Assessment Tools for Evaluating Human Potential

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In order to be able to evaluate an employee's potential a manager needs to understand human emotion. Watson Associates in Lafayette, California, has developed a People Knowledge System which has the characteristics of being self-administered, self-scored and self-interpreted. Four dimensions of human emotion which are measured by the test are dominance, inducement, steadiness and compliance. The evaluation of the test results in trait casting. Trait casting can be helpful in determining behavioral characteristics that might fit certain job situations. The key to using this system lies in applying the interpretive data to interpersonal situations in a working environment.

Job satisfaction, Records management, Personnel, Job Performance, Motivation, People Knowledge Systems M. Watson Association

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Projecting a Professional Self-Image

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To project a positive self-image one needs to know how one wants to appear to others. Personal appearance, one's work place and body language are aspects of the image one projects. Feedback is necessary in order to correct negative aspects of one's body language. Managers must learn to avoid emotionalism in responding to this feedback. Once the manager learns to separate emotionalism from helpful feedback the manager's interaction with co-workers becomes more productive. The manager will then be able to constructively criticize a subordinate or co-worker without eliciting a defensive posture.

Interpersonal communication, Professionalism

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Professional Growth: Accent on Potential

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The future of the medical records profession will step across merely technical skills. Statistics such as patient days and charges have become everyday working tools of management. In this broadening role, medical records will have to share their skills and increase their understanding of many skills.

Medical records, Health Care, Management Development, Profession

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