Relationship Between Assessment Center Performance And Pyschological Types Of Cooperative Extension Agents In Ohio

An assessment center is a place and process where individuals are evaluated for managerial capabilities in order to select, promote, or facilitate the development of an individualized training program in an organization (Thornton & Byham, 1982). Assessment center personnel conduct a job analysis to describe the attitudes, knowledge, and skills required for management positions. The attitudes, knowledge, and skills derived from the job analysis are then used to design assessment center activities. Assessment center participants are involved in selected activities while their managerial capabilities are being determined by trained evaluators. Assessment centers attempt to measure managerial capabilities for the purpose of assessment, selection, promotion, and training (Thornton & Byham, 1982).