Assessment Centers for Public Safety, 3rd ed., Patrick T. Maher and Richard S. Michelson, 2009

This book, formerly titled Preparing for Promotion: A Guide for Public Safety Assessment Centers, is full of helpful topics to get you focused before you take that next promotional exam, including assessment centers or related performance based scenarios. It also has a chapter just on Interview Panels, with many sample scenarios for practice!

Each component of the Assessment Center process is covered in detail, along with a list of behavioral dimensions that the candidate who is ready for the job, should be able to demonstrate.

While the book is geared to help you get ready for any type of assessment process, the core of the text is to help you get ready for the job itself. If you have done all you can by strengthening your skills to become a strong supervisor, you still have to consider the political and even personal issues that undoubtedly will surface. Keep in mind building relationships is a critical component of any good supervisor or manager.

The text includes content, strategies and methodology used in many of the core exercises used in Assessment Centers including:

  • Assessment Centers; History, development and validity
  • Subordinate Counseling Role Play
  • Personnel scenarios
  • In-Basket
  • Oral Presentation
  • Leaderless Groups
  • Meeting Management
  • Ethical dilemmas
  • Situational Judgment Tests
  • Written projects
  • Community presentation

The book also covers non-assessment center methods, such as:

  • Oral Panel Interviews
  • Personnel Scenarios
  • Tactical / Operational Scenarios
  • Accomplishment Survey

8 1/2" x 11", 415 pages, spiral bound, BA9760 / $49.95

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