The Systems Approach to Selection: An Overview

The managerial requirements plan is based on the firm’s objectives, forecasts,

plans, and strategies. This plan is translated into position requirements and job design,

which are matched with such individual characteristics as intelligence, knowledge, skills,

attitudes, and experience. To meet organizational requirements, managers recruit,

select, place and promote people. This is done with due consideration for the internal

environment and the external environment. After people have been selected and

placed in positions, they must be introduced to the new job. This orientation involves

learning about the company, its operation, and its social aspects.

The newly placed managers then carry out their managerial and non-managerial

functions and the resulting managerial performance is appraised, and managers who

meet their performance goals are rewarded. On the basis of this evaluation, manager

and organization development is initiated. Finally, appraisal may also become the basis

for promotion, demotion, replacement, and retirement decisions.