Book Club- Supervisory Test Battery
Are you interested in becoming a supervisor with the City and County of San Francisco? Would you like to pursue a career in management? If so, join us at the University of Public Works’ Book Club for the Supervisory Test Battery (STB.)
We will take each book on the Department of Human Resources’ reading list and discuss various chapters of the selected book at each meeting. You can read the book and share in the discussion or you can come and hear about what the others have read. We will discuss the main points of the chapters and how we can utilize the information to handle some of our day-to-day workplace situations. At each meeting we will also spend a few minutes on various test-taking strategies so we can improve our knowledge of the subject matter and our ability to take tests in general.
More Information about the Supervisory Test Battery:
The Department of Human Resources requires most candidates that are applying for a position as a supervisor with the city to take the Supervisory Test Battery. The Supervisory Test Battery (STB) is a computer-administered examination that is designed to simulate a “day-in-the-life” of a supervisor. Candidates are asked to assume the role of a supervisor in a fictitious organization and to handle a variety of situations that a supervisor is likely to face.
Questions on the test deal with issues, tasks, situations, decisions, etc., that the candidate, assuming the role of a supervisor, will be required to handle. Since in real life there may be more than one way to appropriately address a situation, some questions may contain more than one acceptable answer.
The Supervisory Test Battery is designed to assess certain competency areas that have been found to be important to success of a supervisor. These competency areas are: Problem Solving, Leadership, Decision-Making, Interpersonal Skill, Human Resource Management, Communication, Team Building and Conflict Management.
We will take each book on the Department of Human Resources’ reading list and discuss various chapters of the selected book at each meeting. You can read the book and share in the discussion or you can come and hear about what the others have read. We will discuss the main points of the chapters and how we can utilize the information to handle some of our day-to-day workplace situations. At each meeting we will also spend a few minutes on various test-taking strategies so we can improve our knowledge of the subject matter and our ability to take tests in general.
More Information about the Supervisory Test Battery:
The Department of Human Resources requires most candidates that are applying for a position as a supervisor with the city to take the Supervisory Test Battery. The Supervisory Test Battery (STB) is a computer-administered examination that is designed to simulate a “day-in-the-life” of a supervisor. Candidates are asked to assume the role of a supervisor in a fictitious organization and to handle a variety of situations that a supervisor is likely to face.
Questions on the test deal with issues, tasks, situations, decisions, etc., that the candidate, assuming the role of a supervisor, will be required to handle. Since in real life there may be more than one way to appropriately address a situation, some questions may contain more than one acceptable answer.
The Supervisory Test Battery is designed to assess certain competency areas that have been found to be important to success of a supervisor. These competency areas are: Problem Solving, Leadership, Decision-Making, Interpersonal Skill, Human Resource Management, Communication, Team Building and Conflict Management.
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Enrollment: There is no requirement to attend all the book club meetings, You can attend as many or as little as you like. Walk ins are welcome
Supervisor Test Battery Book Club Dates:
The book club will meet once a month at the University of Public Works’ conference room at 30 Van Ness Ave, suite 3900.
The book club will meet once a month at the University of Public Works’ conference room at 30 Van Ness Ave, suite 3900.
Book Club Library:
Candidates often ask the Department of Human Resources whether there are certain books or references that they should read to help them prepare for this examination. In reply, DHR suggests that any text or book on general supervisory principles and practices is probably useful. However, the following booklist is suggested, should a candidate seek assistance in identifying texts that might be helpful for purposes of test preparation.
We have a Book Club library for the books we will review in Book Club meetings. If you would like to purchase your own copy of the books we have provided links to amazon.com where you can get many of these books used for great prices. Also, the main public library on Grove St. has all of the books on the list in its collection.
1. Conflict Resolution by Daniel Dana
2. Effective Coaching by Marshall Cook
3. Elements of Style (4th edition) by William Strunk, E. B. White
4. Essential Managers: Essential Manager's Manual by Robert Heller, Tim Hindle
5. Essential Managers: Managing Teams by Robert Heller, Tim Hindle
6. Supervisor's Portable Answer Book by George T. Fuller
7. Supervisor's Survival Kit: Your First Step into Management by Elwood N. N. Chapman and Cliff Goodwin
8. The New Manager’s Survival Manual by Clay Carr
9. Coaching for Improved Work Performance by Ferdinand Fournies, 1999
10. Resolving Conflicts at Work by Kenneth Cloke and Joan Goldsmith
11. Developing the Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell
12. Winning Decisions Getting it Right the First Time by J. Edward Russo et. als.
13. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson
Candidates often ask the Department of Human Resources whether there are certain books or references that they should read to help them prepare for this examination. In reply, DHR suggests that any text or book on general supervisory principles and practices is probably useful. However, the following booklist is suggested, should a candidate seek assistance in identifying texts that might be helpful for purposes of test preparation.
We have a Book Club library for the books we will review in Book Club meetings. If you would like to purchase your own copy of the books we have provided links to amazon.com where you can get many of these books used for great prices. Also, the main public library on Grove St. has all of the books on the list in its collection.
1. Conflict Resolution by Daniel Dana
2. Effective Coaching by Marshall Cook
3. Elements of Style (4th edition) by William Strunk, E. B. White
4. Essential Managers: Essential Manager's Manual by Robert Heller, Tim Hindle
5. Essential Managers: Managing Teams by Robert Heller, Tim Hindle
6. Supervisor's Portable Answer Book by George T. Fuller
7. Supervisor's Survival Kit: Your First Step into Management by Elwood N. N. Chapman and Cliff Goodwin
8. The New Manager’s Survival Manual by Clay Carr
9. Coaching for Improved Work Performance by Ferdinand Fournies, 1999
10. Resolving Conflicts at Work by Kenneth Cloke and Joan Goldsmith
11. Developing the Leader Within You by John C. Maxwell
12. Winning Decisions Getting it Right the First Time by J. Edward Russo et. als.
13. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson