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Originally Posted by gingerjedi

Just got an email asking if I want to attend 'a diagonal slice' session... WTF??? The world has gone mad.

Diagonal Slice (DS)

A diagonal slice analysis is more of a practical response to the difficulties of interviewing, assessing and reporting on lots of people within large organisations.

What DS does is accept that by taking a representative cross section (a diagonal slice through the organisation), you will pick-up a number of people within any given role, and that these people will represent the skills, knowledge and attitudes of a number of their peers.

To be effective the DS requires input from managers/line managers to ensure the analysis group really does represent a valid cross section of their team/part of the organisation.

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