Training Based Internship in Industrial & Organizational Psychology

Module 1: Understanding Organizations Through Psychology

• What is organizational psychology
• Difference between HR work and psychological work in organizations
• Understanding employees as individuals, not only as resources
• Human behaviour in structured work settings
• Psychological needs people bring into workplaces

Module 2: Motivation, Adjustment, and Role Fit

• Concept of motivation in workplace settings
• Why employees lose interest, disengage, or underperform
• Role fit and person-job mismatch
• Adjustment issues in new roles and teams
• Confidence, insecurity, and performance-related behaviour

Module 3: Group Behaviour and Workplace Interactions

• How people behave differently in groups
• Group roles, group pressure, informal influence
• Communication gaps in teams
• Inclusion, exclusion, and belongingness at work
• Early understanding of power and dynamics in teams

Module 4: Organizational Culture and Employee Behaviour

• What organizational culture looks like psychologically
• How culture affects behaviour, morale, communication, and trust
• Toxic versus healthy work climates
• Start-up culture versus corporate culture
• Psychological effect of structure, deadlines, and expectations

Module 5: Mental Health in the Workplace

• Stress in organizational life
• Burnout, overload, emotional fatigue
• Emotional suppression at work
• Psychological safety
• Knowing when support, referral, or intervention may be required

Module 6: Diversity, Ethics, and Human Sensitivity at Work

• Diversity and inclusion through a psychological lens
• Bias, stereotypes, assumptions, and subtle exclusion
• Ethics in workplace behaviour
• Confidentiality, fairness, and respect
• Human dilemmas in organizations and how to respond

Module 7: Introduction to Leadership and Workplace Influence

• Basic understanding of leadership psychology
• Why some people influence teams more than others
• Emotional effect of managers and leaders
• Psychological impact of recognition, fear, and authority
• Leadership behaviour in everyday work situations

Module 8: AI and Psychology in Organizations

• Basic introduction to AI in workplace psychology
• AI and behavioural understanding
• Psychological concerns in AI-based decision making
• Bias, ethics, and human judgment
• Future-facing psychological awareness

All Modules of 60 Hours Are Covered Additionally

Module 9: Workplace Behaviour Analysis

• Reading behaviour in organizations
• Understanding hidden meanings behind employee actions
• Absenteeism, withdrawal, defensiveness, overcompliance, resistance
• Behaviour patterns linked to stress, insecurity, role confusion, and poor fit
• Observing workplace behaviour without overpathologizing

Module 10: Selection, Testing, and Psychological Role Fit

• Selection from a psychological perspective
• Role fit and person-organization fit
• Understanding workplace testing in simple applied ways
• Interpreting test-based workplace information cautiously
• Ethical limits of assessment in organizations

Module 11: Employee Development, Learning, and Training Psychology

• Psychology of learning in adults
• Why training succeeds or fails
• Resistance to learning and change
• Training needs from a behaviour lens
• Psychological factors that influence development

Module 12: Leadership, Influence, and Followership

• Leadership development from a psychological viewpoint
• Emotional intelligence in workplace leadership
• Authority, trust, fear, respect, and dependency
• Followership behaviour
• How leadership affects morale and team climate

Module 13: Group Behaviour, Power, and Politics

• Group behaviour in organizational settings
• Informal hierarchies and hidden power
• Politics in teams
• Alliances, favoritism, exclusion, and silence
• Psychological impact of power on decision-making

Module 14: Negotiation, Conflict, and Difficult Conversations

• Why conflict happens in organizations
• Personality, ego, fear, miscommunication, and role confusion in conflict
• Conflict resolution from a psychological lens
• Negotiation basics
• Difficult conversation practice in workplace settings
• Conflict management 

Module 15: Workplace Mental Health and Supportive Systems

• Recognizing distress at work
• Burnout, emotional exhaustion, demotivation, helplessness
• Psychological support within organizational boundaries
• Basic helping responses in organizational settings
• When an employee needs referral beyond workplace support

Module 16: Coaching Tools and Facilitation Basics

• Coaching mindset versus advising
• Asking reflective questions
• Performance-focused and growth-focused conversations
• Basics of facilitation
• Supporting employee insight without becoming therapist in the workplace

Module 17: AI, Ethics, and Emerging Workplace Psychology

• AI in assessment and workplace decisions
• Human concerns in automated evaluation
• AI and psychological bias
• Ethics of behavioural prediction
• Human-centered organizational practice

Module 18:  Training, Facilitation, and Corporate Learning Delivery

• Designing a basic psychological workplace session
• Structuring psychoeducational content for organizations
• Group facilitation basics
• Handling audience resistance
• Becoming a psychologically informed beginner corporate trainer

All Modules of 120 Hours Are Covered Additionally

Module 19

• Advanced workplace conflict cases
• Leadership and behavioural dilemmas
• Burnout and psychological safety cases
• Inclusion and ethical dilemmas

Module 20

• AI and ethical decision making
• Training design for workplace settings
• Applied organizational reporting