[IPAC-List] Question re: MQs

[RICHARD TONOWSKI]

Bryan,

This may or may not answer your question.

There are two entries in the literature that I know of which reference
MQs in the public sector:

O’Leary, R.S., Pulakos, E.D., &
Linton, L.L. (2007). A method for developing content-valid
competency-based minimum qualifications.  31st Annual IPMAAC
Conference on Personnel Assessment.  Retrieved from
http://annex.ipacweb.org/library/conf/07/oleary.pdf

Buster, M.A., Roth, P.L., & Bobko, P. (2005). A PROCESS FOR CONTENT 
VALIDATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCED-BASED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: AN
 APPROACH RESULTING IN FEDERAL COURT APPROVAL, Personnel Psychology, 58,
771-779.

I've seen reference to a MAPAC 2005 presentation by Will Martin, but I
haven't found it.  That reference was in an IPMA-HR series (in the
second posting) at
http://asr.ipma-hr.org/2012/08/utilize-a-content-validity-strategy-to-establish-minimum-qualifications/

But to return to Dennis's question, what's "merit?"  I have a vague
recollection of a court decision involving N.J. State Police with an
extended argument that merit = seniority.  Whether that equation
encompasses "qualified" I leave to you.

I've recently seen a "merit" argument from another perspective, that
promotions should not depend upon just a civil service examination but
on the candidates' track records.  This leads to discussion of
multi-component processes and the weighting of components, which is not
exactly MQ talk.

Like you, I'd argue that MQs by nature are a blunt instrument, more
suited to differentiating the clearly unqualified from the possibly
qualified.

Rich




>>> Bryan Baldwin <Bryan.Baldwin at doj.ca.gov> 01/21/14 7:05 PM >>>

         No, I don’t believe so.  “Merit” in this sense refers to the
decades-old concept that was put in place to remedy/avoid historical
civil service sins such  as political patronage.  It does, however,
encompass the concept of being “qualified”.
  
 B
  
 From: Dennis Doverspike [mailto:dennisdoverspike at gmail.com] 
 Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 3:58 PM
 To: Bryan Baldwin
 Cc: ipac-list at ipacweb.org
 Subject: Re: [IPAC-List] Question re: MQs
  
  Bryan - what do you mean by merit-related? would that correspond to
job-related?
   
 
  Dennis
 
 
   
  On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Bryan Baldwin
<Bryan.Baldwin at doj.ca.gov> wrote:
   Hi all – question sorta related to a conversation we were having a
few weeks ago: can anyone point me to any articles, studies, etc. that
analyze the issue of whether minimum qualifications are merit-related? 
I have done my best  to point out that I believe they are—at best—a
blunt instrument.   But I could sure use more heads on this one.
  
 Thank you-
  
 Bryan Baldwin
 Personnel Officer
 California Department of Justice
 Division of Administrative Support
 (916) 322-5446
  
 
 
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