Psychology 2660A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Internal Validity, Blended Learning, Job Rotation

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2660A/B
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Contributions of i/o psychology: (1) systematic approach to the assessment of training needs, (2) principles of learning to guide design and implementation of training, (3) scientific approach to the evaluation training to determine its effectiveness. Training vs. development: training: objective is to provide the knowledge and skills to perform effectively on the job, development: objective is to help employees fit it, develop general competencies, and/or prepare for future jobs in the organization. Change to jobs (e. g. , new technology; realignment: other common reasons: Besides, we have a budget for it : step 1: conduct training needs analyses, step 2: develop training objectives, step 3: review available training methods, step 4: design/selection training methods. Most common reason: step 5: design training evaluation approach. Most companies fall short of this: step 6: implement training program, step 7: measure training results. Evaluation of methods of meeting hr needs (e. g. , selection, training) Evaluation of support for transfer of training (transfer climate)