01899nam a22002297a 4500 20260924115854.0 260924b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780805851250 PK-LaUMT 658.3125 THO-A Thornton, George C. 15831 Assessment centers in human resource management : strategies for prediction, diagnosis, and development / George C. Thornton and Deborah E. Rupp New Jersey : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2006 xix, 361 p. Series in applied psychology Includes bibliographical references and index. The theme permeating this book on assessment centers is "continuity and change", describing what has remained the same and what has changed in the 50-year history of the assessment center method. One of the important changes explored is the evolution of the goals of assessment center programs and the ways in which assessment centers and their component parts have been used. "Assessment Centers in Human Resource Management" clearly differentiates between assessment centers used for prediction, diagnoses, and development. In addition, this book explores: assessment centers and human resource management; court cases involving assessment centers; innovations in assessment center operations; cross-cultural considerations including diversity of the workforce; and assessor training. The target audience for the text includes students who are learning about assessment centers, practitioners including human resource managers and consultants who may be considering the implementation of assessment centers, and academicians who are researching the method and wish to understand current issues Eng Assessment centers (Personnel management procedure) 15832 Rupp, Deborah E. 15833 BK 142750 142750 0 0 0 0 01 01 2026-09-24 0 658.3125 THO-A 154536 2026-09-24 11:59:00 2026-09-24 BK