Masters Level Organizational Psychology Practicum Placement (250 hours)

MAIOP 588
Open Closing on January 10, 2025 / 3 spots left
Erica Bearss She / Her
Faculty
4
Timeline
  • January 11, 2025
    Experience start
  • May 1, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
3 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Any industries
Categories
Organizational structure Change management Training & development Workplace culture Workplace health/wellness
Skills
leadership development action research industrial and organizational psychology training and development needs assessment personnel selection team performance management communication practicum surveying
Learner goals and capabilities

Is your organization experiencing a human resources or organizational challenge related to culture, training and development, leadership, or performance and assessment? Bring on graduate level students at Adler University to analyze your challenge and develop a robust solution. Students will devote up to 250 hours of work towards solving your HR related challenges, and we are seeking companies that need a larger project completed.


Working in an organizational setting enables students to develop the ability to bring their academic training to bear on practical problems in diverse situations and to develop a critical appreciation of the roles and functions of organizational psychology practitioners in organizations and the community. Students also gain insight into the constraints that apply in work environments and the relationships that exist between theory and practice. Upon completion of the Organizational Psychology Practicum, students will be able to demonstrate behaviour consistent with a beginning level of independent practice as an organizational psychology practitioner as well as a supervisor, and thus be enabled to direct the professional work of junior colleagues.




Learners
Post-graduate
Advanced levels
12 learners
Project
250 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 4
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Depending on the needs of the organization, the deliverables can take the form of reports, completed assessment materials, learning, training and development materials, or other final products.


Project timeline
  • January 11, 2025
    Experience start
  • May 1, 2025
    Experience end
Project Examples
  • Conducting systematic assessments of organizational culture
  • Analyzing job content to develop competency profiles
  • Developing and implementing assessments for personnel selection and career development
  • Assessing training and development needs
  • Delivering customized training and leadership development programs
  • Surveying work factors driving staff well-being, engagement, and retention
  • Designing and implementing team performance programs
  • Conducting action research to address critical questions identified by business leaders
  • Surveying consumer preferences and identifying consumer reactions to new products
  • Other training, development, coaching, or HRM related projects


Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

What is your organization's outlook on diversity and inclusion?

Can you explain your company's corporate culture?

What kinds of mentorship or guidance are you able to offer? Students are advanced and capable of independent work, however they will need guidelines and check ins.

What size is your company and how many years have you been operating? Because of our focus, we are looking to partner with organizations who have an established HR department.

Students will devote 250 hours to this practicum, can you confirm that there are sufficient tasks for them to undertake?