Work-based assessment is a central topic in industrial andorganizational psychology. Work-based assessments are often criticizedfor lack of quantitative rigor and lack of predictive nature for workperformance. However, companies and organizations that have clearmethods to describe the work, attributes needed to perform the work,and systematic performance management systems tend to be moresuccessful. Work-based assessment includes both predictive-based(e.g., ability test, work sample test) and a criterion basedassessment (e.g., work output). In this assignment you will evaluateand find empirical support for the theoretical approach that bestdescribes predictive and criterion work-based assessment. Whatstrategies would increase rigor of work-based assessment? Identify theunique role an industrial organizational psychologist has in anorganization for work-based assessment.

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Directions:

Write an essay (1,500-1,750- words not including references) in which you examine a work-basedassessment. In your essay address the following:

1. Describe predictive-based assessment and criterion-basedassessment.
2. Evaluate and find empirical support for thetheoretical approach that best describes predictive and criterionwork-based assessment.
3. Propose strategies to improvework-based assessment.
4. Identify the industrialorganizational psychologist role in work-based assessment.