DQ 1) In your I/O psychology practice, your client has asked you to create a new performance management process for the organization. Besides the typical yearly evaluation process, describe two other methods you can recommend for evaluating performance throughout the year. Evaluate which method you would ultimately recommend. Be sure to support your position with scholarly references.
DQ 2) One of your initiatives to help the organization is to develop a training program that is quick, inexpensive, and effective. What are some of the options you must consider in the training development process? How would you evaluate the program’s effectiveness?
Application: Practicing The Art and Science of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
DQ 3) As an I/O psychologist, you will be asked to provide solutions that will assist the organization to move from the current state to the desired future state. Discuss one of the solutions you are recommending for your selected organization. Provide your rationale for the recommendation using at least two scholarly references to support your position.
DQ 4) For an I/O psychologist, reflection is an important part of the personal learning process, experience building, and skills development. Reflect on the proposal for change you completed. Discuss your learning, to include actions you would always do again and those you would not do again. You might look at the after-action review templates that are available through an internet search.
The Healthy Workplace
DQ 5) Organizational stress takes many forms inside an organization (e.g., competition, reduced margins, employee stressors, ineffective leadership, disruptive change, poor processes, etc.). Organizational stress can impact current and potential performance in the organization. It can also negatively impact a change initiative. An I/O psychologist must understand these stressors as they could impact the success of moving an organization from its current state to the desired future state. Discuss one of the organizational stressors in the workplace and propose one solution to reduce organizational stress. How might this solution improve organizational performance or enable change to be successful.
DQ 6) What is meant by alignment of dissertation components? Explain. How does the theoretical framework align to the problem statement and purpose statement? Why is this important to the dissertation?
