Role set based assessment center approach to personnel selection

Abstract

This paper presents a role set based assessment center approach to personnel selection. According to this approach an assessment center should be established in any organization interested in personnel selection and appraisal on a continuing basis. The assessment center should reflect either in its members or in its methods experience from the members of the roleset of the facal position for which a candidate is being assessed. Experience of using this method in a training organization in their selection of faculty is described. Several techniques used in the process along with involvement of members from the role sets of faculty in this organization are described. The costs involved while establishing this system are very marginal in view of the systematization that takes place in appraisal and training value it has for members of the role set.