• Critically evaluate selection practices including the use of interviews and assessment centres
• Critically discuss how organisations may use online selection practices as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and what considerations organisations need to take into account in utilizing online selection practices
• Critically discuss issues of fairness, cost and predictive accuracy/validity in selection practices
Please note that a good essay goes beyond mere description of HRM strategy and practices to evidence-based critical analysis of the academic literature and organisational practices
Tips:
• Read the relevant lecture slides on Selection on Blackboard
• Read chapter 5 “Talent Management” in the recommended textbook: Beardwell, J. and Thompson, A. (2017) Human Resource Management: A Contemporary Approach, 8th edition. Harlow: Pearson (available as an electronic copy in the DMU library)
• Read chapter 9 (Selection Methods and Decisions) and chapter 10 (Employability: Skills in Resourcing) in Torrington, D., Hall, L., Atkinson, C. and Taylor, S. (2017) Human Resource Management, 10th edition. Harlow: Pearson (available as an electronic copy in the DMU library)
• Read chapter 8 (Resourcing and Talent Management) in Marchington, M., Wilkinson, A., Donnelly, R. and Kynighou, A. (2016), Human Resource Management at Work, 6th edition. London: CIPD
• Read good quality academic journal articles on selection
