Johannes Barth 
Gruppenentscheidungen innerhalb der Beobachtungskonferenz im Rahmen von Assessment Centern 

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Psychologie – Arbeit, Betrieb, Organisation, ( Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg ), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Assessment center play an important role in todays business life. It can
be a successful method to select and evaluate potential candidates for
vacancies. Unfortunately group decisions made by the observance
committee are not necessarily more successful than a decision made by a single person. Therefore this paper deals with the question how an
assessment center should be organised to maximize the qualitative
decisions made by the committee. Literature research is the base of this
thesis work progress and leads to the final results of this assignment. The main focus lies on the phenomenon“groupthink” and the “common
knowledge” effect.