MAIOP 578 - Personnel Selection and Assessment

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This course focuses on how to conduct practical and professional psychological assessments for the purpose of personnel selection and development in organizational settings. Students will learn applied psychometric theory and how to evaluate, select, administer, score, interpret, and integrate the findings from the most commonly used psychological assessment techniques in the field of organizational psychology. Students will also examine legal and ethical context of personnel selection in Canada. The primary emphasis of the course is placed on behavioural interviewing, personality inventories, cognitive ability tests, vocational interest inventories, work samples, and simulations. These techniques will be taught in the context of assisting organizations in selecting and developing leaders.