The Personnel Research Division (PRD) evaluates existing Selection, Job Performance Appraisal, Promotion, and Training Systems to ensure conformance to best Professional Practices, efficiency and business necessity requirements.  Evaluation involves data analyses of reliability, validity, adverse impact, and job relativity of personnel system components, and provides documentation essential to system litigation defense.  PRD also modifies, designs, or develops new personnel or training systems.      PRD also includes the development or identification of needed tests, structured interviews, interviewer/rater training, employee surveys, and conduct of job analysis, evaluation or design.  The personnel Research Division develops PC, net, or web-based training systems, including those using expert systems.  OpTech also offers the following services:

• Employee Selection and Placement
• Job Analysis
• Job Design
• Program Evaluation
• Training Requirements
• Training Evaluation
• Test Development
• Statistical Analysis and Operations Research
  
• Computer Based Training
  
  • Multimedia
  • Simulation Based
  • Intelligent-Adaptive
  • Stand Alone
  • Net or Web Based
    
  • Performance Appraisal Systems
    

• Performance Appraisal Systems

• Employee Surveys

PRD employs experienced associates and professionals in Industrial Organizational Research, Training Specialists, Cognition Researchers, Personnel System Developers and Evaluation Specialists.