HR Definitions

Self assessment is a term used to describe the recording of a person's own opinion of some aspect of their workplace performance.

HRworkbench provides a multi-lingual processing Questionnaires Platform that incorporates self assessment.

The self assessment options available include:

• Identification of behavioural style
• Identification of workplace values
• Identification of impact of stress
• Measurement of performance against various competence models

Self assessment for measurement of performance has very limited accuracy. Few people have self perception and self awareness to the level that will yield a reliable quantification of the person's performance. Instead, self assessment is useful for discovering behavioural issues and motivations and for beginning an action plan for behaviour change.

HRworkbench recommends that a 360-degree profiling process be used wherever possible to give a variety of insights into the person's performance.

Self Assessment can be used for:

• Identification of behavioural style Identification of workplace values Identification of impact of stress Measurement of performance against various competence models

The results can be used as input to the following processes:

• Self Awareness
• Personal Development
• Selection
• Team Building
• Career Planning
• Succession Planning
• Competence Assessment Screening

Best Practice in self assessment involves the assessment being part of an overall process managed by a competent facilitator.

Use of self assessment tools only has high success when the person is highly motivated to change their current behaviours, or when used in a structured process along with other inputs.

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