MGT 3320 Lecture : HR Management Notes Pt 2
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Process of choosing people to bring into an organization. Poor selection can be harmful because of costs, turnover, time, lower. Important because you want the best people that you can get production. How is selection strategic? two general considerations: level of specialization (general vs. specialist) General: you use broad recruitment and these people have just normal skills. Specialist: targeted scope and these have specific skills: time frame (long-term vs. short-term) These create the following selection strategies: short-term generalist, short-term specialist, long-term generalist and long-term specialist. Purpose is to predict future behaviors and job performance. Four categories of methods: testing (mental abilities, personality , work simulations, information gatherings (resumes, references, interviewing. Important distinctions: constructs vs. methods: constructs: to determine what is used to predict performance, methods: what we hope are used to measure the predictors. Cognitive ability testing: assessing a person"s ability to learn or solve problems, these are called general mental ability or gma, advantages:
