Assessment Center

• Assessment centers are often regarded as performance

evaluation instrument that have a high potential for
detecting actual competence levels of employees.

• Assessment Centers acts as a tool for an organization

for selecting personnel and focuses on functional
behaviors and performance in work settings through
observations.
 Essential Features
• Measurement techniques selected based on job
analysis.
• Multiple measurement techniques used, including
simulation exercises.
• Assessors’ behavioral observations classified into
meaningful and relevant categories.
• Multiple observations made for each dimension.
• Multiple assessors used for each candidate.
 Contd..

• Systematic methods of recording behavior.

• Assessors prepare behavior reports in
preparation for integration.
• Integration of behaviors through Consensus
Discussion & Statistical integration process.
 Assessment Techniques
• Interview
• In-basket exercise
• Leaderless group discussion
• Business game
• Case Analysis
• Projective tests (TAT)
• Role-plays
• Oral Presentation
Uses of Assessment Centers

Selection &
Promotion

Diagnosis Development