Textbook Reading

The textbook reading for this assignment is:

Title: An Introduction to Work and Organizational Psychology, An International Perspective

Author: Edited by Nik Chmiel, Franco Fraccaroli and Magnus Sverke

Chmiel, N., Fraccaroli, F., & Sverke, M. (Eds.). (2017). An introduction to work and organizational psychology: An international perspective (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons.

This assignment relates contents from the chapters below (textbook content), also you must do research to other references apart from textbook content.

• Chapter 2: How Do I Get a Job, What Are They Looking For? Personnel Selection and Assessment.
• Chapter 9: How Do We Get New Entrants ‘On Board’? Organizational Socialization, Psychological Contracts, and Realistic Job Previews.
• Chapter 4: What Am I Supposed to Do in My Job? Set Goals and Appraise Your People

Assignment Purpose

The purpose of the assignment is to apply knowledge through your independent reading and research, to a real-life example of a selection process. The assignment output includes a description of a selection system for a specific role, analysis of that system and recommendations for improvement, and suggestions for methods to measure performance in the specific role.

Your assignment can be based on:

• Either your own experience of a selection process for a particular job role/volunteer role/internship; or
• an interview with someone who has been through a selection process for a particular job role/volunteer role/internship.

Please use APA format and British English in writing.

Part A: Background information

Your task for Part A is to provide background information for the role that your assignment will be based on. You will use this information as the basis for Parts B and C of your assignment. Background information for Part A should include:

• A brief overview of the role in question, including key tasks and responsibilities for that position (up to 200 words).
• A description of each of the steps involved in the selection process that you/they went through to secure the position. (You can use bullet points, a flow chart, or text when answering this part of the question. This section can be up to 300 words, but may be less depending on the format used)

Part A should be based on either your own experience or the responses from your interviewee. No references are required.

Part B: Analysis and recommendations

Your task for Part B is to evaluate the selection process you described in Part A and make recommendations for improvements.

Part B should include:

• A critical, research informed discussion of the reliability and validity of the methods used. Note: you should consider multiple forms of validity and include statistics if and where appropriate.
• Recommendations for improvements to the selection process, and justification for your recommendations. Note: if you do not believe any improvements are necessary, you should justify this position.

Part B should be up to 1000 words. References to relevant literature are expected.

Part C: Performance measurement

Predictive validity can be determined by correlating selection test scores of a candidate with their future job performance.

Your task for Part C is to:

• Suggest two aspects of performance that could be measured and explain why they are meaningful measures of performance for the role that you have described.
• Explain how each of these aspects of performance could be measured, and briefly discuss the strengths and weaknesses of your suggested measurement method.

Part C should be up to 500 words. References to relevant literature are expected.

APA formatting is required for this assignment.