CHAPTER 9.3: Selection

Question 1

What is Selection?

Answer 1

Selection is the process of choosing among individuals with the relevant qualifications to fill existing or projected job openings.

The purpose of selection is to find the “best” candidate for the job – an individual who possesses the required KSAs and personality, who will perform well, embrace the corporate mission and values and fit the organizational culture.

The strategic significance of the selection process:
* Quality of employees determines whether the organization meetsits strategic plan.
* Individuals selected will be implementing strategic decisions.
* Candidates must fit with the strategic direction of the organization.

Question 2

The Goal of Selection: Maximize “Hits” and Avoid “Misses”

Answer 2

A “Hit” is when the person we select succeeds and performs well on the job.
A “Miss” is when we make the wrong prediction on the candidate.

There is a chart, the bottom axis predicts success and the vertical axis predicts job performance.

2 Types of Misses:

• False Positive (Bottom Right): Hire someone whoe seems like a good fit during the selection process but fails in the role, the cost of this is wasted recturiment and training cost.
• False Negative (Top Left): When we reject someone who would have been a good fit. This is harder to detect and unintenionaly eclude members of a protected group, raising issues on fairness and legal compliance.

2 Types of Hits:

• True Positive (Top Right): Person is selected and succeeds on the job.
• True Negative (Bottom Left): Person is not selected as we think they would not succeed and we were right