What is Industrial and What is Industrial and Organisational (I/O) Psychology? Organisational (I/O) Psychology? • The “science of people at work” • Industrial and Organisational Psychology is a specialist area that applies psychological knowledge and skills to the workplace, with the aim of improving organisational effectiveness and the quality of work life.
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What is Industrial and Organisational What is Industrial and Organisational (I/O) Psychology?(I/O) Psychology?
• The “science of people at work”
• Industrial and Organisational Psychology is a specialist area that applies psychological knowledge and skills to the workplace, with the aim of improving organisational effectiveness and the quality of work life.
I/O Psychologists have knowledge and I/O Psychologists have knowledge and skills in areas such as:skills in areas such as:
• Selection and assessment• Job analysis• Training and development• Career development and
coaching• Organisational
development and change management
• Attitude surveys and research on workplace issues
• Performance development and review
• Wellbeing, conflict, stress and work adjustment
• Occupational health and safety
• Program evaluation• Consumer behaviour and
marketing• Advisory and advocacy
regarding workplace issues
I/O Psychology Career DestinationsI/O Psychology Career Destinations
• Human Resources/Organisational Development– E.g. Department of Treasury and Finance,
RAC, WA Police Service, BHPBilliton, Rio Tinto, Coca-Cola
• General Management– E.g. Department of Health, Wesfarmers
• Consulting– E.g. Chandler & MacLeod, Deloitte,
PriceWaterhouseCoopers, SHL
• Academia
Salary expectationsSalary expectations
• Depends very much on which area you enter
• In a recent Australian survey (n=231) – Median 2006 salary for current full time
employees was $88,465 (range $22,000 - $400,000, mean=$106,530)
– Median 2006 graduate salary for those starting work in the last 2 years was $51,000 (range $10,000-$122,000)
Degree Offerings in I/O Psychology at Degree Offerings in I/O Psychology at UWAUWA
• Master of Science (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)
• Master of Psychology (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)
• Combined MPsych/PhD (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)
• PhD
Master of Psychology (Industrial and Master of Psychology (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)Organisational Psychology)
• Intake of around 15 a year• Acceptance rate varies
– Generally 10%-30% acceptance depending on the quality of applications
• Coursework• Placements in Industry• Thesis
Coursework unitsCoursework units
• Selection and Assessment• Psychology of Training• Organisational Development & Work Design• Occupational Health, Safety and Well-being• Professional Issues in I/O Psychology• Statistics for Field Research• Research Methods in Applied Settings• 2 Elective units (UWA Business School) e.g.
Organisational Behaviour, Accounting, Advanced Human Resource Management, Marketing Principles
PlacementsPlacements
• 125 days (1000 hours) in total divided into 3 separate placements of 42 days each
• Individualised placements depending on career stage and interests
• Individual and group meetings within a peer coaching framework
Example Placement ProjectsExample Placement Projects• Development of internal communication strategy for a
government agency• Analysis of training needs and development of
training options for a diversified corporate• Selection and assessment for mining staff• Organisational culture survey development,
administration, analysis and report for various organisations
• Development of induction process for lateral hires for a top 4 accounting firm
• Development and evaluation of induction program for overseas recruits in a state utility and for mining clients
• Analysis of exit interview data for a large retail client
Example Placement OrganisationsExample Placement Organisations• BHPBilliton• Chandler & MacLeod• ChevronTexaco• Coles• Department of Consumer
& Employment Protection • Department of
Environment and Conservation
• Department of Racing, Gaming and Liquor
• Department of Treasury and Finance
• IKEA• People Solutions• Perth Transit Authority• PriceWaterhouse
Coopers• Prime Psychology• RAC• Talent2• Woolworths • Wesfarmers Energy• Western Power
Research ThesisResearch Thesis• Example topics
– Employee burnout– Flexible work
arrangements– Ethical codes– Work stress– Coaching– Turnover intention– Personality and
intelligence– Employee engagement
• Example participant organisations include– ChevronTexaco– Department of Environment
and Conservation– Main Roads WA– Office of Public Sector
Standards– OSA Group– Wesfarmers– Western Australian Institute
of Sport– Woolworths
More information about I/O Psychology More information about I/O Psychology at UWA?at UWA?
• Browse the School’s I/O Psychology web resources– http://www.psychology.uwa.edu.au/courses/postgraduate/