Organizational Testing and Assessment Organizational testing and assessment is done throughout companies and organizations of all kinds for the purpose of screening and selecting the best employees as part of their staff. Companies need to select tools and materials that are effective and reliable in screening employees. In addition they need to know how to properly administer and interpret the results. In the sections below‚ performance appraisal‚ behavioral observation scales‚ the Big Five Personality
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actually caring for their families and children with the assistance. Proponents of drug testing recipients say that the people that are harmed are the tax payers and those who genuinely use this benefit for its intended purpose. While opponents of the measure‚ such as the ACLU‚ feel that such laws unjustly punish families and that it takes money away from children. Among the main points of controversy for this issue is that the American Civil Liberties Union argues that it is a violation of the Fourth
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Downfalls of Standardized Testing In January of 2002‚ President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law. This act required that each state develop standardized tests for basic skills and administer the tests to all students in order to receive federal funding for their school. Each state was required to set progress goals‚ and each school in the state must make adequate yearly progress‚ meaning that each year‚ the current students must perform better on the test than the
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Companies’ Use of Psychometric Tests for Recruitment: A Review of the Literature Word count: 2995 PART 1 PART 1 Introduction This paper surveys the literature on the use of psychometric testing by employers as part of the recruitment process and considers the general usage by different types of businesses. Companies spend high amount of money each year on psychometric test which measures personality type‚ learning styles and personal preferences of individuals. Since
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situations include‚ human resources dealing discrimination in the workplace‚ drug testing on animals‚ and sexual harassment. “Discrimination is a sociological term referring to the treatment taken toward or against a person of a certain group in consideration based solely on class or category” (Britannica). There are many forms of discrimination in the workplace that human resources have to manage such as issues with men and women in the workplace‚ and racial discrimination. Men have become
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Mandatory AIDS Testing AIDS has become a worldwide epidemic that has struck every identifiable group. However‚ persons who are considered to be in a high-risk group of contracting HIV‚ the disease believed to cause AIDS‚ are still stigmatized by the media and other professionals as being diseased and abnormal. It is quite surprising still that this type of stereotype still exists now in our gender-bending society. No longer do only gays‚ prostitutes‚ bisexual men‚ intravenous drug users contract
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People applying for welfare benefits should be drug tested Good paper on a difficult subject A current issue that is going on today is welfare recipients that are drug abusers. Welfare is supposed to meet the basic needs. Drugs seem far from one of the basic human needs to me. If the recipient gets all the benefits from the programs they will more than likely turn around and sell their food stamps for their fix rather than go to the store and get their family some food. Drugs also go hand and hand
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PARCC Testing Recently‚ there has been a highly talked about controversy through each state. The controversy is about whether or not to participate in taking a PARCC test in spring. PARCC stands for The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. This test replaces the ISAT (Illinois Standards Achievement Test) and PSAE (Prairie State Achievement Examination). Students within The United States are either taking this common core test or will be opting-out. Getting into what
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Issue: Speech 104 does impose timed testing constrains on students. Most public school classrooms use timed tests as a method for a measurement of student’s academic knowledge. Although timed tests do not seem to be a problem for some students‚ other students become highly stressed out by taking them. Timed tests not only require a student to recall quickly information under pressure‚ but these tests may also cultivate a rote-learning environment within the class. Some educators may argue
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proposition. Related Literature and Studies Downsides in Caffeine New research from John Hopkins Medical School shows that performance increases due to caffeine intake are the result of caffeine drinkers experiencing a short-term reversal of caffeine withdrawal. In essence‚ coming off caffeine reduces your cognitive performance and has a negative impact on your mood. Drinking caffeine triggers the release of adrenaline. When caffeine puts your brains and body into this hyper-aroused state‚ your
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