PSYC105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Job Performance, Undergraduate Medicine And Health Sciences Admission Test
10 May 2018
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Department
Course
Professor
PSYC105 Lecture
VIII: Organisational Psychology
What is organisational psychology?
• The science of people at work
• Applying the theories and practice of psychology to the workplace
• Organisational psychologists specialise in
• Analysing organisations and their people
• Devising strategies to recruit, motivate, develop, change and inspire
Why is organisational psychology important?
• Employment/being at work is a widespread activity
• Work can result in
• Significant benefits for an individual
• Significant problems for an individual
• Significant benefits for an organisation/society
Case study 1: high stakes selection
• Task: new medical school needed help to develop an interview process for selecting medical
students
• Employee selection
• Evidence-based
• Using psychology research and practice to develop a process that will help
organisations identify and choose those who will be the best employees of the
future
• High-stakes
• When there are important consequences for the application and/or for the
organisation
• Selecting medical students
• High stakes context
• ~3000 applicants for 100 places at UWS
• High cost
• Emotional cost for applicants/students
• $ cost of training
• Physical/health cost for future patients and health care system
• High scrutiny and stakeholder interest
• Applications, medical fraternity, general public, politicians, media
• Media spotlight
• Psychologists and selection
• Understand what qualities, knowledge and skills are important for good job
performance
• Know how to analyse a job to determine the specific skills required
• Know how to use psychometric testing to assess whether (or not) applicants have the
necessary qualities
• Know how to design other methods (e.g. interviews) to make the selection a fair
process
• Criterion-related validity
• Do results on the tests predict (relate to) a future outcome?
• In workplaces, the criterion is often job performance
• Correct diagnosis and treatment
• Good communication
• Caring and empathy
• Effective teamwork
• Applicants for medical school
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