BUS 481 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Eval, Job Performance, Peter Principle

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 481
• Professor: Peter Charlton

Document Summary

= assessment & eval of employees from w/in org as they move from job to job via transfer & promotion sys. Used to select internal candidates from among internal applicants. Methods incl. skills inventories, peer/self-assessments, managerial sponsorship, informal discussions, recommendations. Substantive assessment methods used to select internal finalists from among candidates. Discretionary assessment methods used to select offer recipients from finalists. Many similarities b/t internal & external selection but internal selection has many potential advantages over external. Data collected on internal applicants provide more depth/relevance/verifiability. Orgs usu have info about inte(cid:396)(cid:374)al (cid:272)a(cid:374)didate"s p(cid:396)e(cid:448)ious jo(cid:271) e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)es. Previous employers hesitant to release data on previous employees (less info on external, may not present whole/accurate picture) I. e. relocation issues, transferability of skills from 1 org to another, etc. Orgs have better data w/ which to make decision. Managers tend to rely heavily on subjective opinions of previous managers b/c of trust.