IOP 3701
Student number: 61169285
Unique Number: 653894
Assignment: 3
Semester: 1
Year: 2022
Due Date: 15/05/2022
,Table of Contents
Question 1: ...................................................................................................................... 3
a) Describing the purpose for which individuals, groups and organizations are
assessed in the industry. ............................................................................................. 3
b) What is developmental assessment? ................................................................. 4
c) Differences between structured, unstructured and semi-structured interview. ... 5
Question 2: ...................................................................................................................... 6
a) The role of test validity in the descriptive and evaluative interpretation of test
scores. ......................................................................................................................... 6
1) Descriptive interpretation. ............................................................................... 6
2) Evaluative interpretation. ................................................................................ 7
b) The main advantages and disadvantages of non-mechanical interpretation of
test results. .................................................................................................................. 7
c) Reasoning as to why test scores should not be included in the report of the
results of the assessments. ......................................................................................... 7
Reference........................................................................................................................ 9
Declaration ...................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
, Question 1:
a) Describing the purpose for which individuals, groups and organizations are
assessed in the industry.
Individual assessments are most widely used in the screening process for potential new
employees as this is the starting point of the relationship between employee and
employer. This assessment determines the suitability of the applicant for a certain
position in the organisation and if they will make a good fit.
Regarding applicants who have passed the screening tests and have become
employees there are others assessment processes used to test employee’s work
performance that will be used to determine what their end of year compensation will be
(bonus and yearly salary increase) and in addition if there are possibilities of job
promotions, assessments are also used to determine suitability of the individual for the
promotion position.
In addition to individual tests there are also group – or team tests performed in the
industry that are mainly used in diagnostic and development instances. Although these
tests are not technically classified as psychological measures, in the hands of an
exceptional industrial psychologist these tests good produce very valuable results.
The group tests are classified as group processes, which are aspects such as
leadership, communication, conflict-handling, negotiation and decision-making skills.
These are all group behavioural processes that can be assessed. Then there are group
characteristics. Groups have the ability to be assessed and then categorised in terms of
their own unique characteristics. For instance, the level of cohesion within the group,
how developed the group is, the leadership style used by the group and how they
handle conflict within the group. Lastly, the group structure which is assessed in terms
of hierarchy of the group members and their respective team roles within the group.
Results obtained from all the group tests are used of inter-group as well as intra-group
comparisons. Even though groups are the target for these assessments, all the
assessment data is obtained from the individual testing that was done and is then
collated to describe the group process.
Finally it is the organisational assessment, meaning the different sections and divisions
within the organisation and their unique processes characteristics and structure. As with
group assessments these tests are not classified as psychological measures but they
are mainly used for diagnostic and development purposes within the organisation. As
with group assessments, organisational assessments also test the processes,
behavioural characteristics, organisational characteristics and the structure of the
organisation that all get processes and annualized. The results of the organisational
tests are then used for inter-organisational as well as intra-organisational comparison in
the hope of finding ways to better the organisation as far as they can.
Student number: 61169285
Unique Number: 653894
Assignment: 3
Semester: 1
Year: 2022
Due Date: 15/05/2022
,Table of Contents
Question 1: ...................................................................................................................... 3
a) Describing the purpose for which individuals, groups and organizations are
assessed in the industry. ............................................................................................. 3
b) What is developmental assessment? ................................................................. 4
c) Differences between structured, unstructured and semi-structured interview. ... 5
Question 2: ...................................................................................................................... 6
a) The role of test validity in the descriptive and evaluative interpretation of test
scores. ......................................................................................................................... 6
1) Descriptive interpretation. ............................................................................... 6
2) Evaluative interpretation. ................................................................................ 7
b) The main advantages and disadvantages of non-mechanical interpretation of
test results. .................................................................................................................. 7
c) Reasoning as to why test scores should not be included in the report of the
results of the assessments. ......................................................................................... 7
Reference........................................................................................................................ 9
Declaration ...................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined.
, Question 1:
a) Describing the purpose for which individuals, groups and organizations are
assessed in the industry.
Individual assessments are most widely used in the screening process for potential new
employees as this is the starting point of the relationship between employee and
employer. This assessment determines the suitability of the applicant for a certain
position in the organisation and if they will make a good fit.
Regarding applicants who have passed the screening tests and have become
employees there are others assessment processes used to test employee’s work
performance that will be used to determine what their end of year compensation will be
(bonus and yearly salary increase) and in addition if there are possibilities of job
promotions, assessments are also used to determine suitability of the individual for the
promotion position.
In addition to individual tests there are also group – or team tests performed in the
industry that are mainly used in diagnostic and development instances. Although these
tests are not technically classified as psychological measures, in the hands of an
exceptional industrial psychologist these tests good produce very valuable results.
The group tests are classified as group processes, which are aspects such as
leadership, communication, conflict-handling, negotiation and decision-making skills.
These are all group behavioural processes that can be assessed. Then there are group
characteristics. Groups have the ability to be assessed and then categorised in terms of
their own unique characteristics. For instance, the level of cohesion within the group,
how developed the group is, the leadership style used by the group and how they
handle conflict within the group. Lastly, the group structure which is assessed in terms
of hierarchy of the group members and their respective team roles within the group.
Results obtained from all the group tests are used of inter-group as well as intra-group
comparisons. Even though groups are the target for these assessments, all the
assessment data is obtained from the individual testing that was done and is then
collated to describe the group process.
Finally it is the organisational assessment, meaning the different sections and divisions
within the organisation and their unique processes characteristics and structure. As with
group assessments these tests are not classified as psychological measures but they
are mainly used for diagnostic and development purposes within the organisation. As
with group assessments, organisational assessments also test the processes,
behavioural characteristics, organisational characteristics and the structure of the
organisation that all get processes and annualized. The results of the organisational
tests are then used for inter-organisational as well as intra-organisational comparison in
the hope of finding ways to better the organisation as far as they can.
