First Published January 22, 2005
Wednesday May 23, 2007
Subject: Psychometric Profiling Tests
As management consultants, we often get requests for conducting psychometric profiling of members in organizations. While this is almost mandatory in developed countries, this concept has not yet taken off in developing countries. However, competitive pressures will lead to increase in demand for such profiling tests.
We can conduct the psychometric tests in the following behavioral profile areas and they are:
1. Leadership style profile - This is recommended for team building and provides a clue on respondents preferred leadership style.
2. Professional style profile - This is meant for functional specialists who may not be leaders, but members of a team and their professional style and what makes them tick.
3. Management decision making profile - This will establish strengths and weaknesses of individuals in problem solving skills and decision making areas.
4. Power and empowerment profile - This will establish the extent to which power and empowerment is exercised by team members. Everybody likes power, but all people cannot handle power and some people do not like to be empowered.
5. Management action profile - This establishes the management style of the leader of the team. Any manager adopts various styles of managing, depending upon the situation. However, there is a tendency, to adopt a predominating style, in managers. This may not work in all situations and hence the concept of situational leadership developed.
6. Leadership and management 360 degree profile - This is meant for CEO and top management team members and focuses on 16 core competencies.
Where is it used ?
Psychometric profiling tests are used widely in pre-recruitment testing to establish the attitudes of people and select the most suitable ones. This is critical, when you have people with same level of knowledge, skills and experience. The attitudes makes the difference. It is also used to test existing members in organizations to assess their various psychological strengths, weaknesses and development needs. We will provide more details upon request. Please indicate the interest area.
Please note that psychometric tests are indicative and ipsative. They are comparative in a particular environment and not universal. They have to be answered honestly. It is not possible to cheat in such tests because it will reflect in some other areas. Any attempt to cheat or mislead, if found, will lead to very heavy penalties in assessment of the concerned individual.It establishes the development needs of individuals. Used properly, it is an excellent tool. However, there are some ethical issues involved as far as organizations are concerned. It must be remembered that it is a psychological tool to understand people their strengths and weaknesses and not to punish them based on results.
Methodology:
The tests are conducted individually or in groups, through a questionnaire and does not take more than 3 hours per person and per profile. The answers are than analyzed and compiled. The question papers are our property and answer sheets are not returned. They are destroyed once all clarifications have been submitted. The methodology of assessment is covered by copyright and IPR laws and will not be revealed to anyone. We will provide all clarifications, but will not encourage any arguments over our findings. The tests and evaluation are done by our Mr. Madhavan T G.
Fees:
The fees will be per person basis. We will conduct the tests at your place. The reports will be sent later, after analysis and compilation. Interested persons can get in touch with us at ipr@mmgconsulting.biz. This is offered by all our unitsEthics:
Using such tests involves ethical aspects. They provide a psychological profiles of candidates on a comparative basis. They are indicative, ipsative and not absolute. They should be used for counseling people. Such tests are extremely useful at the time of entry. These tests should not be used for retrenching or getting rid of existing people. These tests are not to be confused with Competency Mapping.
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