The aim of this research was to identify where the expectation gap of IT competencies lies, between accountancy trainees, SAICA and employers. Existing findings and empirical research findings from this study were compared to the prescribed competencies of the professional body, SAICA, to identify where the gap lies and to suggest possible action plans to overcome it. The findings of this study suggest that the availability of technology and IT at schools is limited. Employers identified an overall expectation gap where trainees are not able to apply the basic IT competencies that should have been acquired at university to the practical working environment. The data collected also identified that IT competencies are not being taught at the same level at different universities through the different responses of students, lecturers and trainees, which leads to inconsistent exposure of accountancy trainees to IT prior to their traineeship. As IT competencies have a significant impact on the every-day working life of such a trainee, employers and SAICA expect that students would have obtained basic IT competencies before the start of their traineeship. / MCom (Accountancy)--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2015

The aim of this research was to identify where the expectation gap of IT competencies lies, between accountancy trainees, SAICA and employers. Existing findings and empirical research findings from this study were compared to the prescribed competencies of the professional body, SAICA, to identify where the gap lies and to suggest possible action plans to overcome it. The findings of this study suggest that the availability of technology and IT at schools is limited. Employers identified an overall expectation gap where trainees are not able to apply the basic IT competencies that should have been acquired at university to the practical working environment. The data collected also identified that IT competencies are not being taught at the same level at different universities through the different responses of students, lecturers and trainees, which leads to inconsistent exposure of accountancy trainees to IT prior to their traineeship. As IT competencies have a significant impact on the every-day working life of such a trainee, employers and SAICA expect that students would have obtained basic IT competencies before the start of their traineeship. / MCom (Accountancy)--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2015

Title: Professional Competencies of Czech Handball Federation Staff Objectives: The aim of this work is to assemble competence profile of the Czech handball federation employee. Furthermore the goal also is to analyse the importance of perception of this profile's individual components from this institution's employees' point of view. Methods: Gathering of the necessary data for processing the topic is reached via the method of source study in order to create the competence profile. For the questioning was used the method of electronic questionnaire created strictly for the purpose of this work, and also the method of semi-structured interviews. Results: The research has provided and evaluated the list of competencies that are necessary for profession performance within Czech handball federation. Also the key competencies for particular departments of this institution were identified and the structure of this institution was described and examined. Keywords: Handball, staff competencies, abilities, personality, skills

A principal ocupação de nossa pesquisa foi a de elencar e de relacionar elementos teóricos que ajudassem a nós, professores de Física, compreender o potencial didático atrelado às diferentes abordagens frequentemente usadas para atividades experimentais em sala de aula. Com isso, esperávamos obter um caminho teoricamente fundamentado, capaz de subsidiar um planejamento consistente para o uso dessa estratégia em sala de aula, um planejamento que levasse em conta as características epistemológicas e operacionais da atividade escolhida. Nossa aposta inicial era a de que elas (as atividades experimentais) poderiam ser mais bem aproveitadas, em termos didáticos, se fossem usadas no contexto de uma situação-problema. Acreditávamos ser a situação-problema em ensino uma modalidade que viabilizaria a inclusão simultânea dos dois aspectos citados (epistemológico e operacional), o que, a nosso ver, configuraria o uso mais abrangente de atividades experimentais no âmbito escolar. De início realizamos uma revisão de elementos teóricos relacionados tanto às estratégias estudadas - atividade experimental e situação-problema -, como ao tipo de ensino que tais estratégias poderiam, de acordo com a literatura examinada, promover: um ensino conceitual aprofundado com enfoque no desenvolvimento de habilidades e na construção de competências. Paralelamente à revisão, escolhemos as teorias de Chevallard (teoria da transposição didática e teoria antropológica do didático) para entender de que forma o saber expresso por uma prática social poderia ser conciliado com a atividade experimental eleita como modeladora da situação-problema a ser planejada. Em um próximo momento elaboramos, com base na análise feita até esse ponto e na literatura levantada sobre justificativas didáticas para atividades experimentais, categorias de classificação para o uso escolar de atividades experimentais. As categorias foram agrupadas em duas dimensões: de contexto social e de contexto didático. A discussão teórica e a elaboração de categorias abriram caminho para uma reflexão sobre quais seriam os questionamentos básicos que sustentariam o planejamento de uma situação-problema centrada em uma atividade experimental. Finalmente, como último passo, utilizamos a análise e a discussão realizada para avaliar a proposta de atividades experimentais da forma como elas estão apresentadas em dois livros didáticos aprovados no Programa Nacional do Livro Didático (PNLD), e também para examinar dois artigos que discutem o uso de atividades experimentais no ensino. O referencial teórico adotado parece apontar como viável e promissora a união das duas estratégias: atividade experimental e situação-problema. No entanto, os recursos apresentados em livros didáticos e artigos afins não atendem aos requisitos de um planejamento que considera os elementos propostos em nossa pesquisa e exigem do professor, além de muita criatividade, um trabalho intenso de pesquisa, estudo e investigação. / The main occupation of our research was to list and to relate theoretical elements which could help us, physics\' teachers, to comprehend the didactical potential coupled to the different approaches frequently assigned to experimental activities in the classroom. By doing that, we expected to obtain a theoretically reasoned path, which could, in turn, support a solid planning to use this strategy in the classroom; a planning which took into account the epistemological and operational features of the chosen activity. Our first bet was that they (experimental activities) could be better harnessed, in didactical terms, if they were used in the context of a problem-situation. We believed that a problem-situation in school was the kind of modality which would enable the simultaneous inclusion of the two mentioned aspects (epistemological and operational), which, in our point of view, would set the more extensive use to experimental activities in the school scope. Initially, we conducted a review of theoretical elements relating to both the strategies studied - experimental activity and problem-situation - as well as the type of teaching that such strategies could, according to the literature examined, promote: a conceptual depth teaching with a focus on developing skills and building competencies. Alongside the review, we chose Chevallard\'s theories (theory of didactic transposition and anthropological theory of the didactic) to understand how knowledge supported by a social practice could be reconciled with the experimental activity elected as modeler of the problem-situation to be planned. As a next step, we designed, based on the analysis done up to this point and in the selected literature on the didactical reasons for experimental activities, classification categories to the educational use of experimental activities; the categories were grouped into two dimensions: the social context and the learning context. The theoretical discussion and elaboration of categories paved the way for a reflection on what should be the inquiries which would underpin the planning of a problem-situation centered in an experimental activity. Finally, as a last step, we used the analysis and discussion conducted to evaluate the proposal for experimental activities as they are presented in two textbooks approved by Programa Nacional do Livro Didático PNLD, and also to examine two articles that discuss the use of experimental activities in education. The theoretical framework adopted seems to point out as feasible and promising the union of these two strategies: experimental activity and problem-situation. However, contents in textbooks and related articles do not meet the requirements of a planning which considers the elements suggested in our research and thus, would require the teacher, beyond a lot of creativity, an intense work of research, study and quest.

