The requirement issued by the Office of the Civil Service Commissioners that gave rise to this project was specified as follows –
‘To review up to date UK research findings on the most reliable, validated techniques for recruiting and selecting senior staff in the private, public and voluntary sectors, with particular reference to effective selection interviewing, the use of assessment centres and psychological and psychometric testing’
In addition to this literature review, it was also judged desirable to know what other organisations in the public and (particularly) the private sector do in relation to top level appointments. The second element of the work was therefore to contact a number of such organisations to conduct a small survey of the kind of selection methods they are using in making such appointments.
A Research Study Relating to Effective Selection of Staff for Senior Posts in the Civil Service
