Role of Psychometric Assessments in Hr Strategy

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www.peopleandmanagement.com Role of Psychometric Assessments B in HR Strategy By Sreenidhi SK & Tay Chinyi Business advantage lies in the hands of people. People with KASH – Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills and Habits – will make that vital difference to the success and failure of organisations. To be successful, leaders know that they need to learn quickly how they can assign the right person for the right job without losing much time. Starting from the Roots Yes, everyone agrees that the first place to start is at the very beginning – at the time of recruitment. We need to recruit and retain the right people. Immediately a question arises in many a leader’s mind, as to what do we do with those who have already joined us and whose performance is not up to the mark? The question has the right answers in the books of Psychology and Sociology that deals with human behaviour. The science of psychometric analysis and interpretation has a rock solid foundation in the works of some eminent psychologists and management gurus like Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Douglas McGregor and Daniel Coleman among others. It is time for you now, to act, so that you get to the roots and gain a good understanding of the art and science of interpreting a variety of psychometric assessments that measure different attributes of a person. The Science behind the Art of Human Resource Optimisation Understanding the psychological makeup of human beings is of vital value across all fields today . It is a fact, especially in organisations, that it is wise to have an employee who may not be that skilled but is positively oriented, rather than one who is an expert with a poor attitude. How can one understand the psychological characteristics of employees? Are you getting the best out of your people? The Full Power of Psychometrics Bits & Pieces or limited view does not help in
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