Upon completing this course, you will have been exposed to many of the issues and challenges HRM might encounter that could benefit from use of the tools, methods, and techniques an I/O psychology practitioner could provide

Upon completing this course, you will have been exposed to many of the issues and challenges HRM might encounter that could benefit from use of the tools, methods, and techniques an I/O psychology practitioner could provide.

Consider the content areas covered in this course: systems thinking, psychological testing in the workplace, performance management tools, fairness in employment decisions, job analysis, diversity, globalization and culture, legal and ethical considerations, talent management, selections, training and development, technology, virtual teams, and workplace planning. 

What topic did you find most interesting and relevant to your intended career path? When you reflect upon how you envisioned the relationship between I/O psychology and HRM at the beginning of the course, how might your vision have evolved since then? Evaluate and support the relevance of this course's focus to your intended, post-degree career path and how it might assist you in evolving as an I/O psychology practitioner in interfacing with HRM, whether as an internal HRM employee or as an I/O consultant.

Revisit the "golden nugget" you wrote about in the Unit 1 discussion, "Relationship between Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Human Resources Today." Repost it here and add your additional insights.

Response Guidelines

Respond to two other learners. Your responses to other learners should comment on their growth or new understanding gleaned from the course. What suggestions might you have for how other learners might continue to develop their plans for career development? Do you find their impressions of the course, and how they plan to use what they learned, to be similar or different than your view of the course and how you plan to apply what you learned?

Learning Components

This activity will help you achieve the following learning components:

• Identify the theories that have contributed to human resource management.
• Analyze the contribution of psychology to human resource management practices.