Benchmark Homework: Work-Based Assessment
Description
Work-based assessment is a central topic in industrial and organizational psychology. Work-based assessments are often criticized for lack of quantitative rigor and lack of predictive nature for work performance. However, companies and organizations that have clear methods to describe the work, attributes needed to perform the work, and systematic performance management systems tend to be more successful. Work-based assessment includes both predictive-based (e.g., ability test, work sample test) and a criterion-based assessment (e.g., work output). In this homework you will evaluate and find empirical support for the theoretical approach that best describes predictive and criterion work-based assessment. What strategies would increase rigor of work-based assessment? Identify the unique role an industrial organizational psychologist has in an organization for work-based assessment.
Directions:
Write (1,750 to 2,000 words) in which you examine a work-based assessment. In it, address the following:
I. A research-based evaluation of the theoretical approach that best describes predictive and criterion work-based assessment. (Benchmarks C4.4: Evaluate theories and methods for selecting, training, appraising, organizing, and supervising both employees and managers.)
II. Proposed strategies to improve work-based assessment. (Benchmarks C4.5: Evaluate methods for the selection, administration, and interpretation of workplace tests and assessments.)
III. Identification of the industrial organizational psychologist's role in work-based assessment. (Benchmarks C4.1: Identify the role of industrial organizational psychologists in an organization.)
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.