Program Outcomes

1. A strong theoretical background on the core Industrial/Organizational psychology topics such as job analyses, competency modeling, performance evaluation and management, training, personnel selection, motivation, leadership, and job attitudes.
2. Knowledge and sensitiveness for evaluating the reliability and validity of tools used for testing and evaluations.
3. General knowledge in terms of the content and psychometric properties of the assessment tools used in personnel selection, performance evaluation, and needs assessments.
4. Knowledge and skills for conducting job analyses, performance evaluations, training programs, organizational training programs, and personnel selection.
5. Skills in conducting research in I/O psychology-related topics, developing research questions and hypotheses, designing a research study, collecting and analyzing data, and reporting a research study.
6. Skills in utilizing the appropriate statistical methods and techniques for analyzing data.
7. Skills in using psychometrics to develop assessment tools for organizational needs assessment or the assessment of job attitudes.
8. Skills in using theoretical Industrial/Organizational psychology knowledge in organizational applications.
9. Skills in identifying organizational problems using scientific methods, their evaluation and proposing solutions.
10. Skills in following the local and international literature on I/O psychology.
11. Skills in Turkish and English oral and written communication and giving I/O-related presentations to crowded audiences.
12. Skills in working as a team.