Current Issues In Selection:

Broadly Defined and

Team-Based Jobs
Presented by: Sweta Bhattarai
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 EVOLUTION OF
WORK

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 THE PAST

THE PRESENT
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 Basis of Selection

The Past The Present

KSAs were usually thought of

in terms of technical knowledge,
the application of that
knowledge in problem-solving
work activities, and various
cognitive abilities.
Not only technical knowledge and
ability but also on the
interaction abilities of members

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 FINDING THE RIGHT TEAM
MEMBER

•Identify the tasks that you need

the team to undertake

•Identify skills required

•Identify the missing skill set

•Select the employee

“BALANCE IS THE KEY”

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Michael Stevens and Michael Campion (1994)

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Michael Stevens and Michael Campion (1994)

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Using the incumbent team members in the
selection of the new ones

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￮ C&S delivers more than 140,000
different food and grocery items to
14,000+ independent and chain stores
in the U.S

￮ The company has 1,600 employees

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HR Practices at
￮ The warehouse crew has worked in self-directed teams since 1989

￮ The team members are involved in all hiring decisions.

￮ HR acts only from an external recruiting standpoint.

￮ Then, the HR department places these new employees on a “rookie team”

￮ Existing teams can select members from this team of new workers.
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 “HR doesn’t know how the work gets done.
Teams members do.”

￮ If, instead, teams want to recruit members from other teams, they
go ahead. If they want to get rid of team members who aren’t pulling
their own weight, they’re empowered to do so. If they want to
reassign job responsibilities, they don’t have to ask permission.

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Refrences
￮ http://www.cesifo-group.de/ifoHome/facts/Survey-
Results/Personalleiterbefragung/Archiv/Personalleiterbefragun
g-2015Q2.html
￮ http://www.workforce.com/1994/05/01/team-staffing-requires-
new-hr-role/
￮ https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/eaef/feebdb58bb8eb9c5784cf
07d7e94f0d592fb.pdf

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