Psychologist, Professional Specialist This developmental program is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the realities of applying psychological research to practical human resource issues and concerns in a large complex quasi agency with more than 700,000 employees. Through their work and assignments, you have the opportunity to influence human resource practice and impact the lives of large numbers of employees. Developmental activities will include developing state-of-the-art measurement tools and techniques for employee selection, performance evaluation and assessment of organizational climate, as well as the analysis and interpretation of large scale organizationally relevant data.

Knowledge of:

? Applied industrial/organizational psychology
situation - the employees are to be trained in corporate responsibility and ethics and their view on the topic is to be catalogued by conducting survey in the organization.
task - administer the survey
action - the I/O staff at the organization will implement and conduct the survey
result - the data analysis and the report from teh survey will have to be written.

? Research design, methodology, statistics and statistical analysis packages (e.g., SPSS, SAS)
situation - learn the use of research methodology for industrial organizational case study purpose
task - make use of statistical analysis research software in carrying out the research project, use the statistics to underscore or highlight important data trends in production, efficiency, profit/loss for the organization and employees, in terms of human resources or human capital value
action - actually formalize a case study or research project in which statistical analysis is used
result - present a talk on the research project, so that the employees can see how important research can be as a tool to monitor the progress or challenges in a work environment

? Job analysis methods and techniques
situation - whether the employee's reaction time is up to the set standard for teh assembly line job.
task - measure the employee's reaction time
action - create a scenario in which reaction time is measured on a given task in the factory's assembly line processes or procedures
result - determine and evaluate the reaction time of the employee by conducting the real-time assessment of reaction time

? Test development procedures and measurement techniques
situation - in order to make a routine safety check, the employees are to be given a manual of check list and instruction to follow
task - include in the manual the specific safety information needed for a given task or department or procedure in the industry for which it is planned to be created
action - train the employees, at first, in the following and filling-in of the manual checklists
result - assess and record by checking how well the checklists had been filled in and safety procedures have been followed by the employees

Ability to:
? Communicate orally to participate in meeting and make presentations
situation - give orientation to new hires
task - welcome and show the work place around as well as share important information with the new hires
action - answer any questions they might have, record the names of the new hires who showed up and make any notes for further information to be given to any who have asked for more information
result - get the information to the new hires so that they can begin their work efficiently and being properly informed about the work place and their job duties

? Communicate in writing to prepare technical reports and informal communications
situation - train employees in effective communication skills for liaison through intradepartmental/ interdepartmental as well as client and business to business communication
task - training in effective communication
action - arrange for a trainer to come in and train the employees in business and technical writing
result - as an exercise, technical reports are written b the trainees implement what they have learnt in the effective writing training professional development program

A statement for each knowledge, skill, or ability (KSA) each bullets must have a STAR (Situation, Task, Action and Result) format.