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Certificate of Achievement
Dr. Naraginti Amareswaran Reddy
has completed the following course:
An Introduction to the Assessment of People at Work
This online course looked into the history of assessing people at work. It gave an overview of the methods and techniques used, as well as considering the employee life cycle to identify when we may assess people and why. It examined the legislation which should be adhered to, as well as reviewing the role of ethics in the recruitment, selection and development process. It enabled the discussion of different types of reliability and validity assessed during test development.
2 weeks, 3 hours per week
Sophie Ward AFHEA, MHFA, MBPsS, MSc, BSc (Hons)
Lecturer in Occupational & Business Psychology
Coventry University
Andre Soares
Senior Lecturer in Business and Occupational Psychology
Coventry University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Explore the history of assessing people at work, as well as how we assess them, when and why.
- Identify the legislation which should be adhered to when assessing people at work.
- Explain the role of ethics in the recruitment, selection, and development process.
- Describe the difference between recruitment, selection and development in relation to assessment at work.
- Discuss the advantages of assessing people at work.
- Identify the different types of reliability and validity assessed during test development and validation along with their meaning.
Syllabus
- The history of assessing people at work – how, when and why?
- The role of legislation and ethics.
- A brief overview of the employee cycle in relation to assessment.
- A brief overview of pre-selection and selection methods.
- Different types of reliability and validity.
- The difference between recruitment, selection and development.
- A brief overview of assessment for development.
Issued on 23rd January 2020
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