Leroy D. Simpson, Psy.D
Industrial - Organizational Psychologist
How do Industrial and Organizational Psychologists save time, save money, and increase revenue.
Organizational Development
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Evaluate the company and business structures to discover strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that can or did impact the company
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Evaluate the company and business structures to discover political, economic, technology and social impacts on employees and customers
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Perform interventions to achieve positive changes that maximizes company efficiency, employee satisfaction, and cost effectiveness
Help people do their jobs more effectively and efficiently to potential levels
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Performing regular knowledge and skill assessments of existing employees to indicate strengths and weaknesses
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Providing feedback on how managers perform their jobs and interact with employees
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Creating true corrective action plans that develop the employee's skills and behavior without resorting to termination
Recruit and Select Employees
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Start by developing a job description and hiring criteria through industry and work research
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Creating materials to source the position, recruit potential candidates and select the "fit"
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Assessing applicants skills for company available positions, including behavior and thought
Job Training and Development
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Assessing which types of skills are needed to perform specific jobs
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Teaching managers and leaders techniques and strategies to help them successfully motivate employees.
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Developing training and learning to help managers advance their communication skills.
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Developing training and learning to develop the targeted management style to fit the company mission and vision
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Develop skills to enhance problem-solving skills and abilities to meet company objectives to be successful
Maintain a mentally and physically healthy workforce
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Designing and developing job roles that demonstrate social and value-driven rewards (enhancing the "what's in it for me" value proposition) to potential candidates
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Creating healthy work environment and guiding "organizational justice" in a fair and equal company work environment
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Developing programs that focus on mental and behavioral health for all company workers
Ergonomics
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Designing equipment and work procedures that are best suited to human abilities and limitations
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Designing work-related, services, products and environments that are safe and maximize productivity
References
What Exactly Do Industrial-organizational Psychologists Do?
Kendra Cherry - https://www.verywellmind.com/what-do-industrial-organizational-psychologists-do-2795633