ABSTRACT
We hope by now that our overarching framework is clear to readers. Whereas this book focuses on the assessment center (AC) method, we present this method in all of its manifestations within a framework of larger, alternative talent management (TM) strategies. That is, we show how ACs play a role in traditional personnel/ human resource management (e.g., traditional selection, the diagnosis of training needs, development), in more complex strategic human resource management (e.g., integrated programs to identify, manage, develop, and deploy talent pools), and in targeted talent management (e.g., the management of very selective human capital in key positions).
