Individual Psychological Assessment: Predicting Behavior in Organizational Settings (J-B SIOP Professional Practice Series)

A Unique Resource for a State-of-the-Art Practice Presented by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, this is the first and only work to offer readers a comprehensive look at individual psychological assessment as currently practiced in business environments. Here, you will examine the best methods and techniques now in use. You will see how assessment is being used to alter organizational cultures and achieve specific business goals. You will discover a framework you can use to make your own practice state-of-the-art. And you will benefit from thought-provoking discussions on issues vital to the field's continued success as well as informed predictions for its future. All of which makes this an essential resource any person concerned with individual psychological assessment should possess. Booknews Explores the best practices for using individual psychological assessment to choose a top executive for a business. Provides a framework for a sound assessment practice, and specifics on a number of assessment processes, including how they are designed and conducted and how results are interpreted and communicated. Also explores how assessment can fit into strategic business plans and respond to the requirements of new leadership models. Readers are assumed to be professional or student psychologists. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Presented by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, this is the first and only work to offer readers a comprehensive look at individual psychological assessment as currently practiced in business environments. Here, you will examine the best methods and techniques now in use. You will see how assessment is being used to alter organizational cultures and achieve specific business goals. You will discover a framework you can use to make your own practice state-of-the-art. And you will benefit from thought-provoking discussions on issues vital to the field's continued success as well as informed predictions for its future. All of which makes this an essential resource for anyone concerned with individual psychological assessment Individual psychological assessment is particularly challenging because every assessee is unique and presents a combination of behaviors and characteristics that must be understood in the context of a particular setting, typically a specific organization with its own internal chemistry. This work presents best practices in assessment of individual employees within an organization. It examines individual assessment from three perspectives: setting/situation, the place of assessment within an organization's systems, and use of assessment for targeted purposes.