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Assessment Centres and Global Talent Management - OUT NOW!
Edited by Nigel Povah and George Thornton, Dr Charles Woodruffe wrote a chapter called
Whiter than White? The Diversity Credentials of Assessment and Development Centres
 
There are three core themes in this book:
  • First, authors describe the use of assessment and development centres which are linked to corporate strategy and in particular talent management. The book is focusing on how these strategies influence the design of the assessment centre in terms of the competencies being assessed, the exercises that are used and the nature of the event, so that they can deliver what is required.
  • The second theme explores cross-cultural implications for the design of assessment centres and development centres.
  • The third theme is the productive interface of science and practice. Authors describe their own research and its implications or how they have used the research of others to design and implement specific assessment and development centres for the purposes and settings mentioned above.

Available at amazon.co.uk  for order
Holding on While Letting G A Director's Guide to Contemporary Talent Management
by Dr Charles Woodruffe, Wendy Lyons and Jasmin Silver
 
Looking at the key issues in contemporary talent management, this guide offers advice on  how to engage people in the context of a recession as well as how to identify and develop them. It introduces a method for defining the qualities you are looking for in talented people that is straightforward and more suited than competencies to these austere times. 
 
Development and Assessment Centres: identifying and developing competence
by Dr Charles Woodruffe

Charles Woodruffe's book on designing and implementing assessment and development centres enters its fourth edition this year. This definitive text shows you how t
  • Create an effective assessment centre strategy
  • Develop the individual after the development centre
  • Design tailor-made development and assessment centre exercises
  • Ensure that your assessment or development centre runs smoothly
  • Make the best assessment decisions for your organisation
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Winning the Talent War
by Dr Charles Woodruffe

The book emphasises the crucial importance of securing the talented people needed for the business to succeed. A strategy to achieve this is vital. Winning the talent war was given a very positive review in October 2001's Training Journal. The review described the book as 'focused value for money' and 'easy to read' and concludes by saying it is 'recommended as essential reading for the strategic manager'.
Winning the Talent War is available from all good booksellers.
 
Handbook of Personnel Selection
Edited by Arne Evers, Neil Anderson and Olga Voskuijl.
Dr Charles Woodruffe has contributed with a chapter called Emotional Factors as Selection Criteria

The Blackwell Handbook of Personnel Selection provides a state-of-the-art review of theory, research and professional practice in the field of selection and assessment. Charles has contributed an excellent chapter to this publication that focuses on the effect emotion has on behaviour at work and how a greater understanding of its impact can aid effective selection decisions.

The Handbook of Personnel Selection is available from good booksellers.
 

 
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