ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Untitled Document</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0 var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc; } function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0 var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array(); var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++) if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}} } function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.0 var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) { d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);} if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n]; for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document); if(!x && document.getElementById) x=document.getElementById(n); return x; } function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0 var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3) if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];} } //--> </script> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" topmargin="0" onLoad="MM_preloadImages('up.gif','next.gif')"> <table width="100%" border="0"> <tr> <td width="14%" height="1599" valign="top"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Future<br> Workshops </font></p> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="past_workshops.html">Past<br> Workshops</a></font></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> <td width="86%" height="1599" valign="top"> <div align="center"> <p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#0000FF">Future Workshops<a name="top"></a></font></p> </div> <blockquote> <div align="left"> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> No workshops are currently scheduled for 2008. <!--PAI members are welcome to contact Kim Dowdeswell at (012) 425 0100 or <a href="mailto:kim@shl.co.za">kim@shl.co.za</a> for information on the next workshop, or to book a workshop for your organisation.</font> <p align="center"><strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">Fair Assessment in Organisations</font></strong></p> <p align="center"><strong><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">A Symposium presented by People Assessment in Industry (PAI), an interest group of the Society for Industrial & Organisational Psychology of South Africa (SIOPSA)</font></strong></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Adverse impact refers to the impact of the results of assessment instruments on different protected groups when personnel decisions are made, based on the assessment results. A problem arises when a significant difference is found between the average performance of different groups on an assessment instrument, resulting in the lower scoring group finding it more difficult to comply with an organisation s selection requirement. Given South Africa s Employment Equity legislation and subsequent protection of designated groups, this causes concern for organisations in that the use of the tests may cause indirect discrimination against designated groups.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">To address these concerns, People Assessment in Industry (PAI) is proud to invite you to a symposium and workshop on <strong> Fair Assessment in Organisations </strong>, featuring <strong>Dr James Outtz, CEO of Outtz and Associates (USA) </strong>. During his workshop, Dr Outtz will be discussing how to ensure fairness in your selection systems, how to minimise adverse impact, and understanding the fairness of different methods of assessment, amongst other things.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dr Outtz has nearly 30 years experience as a consultant and expert witness on a variety of legal cases, including numerous race discrimination cases. His expertise in race discrimination issues, selection system design and extensive work within the public and private sectors makes him a highly sought after legal compliance consultant and testifying expert.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The symposium will also offer local papers on adverse impact, data trends in validation research and an update on case law relating to assessment in the South African context.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Date:</strong></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Friday, 19th October 2007</p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Venue:</strong></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Centurion Lake Hotel, Pretoria</p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Costs:</strong></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;SIOPSA Member&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R1,250.00 per delegate (incl. VAT) <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Non-SIOPSA Member&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;R1,450.00 per delegate (incl. VAT)</p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Space is limited, so please secure your place by booking online at <a href="http://www.siopsa.org.za">www.siopsa.org.za</a> by <strong>Wednesday, 10th October 2007</strong>. Bookings are payable to SIOPSA; payment details are provided on the invoice that you download after you have booked.</font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="Programme.pdf">Programme for the symposium.</a></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="Abstracts%20and%20Speakers.pdf">Abstracts and information about the speakers.</a></font></p> --> <!-- <p> <center><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><b>COURSE OVERVIEW</b> <br></font><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">&quot;An Introduction to Psychometric Assessment&quot;</font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&quot;</font></b></center> </p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">People Assessment in Industry (PAI) was formed in order to promote correct and ethical psychometric assessment in South Africa. One of PAI's initiatives is to demystify the practice of psychometric testing in the workplace, hence the creation of this course.</font> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The aim of the course is not to teach the layperson how to conduct psychometric testing, rather, it is designed to promote an awareness of what psychometric testing is and how it ought to be applied in the workplace.&nbsp; With this in mind, it is aimed at a diverse audience ranging from union officials to HR practitioners in business. The workshop makes use of a lecture-based format as well as group exercises, discussions and role plays in order to transfer the necessary information while being as practical as possible.</font> <p><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The main objective of this workshop is to enable the participant to be able to identify sound as opposed to poor psychometric assessment practice in the workplace.&nbsp; It is NOT designed to teach the layperson how to conduct psychometric assessment.</font></b> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">In order to achieve this objective, this course will:</font> <ul> <li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Define psychometric tests and explore different types of psychometric tests</font></li> <li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Explore some technical issues in psychometric assessment</font></li> <li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Examine legislation that impacts on psychometric assessment</font></li> <li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Review a code of good practice for psychometric assessment in South Africa</font></li> <li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Identify who should administer, score and interpret psychometric tests and why</font></li> <li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Examine the psychometric assessment process in terms of the recruitment process</font></li> <li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Describe the psychometric assessment process</font></li> <li> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Provide guidelines for what to do when faced with poor assessment practice</font></li> </ul> <center><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">CONTENTS OF THE PROGRAMME</font></b></center> <p><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">MODULE 1: PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT DEFINED</font></b> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A Definition of Psychometric Assessment <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Uses of Psychometric Tests <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Types of Psychometric Tests <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Test Formats</font> <p><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">MODULE 2: TECHNICAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT</font></b> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Validity <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reliability <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fairness and Bias</font> <p><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">MODULE 3: LEGISLATIVE AND ETHICAL RULES FOR ASSESSMENT</font></b> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Labour Relations Act <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Implications of the LRA with respect to Psychometric Testing <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Employment Equity Act <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Implications of the Employment Equity Act with respect to&nbsp; Psychometric Assessment <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The PAI s Code of Good Practice</font> <p><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">MODULE 4: WHO DOES THE ASSESSMENT?</font></b> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Who should do the Assessment?</font> <p><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">MODULE 5: THE PROCESSES INVOLVED IN PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT</font></b> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recruitment and Development Processes <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Psychometric Assessment Process</font> <p><b><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">MODULE 6: ENSURING GOOD ASSESSMENT PRACTICE IN THE WORKPLACE</font></b> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ensuring Good Assessment Practice in the Workplace</font> --> <p align="left">&nbsp;</p> </div> <blockquote> <p>&nbsp;</p> </blockquote> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a href="#top" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Top','','up.gif',1)"><img name="Top" border="0" src="up_1.gif" width="17" height="18" alt="Top of page"></a><a href="past_workshops.html" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Next','','next.gif',1)"><img name="Next" border="0" src="next_1.gif" width="18" height="17" alt="Next Page"></a></font></p> </div> </blockquote> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>