Applicability of assessment center concepts and techniques for managerial selection and development in human service...

The Assessment Center technique has been used widely throughout private industry over the past twenty-five years for selection and promotion of supervisory and managerial personnel. It has been acclaimed as a fair and valid method and has been successful in identifying individuals who possess the greatest potential to achieve in a particular position. A growing interest in the field of human services administration is the need to find the best person to select or promote into a supervisory or administrative position. The Assessment Center can be used to address this need, and the authors discuss the applicability of the technique to the human service organization.