Apply principles of psychology to personnel, administration, management, sales, and marketing problems. Activities may include policy planning; employee screening, training and development; and organizational development and analysis. May work with management to reorganize the work setting to improve worker productivity.

Other names for Industrial-Organizational Psychologists: Assessment Services Manager, Consultant, Consulting Psychologist, Consulting Services Director, Customer Leader, Engineering Psychologist, Ergonomist, Executive Coach, Human Performance Consultant, Human Resources Consultant (HR Consultant), Human Resources Psychologist, Industrial Organizational Psychologist, Industrial Psychologist, Industrial/Organizational Psychologist (I/O Psychologist), Instructional Systems Design Consultant (ISD Consultant), Management Consultant, Management Psychologist, Occupational Psychologist, Organizational Consultant, Organizational Development Consultant, Organizational Development Manager, Organizational Development Specialist, Organizational Effectiveness Director, Organizational Psychologist, Organizational Research Consultant, Personnel Research Scientist, Policy Advisor, Policy Officer, Program Evaluation Consultant, Psychology Professor, Research Scientist, Staffing Consultant,

• Write reports on research findings and implications in order to contribute to general knowledge and to suggest potential changes in organizational functioning.
• Advise management concerning personnel, managerial, and marketing policies and practices and their potential effects on organizational effectiveness and efficiency.
• Identify training and development needs.
• Conduct research studies of physical work environments, organizational structures, communication systems, group interactions, morale, and motivation in order to assess organizational functioning.
• Formulate and implement training programs, applying principles of learning and individual differences.
• Develop interview techniques, rating scales, and psychological tests used to assess skills, abilities, and interests for the purpose of employee selection, placement, and promotion.
• Assess employee performance.
• Study organizational effectiveness, productivity, and efficiency, including the nature of workplace supervision and leadership.
• Facilitate organizational development and change.
• Analyze data, using statistical methods and applications, in order to evaluate the outcomes and effectiveness of workplace programs.
• Counsel workers about job and career-related issues.
• Study consumers' reactions to new products and package designs, and to advertising efforts, using surveys and tests.
• Participate in mediation and dispute resolution.
• Develop and implement employee selection and placement programs.
• Analyze job requirements and content in order to establish criteria for classification, selection, training, and other related personnel functions.
• Observe and interview workers in order to obtain information about the physical, mental, and educational requirements of jobs as well as information about aspects such as job satisfaction.

• Scanners
• Desktop computers
• Notebook computers
• Liquid crystal display projector
• Personal computers
• High capacity removable media drives

Human resources software

Project management software

Office suite software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Word processing software

Charting software

Presentation software

Spreadsheet software

Document management software

Data base user interface and query software

Web platform development software

Analytical or scientific software

Internet browser software

Electronic mail software