'n Ondersoek na die seleksie van beplanners by 'n vliegtuigaanleg

Abstract

In any organization it is essential that the worker experience job satisfaction in order to be able to identify himself with the organization to which he supplies his services. A worker will mainly experience job satisfaction if he has a sense of achievement in his work. However, if a worker is misplaced in his job, the sense of achievement is taken away from him. Due to the fact that the Atlas Aircraft Corporation is a very strategical industry, the correct placement, especially of key workers, takes precedence. With this object in mind, a study was undertaken and the specific purpose of this study was to develop a valid test battery by which planners could be effectively selected. Because an aircraft planner is chosen mainly from among the ranks of the organization's artisans, the emphasis in the literary study is on internal selection.

The following selection techniques were critically analysed : i The personal information file ii The job application form iii The interview iv The selection test and all the necessary requirements with which such a test must comply. The experimental study was commenced with an analysis of the work involved in a planner's job. After the man specifications were obtained from this work analysis, we preceded to look for possible performance predictors. In the preliminary research a number of possible predictors were obtained and the correlation of each with the work performance of 17 planners was determined. The two tests which showed the best results, were the mental alertness test of the high level battery , together with the diagram test of the programmer battery. The combination of these two tests was responsible for a fully positive correlation between test and work performance (r.bis 1). The rest of the investigation was therefore concluded with only the combined mark of the selected tests as a test mark. For this investigation the criteria remained work performance and the test group consisted of 46 aircraft planners. The result was an r.bis of ,87 and therefore it is recommended that the above-mentioned test should be used for the selection o f aircraft planners. The minimum cut-off points which must be used, were determined as follows: Block diagram test 35% Mental alertness test 45% Complete test 40% or a stanine of 6