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Week 5 - Discussion 2The Legal Environment for AssessmentThe legal landscape influencing the use of assessments for employment decisions has changed substantively over the past thirty years. Summarize the contemporary legal and professional standards that guide the use of assessments in the workplace, and describe the implications of these standards on organizations that decide to use assessments as a basis of employment decisions. Then, integrate your understanding of these standards to evaluate the steps outlined by authors Scott and Pearlman (2010) for using assessment to facilitate organizational change. How do the steps Scott and Pearlman proposed help an organization avoid the potential for liability when using assessments to guide personnel decisions during organizational transitions? Explain your answer, referencing course readings and other academic sources.
Your initial post should be at least 300 words. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings by Day 7. Each of your responses to your classmates should be at least 100 words in length, and should expand on a point made by your classmate, pose a pertinent question about your classmate’s posting, and/or debate an opinion or fact presented by your classmate. Support your initial post with references to at least two academic
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