BU352 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Job Performance, Content Validity, Personality Test
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Chapter 7 the strategic importance of employee selection. Selection the process of choosing among individuals who have been recruited to fill existing or projected job openings. The selected individuals will be implementing strategic decisions and in some cases, creating strategic plans. Thus successful candidates must fit with the strategic direction of the organization. E. g. an organization expands internationally needs to put international experience as important selection criteria. Strategic objectives cannot be reached when the selected for the job isn"t capable to perform. The recruitment and selection process must begin all over again, and the successor must be properly oriented and trained. High hidden costs: internal disorganization and disruption and customer alienation. Firms must make sure their selection procedures are free of both intentional and systemic discrimination free of biases to women, visible minorities, aboriginal people, and persons with disabilities. The selection ratio the ratio of number of applicants hired to the total number of applicants.
