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The assessment center handbook for police and fire personnel
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Drawing on current knowledge and his own extensive experience, the author presents a thorough overview of the design and administration of an assessment center for fire and police personnel. In thi...
Drawing on current knowledge and his own extensive experience, the author presents a thorough overview of the design and administration of an assessment center for fire and police personnel. In this edition, some of the technical aspects of conducting assessment centers and candidate evaluation procedures have been updated and the use of computerized simulators is now included. The author offers valuable insights concerning the reliability, cost-effectiveness, and objective methods for the selection of candidates for higher appointments. Topics include advantages of the assessment center, typical assessment center exercises, center design and administration, personnel selection and training, and personnel evaluation and scoring methods. In addition, important features of the book are how and why the assessment center should be conducted and the manner in which personnel are evaluated by assessors. Concluding with numerous exercise plans, typical assessment center schedules, personnel evaluation guidelines, and assessor feedback forms, the book is designed to serve as a textbook in fire and police administrator preparatory programs. Appendixes contain supplemental information and exercises related to the assessment center.
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- Creator
- by Charles D. Hale
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Second edition
- Springfield, Ill. : Charles C Thomas, Publisher, [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
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- xi, 177 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780398074852, 0398074852
- OCLC
- ocm53970784
- Includes index.
- Preface -- Chap. 1. What is an assessment center? -- Chap. 2. Advantages of the assessment center -- Chap. 3. Why some people don't like assessment centers -- Chap. 4. Typical assessment center exercises -- Chap. 5. Assessment center design and administration -- Chap. 6. Selection and training of assessors -- Chap. 7. Candidate evaluation and scoring -- Chap. 8. Preparing for an assessment center -- Chap. 9. Some of the greatest blunders -- Chap. 10. Ensuring candidate satisfaction with assessment center methods -- Chap. 11. Conclusion -- Appendix. A. Assessment center guidelines -- Appendix B. Typical in-basket items -- Appendix C. Guidelines for scoring the in-basket exercise -- Appendix D. Group problem-solving exercise -- Appendix E. Tactical fire problem exercise -- Appendix F. Employee interview exercise -- Appendix G. Citizen interview exercise -- Appendix H. Role playing instructions for the citizen interview exercise -- Appendix I. Fire inspection exercise -- Appendix J. Shift meeting exercise -- Appendix K. Company training exercise -- Appendix L. Community meeting exercise -- Appendix M. Staff meeting exercise -- Appendix N. Program development exercise -- Appendix O. Room configurations for various exercises -- Appendix P. Typical assessment center schedules (five candidates, four exercises) -- Appendix Q. Candidate feedback questionnaire -- Appendix R. Candidate feedback forms -- Appendix S. Fire tactical problem : evaluation of tactical considerations for tactical fire problem