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44. Selection of officers to senior managerial positions in industrial undertakings is a complicated process. It depends upon assessment and evaluation of manifold considerations, many of which consist of imponderables. Some human agency has to be trusted to conduct the process of evaluation and assessment. Human error, prejudices and predilections which are likely to influence assessment cannot be completely ruled out. A fool-proof system of assessment in this area is yet to be. What can be expected is only reduction of human frailties to the extent possible, by an intelligible formula which may result in as realistic an assessment on the basis of ascertainable and objective standards, as possible. What however is the basic minimum is that the principle must be discernible, the standards must be ascertainable and the process of assessment shall be fair and reasonable eliminating to the maximum extent possible, the element consisting of unwholesome prejudices and undue preferences.