The emphasis on high quality
personnel recruitment is fast becoming a key concern in today's business environment.
Organizations are moving away from what was traditionally a lottery when recruiting staff,
towards more complex procedures that aim to accurately predict employees' future behaviour
in the job. Drawing on the latest scientific research, this guide offers a 'framework for
action' to assist selectors, and students studying in this field, in this difficult task.
Based on the principles of Total Quality Management, the framework covers topics such as:
Identifying customer needs
Establishing the necessary
evaluative standards for all selection procedures
Optimizing the design and
return of investment in selection methods
Monitoring and assessing the
efficiency of the overall selection process
In addition to managers and
HR professionals, students of management and occupational psychology at undergraduate and
MBA level will benefit from the clear and concise coverage of this important topic.
Dominic Cooper is a
Chartered Psychologist, Management Consultant and Professor of Safety Education at Indiana
University, Bloomington, USA.
Ivan T. Robertson is
Managing Director of Robertson Cooper Ltd and Professor Emeritus of Occupational
Psychology at UMIST.
Gordon Tinline is a
Managing Consultant for Robertson Cooper Ltd.
Table of Contents:
1. Managing Personnel
Selection for Total Quality
2. How People Differ
3. Identifying Customer
Needs and Setting the Required Standards
4. Evaluative Standards for
Selection Methods
5. Establishing Standards
for Selection Procedures
6. Recruitment Methods
7. Selection
Methods-Interviewing
8. Selection Methods-Sample
Based
9. Selection
Methods-Psychometrics
10. Selection
Methods-Alternatives
11. Personnel Selection
Decision-Making Standards
12. Staff Retention Policies
13. Continuous Improvement
232 pages