WEEK 1 Discussion 1: What to Assess

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 1 by Murphy (2010) and Chapter 15 by Paese (2010) in the Handbook of Workplace Assessment

• Murphy (2010) described two primary approaches for workplace assessment—assessing work-oriented strategies (what people do to carry out their assigned roles and responsibilities) and analyzing people-oriented factors (the characteristics of people that influence how they perform in the workplace). In an initial post of at least 350 words and citing at least two scholarly sources, For both work-oriented and people-oriented assessment strategies, describe the domains that might be assessed.
  • What types of conclusions might be drawn by assessing each domain?
• Discuss how each approach might be used in succession planning, referencing Paese’s (2010) discussion of assessment for succession planning.

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