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Volume 22, Issue 7
1 July 1993
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Research Article| July 01 1993

The Person Specification – A Problem Masquerading as a Solution? Available to Purchase

Nigel van Zwanenberg;
Nigel van Zwanenberg
University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK
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Larry J. Wilkinson
Larry J. Wilkinson
University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6933
Print ISSN: 0048-3486
© MCB UP Limited
1993
Personnel Review (1993) 22 (7): 54–65.
https://doi.org/10.1108/00483489310047973

The use of the Person Specification in recruitment and selection has masked a number of fundamental problems. Reviews existing Person Specification systems and identifies these problems identified. Proposes a model of the Specification process which brings together person,context and selection. Presents an outline of an expert system which assists the specification process.

Keywords:
Artificial intelligence, Expert systems, Job descriptions, Personnel, Recruitment, Selection
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