Thinking Differently, Maximising Organisational Effectiveness
Professor Ludmila Praslova, Vanguard University of Southern California Professor and Founding Director of Graduate Programmes in Industrial/Organisational Psychology By way of introduction, Prof Praslova undertakes consulting work focused on supporting organisations in creating systemic inclusion informed by an understanding of…
Volunteering for a Sober Society, Alex Forsythe, ABP Chair
During Volunteers Week, we should celebrate and congratulate a shining example of a volunteer led organisation, who have had to work harder during the Pandemic to support individuals. I have recently had reason to examine the support provision for alcohol…
“Psychological Assessment in the Workplace: a Manager’s Guide”. A review led by one of the Authors, Dr. Barry Cripps
Dr. Barry Cripps and Mark Cook met while working on Psychometric Testing standards for the BPS. While techniques for evaluation of candidates had undergone incremental improvements for some years beforehand, this was ground breaking work at the time of…
Manchester Met’s BA Business Psychology Degree Article
We are absolutely thrilled that Manchester Met's BA Business Psychology Degree, which is accredited by the ABP, has been shortlisted for Course of the Year in the Student Union Awards 2022 - for the second year in a row. This…
Biz Psych Cup winner announced
Ten weeks of intense work and competition culminated last week in the virtual presentation of posters by the six student teams participating in the inaugural “ABP Biz Psych Cup”. Following great work by our amazing judging panel, I am proud…
Building the Next Generation of Business Psychologists
Calling all ABP members. Want to help build the next generation of business psychologists? One of our key aims is to build better and stronger direct relationships between business and academia and provide opportunities for the next generation of business…
A Careers Event – developing your career in Business Psychology
The Manchester Careers Event has now been run every year at Manchester Metropolitan University since 2017 and has proved to be a popular event. Because of the current health emergency the event was run as a webinar on 17th March…
How Confidence Works
Confidence is neither Optimism nor Self-Esteem, but a combination of the way the brain encodes the results of already achieved success, and how this translates into determination to achieve further success, argued Professor Ian Robertson at the ABP February event.…
Celebrating ABP Honorary Members Colleen Amos OBE and Brian Baxter
Each year the ABP awards Honorary Membership to individuals who have been distinguished contributors in the field of Business Psychology or who have rendered special service to the ABP. So, we are pleased to announce that we would like to…
Apprenticeships: What’s holding you back?
When my firm (Pepper (UK) Limited), took on its first apprentice in 2015 it was with a philanthropic mindset. Pepper was doing well and wanted to give back to the local community by providing learning opportunities for younger people. We…
ABP Volunteers of the Year
Each year the ABP set out to recognise the dedication and commitment made by an individual to the ABP. The ABP relies on the voluntary dedication of skills, personal time and commitment provided by our volunteers, which is invaluable to…
Are your decisions really your decisions?
Dr. Mark Crowder Manchester Metropolitan University 20 January 22 Are your decisions really your decisions? Even simple decisions can be a complex process, and inevitably some mistakes are made but our propensity to apply heuristics mean that the mistakes are…
