Selection concept - Definition

Selection, is a term, originating in its etymology of the Latin "selectio" that designates the result of discerning or choosing between two or more material things (selection of the most valuable jewels) or immaterial (selection of ideas) or living beings (selection of the best dogs of breed), preferring and taking one or several of them, and discarding others.It is used in various fields:

In the world of work, for the selection of personnel, at the time of choosing the employees that will work in the company, management in general of the Department of Human Resources, which takes into account among others, the good presence, the curriculum, and in certain cases, the evaluation to which the applicant has undergone.

In Biology, the English naturalist, Charles Darwin (1809-1882) presented the principle of natural selection, as part of his theory on the evolution of the species, in order to explain it.He argued that the species, when reproduced, are changing their hereditary characters to adapt to the environment, but some do so with greater possibilities than others, and those will be the species that will survive.As I explain how, by the combined action of time and the environment, certain species disappeared, and were replaced by others, including man.

In Soccer, the word selection is used to refer to the team that has been chosen by the coach to represent the country in regional championships, for example "Copa America", or world championships.

In Economy, it is called adverse selection, the process by which, because of having "asymmetric information" (having one of the parties more data or information than the other) errors occur in the market; and certain more expensive or riskier products, are imposed on the preferences of people, or harm companies, obtaining clients that harm them, for example, in the latter case that of the insurance companies that manage to sell their policies to those more risks they have.