Are tests and computer-based succession programs useful?
All information is useful. The question is whether it is applicable and/or a good determinant. Any instrument that seeks to create an absolute scorecard and selection from rated tests is, in my opinion, overreaching. Tests can be indicators. They can give us feedback (in a non-threatening way because they don t identify who is pointing the finger); they can provide indicators of possible performance; they can be useful tools. They don t do very well, and again that is my position, in making the selection without help from a human and that s you.
