show that thero are no
grounds fc:or the clain,s of redundancy. The concur-eerrt
validation of tho Appreciation shows that it probab:Ly
measur.os the same domain as Assessment centres.
Description
h rcsoarch rcport submitted to the
l"uculty of Business Administration, univorsi ty of the
Witwatersrand, Johannosbur9, in partial fulfilmont of
tho requirements for tho degree of. Master of: Management.
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