he core of the Development Centre method is observation of behaviors of participants from the perspective of competences, specified in advance as the key ones on a given position. It is one of the most efficient and reliable assessment methods. The assessment is of developing character.

Advantages

• a high level of precision of assessment of participants
• objective and unprejudiced assessment of competences
• opportunity for professional development or promotion
• raising of self-awareness of strengths and weaknesses of the participants
• selecting and defining precisely the competences, which are of key importance for the entire company, which should be possessed by an employee/candidate for a given position
• ability to observe one's strengths and weaknessess that influence the functioning of the company and implementation of new tasks
• identification of managers of the best competence profile
• confrontation of objective assessment of competences and self-assessment
• building of adequate development plans taking into account the participant's expectations
• a significant improvement of competences of managers diagnosed as their weaknesses

Objectives

• planning of development and career paths
• defining of strenghts and areas requiring development
• assessment of the participants' potential for development