Assessment & Development Centers

Interviews are no longer the only selection method. It is international best practice to use more than one evaluation method to choose the best person for a position. Other methods include ability testing; personality questionnaires, group exercises, work scenarios & case studies. How many and what type of assessment depends on the position, but each part is assessed independently of the other.

Al Bab Al Sharqi can provide consultancy on how to ensure that organizations adopt international best practice in recruitment assessment and leadership development processes which are adapted to the Arabic Culture.
 

All of the recruitment assessment and leadership development processes used in the UAE and the Middle East in general have been developed in the West. Obviously there are cultural differences in how work is conducted and in work values between the West and the Middle East. We have been working at adapting established assessment methods to the Arabic Culture and have wide experience in the;
Design of competencies
Design and delivery of assessment center processes for external recruitment or internal promotion from graduates' level to executives.
Design and delivery of development centers for identifying potential leaders for succession planning or as a diagnostic tool for identifying the training needs of leadership development.
 
We can work either as an external resource or working in-house within your organization to ensure transfer of skills and knowledge.
Psychometric tests (Ability/Aptitude & Personality Questionnaires)
Group exercises
Management simulation exercises
Role plays
Competencies based interviews
In-Tray exercises



Cultural Orientation

Any organization functioning in the region will have come across the challenge of understanding the local culture in which they are operating. Operating in the Arabian Gulf has its own challenges and difficulties, and there is a lack of opportunities to better understand the background to these challenges.

Al Bab Al Sharqi has developed a unique programme which helps organizations and individuals better understand the historical, cultural, linguistic, and religious background to this area, with a particular insight into how this affects contemporary life, both in the personal sphere, and the professional one.The programmes can be tailored to the particular needs of the client, but a minimum 4 hour session is suggested which allows the attendants to better comprehend what they see around them, and what to do, or more importantly, what not to do.

Clients of this programme have included the British Embassy, British Council, Higher Colleges of Technology, Shell, Rolls Royce, amongst others.

 
 
 
 
   
 
 
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