A necessidade de ampliar a formação de estudantes de Engenharia visando desenvolver novas competências tem sido anunciada de forma enfática por diversos segmentos da sociedade, inclusive pelos próprios alunos egressos desses cursos quando se deparam com o mercado de trabalho. Assim, esta Tese de doutorado se insere no âmbito da linha de pesquisa Economia, Organizações e Gestão do Conhecimento que investiga os processos de geração, modelagem, transferência e mensuração do conhecimento, e estuda o atual cenário dos cursos de Engenharia, pesquisando o desenvolvimento de competências e a influência das metodologias ativas na formação de engenheiros. A formação de profissionais em qualquer área pressupõe capacitação permanente amparada por ações que sejam embasadas na gestão do conhecimento. O desenvolvimento de competências, habilidades e atitudes deve trazer benefícios para as organizações, que incluem o aumento de produtividade, preservação de conhecimento, melhoria na qualidade de tomada de decisões, subsídios à capacitação organizacional e a valorização do trabalho. Considerando que o modelo tradicional predominante no ensino de engenharia tem se mostrado inadequado e insuficiente para a formação do profissional com o perfil esperado, o objetivo dessa tese foi identificar as possíveis contribuições do uso de metodologias ativas para o desenvolvimento de competências na formação do engenheiro, na perspectiva de uma visão sistêmica. Pretendeu-se identificar as competências que melhor se desenvolvem com o uso de metodologias ativas no ensino de engenharia, com o pressuposto de que o uso dessas ferramentas de ensino e aprendizagem favorece o desenvolvimento de habilidades e competências. A metodologia utilizada para a execução do projeto consistiu na utilização de pesquisas bibliográfica e de campo. O enquadramento metodológico foi o de pesquisa exploratória, com a abordagem quantitativa complementando o estudo qualitativo através de mensurações feitas pelo instrumento de coleta de dados construído para levantamento das competências desenvolvidas durante o processo de formação de estudantes de engenharia, buscando que o resultado da pesquisa seja aplicado. Os resultados da pesquisa sugerem que a aplicação de conhecimentos fundamentais da engenharia, a curiosidade e aprendizagem contínua, assim como a necessidade de manter-se atualizado no mundo da engenharia, o trabalho em equipe e a capacidade de comunicação oral e escrita são habilidades e competências que melhor se desenvolvem durante o processo de formação, mediante a utilização de metodologias ativas de aprendizagem. A principal contribuição desta pesquisa está no desenvolvimento de um instrumento que integra competências, habilidades e estratégias ativas de aprendizagem que colocam o estudante em contato direto com a realidade profissional e o desenvolvimento de projetos e solução de problemas de engenharia. O instrumento desenvolvido para essa propositura encontra-se disponível e o registro das experiências vivenciadas podem gerar um material para professores interessados em trabalhar com o desenvolvimento de competências, com vistas a proporcionar melhorias à qualidade do ensino e ao processo de aprendizagem em engenharia. / The need to expand the training of engineering students in order to develop new skills has been announced emphatically by several segments of society, as well as by the former students of these courses when they encounter the labor market. Thus, this PhD project falls within the scope of the Economics, Organizations and Knowledge Management research which investigates the processes of generation, modeling and measurement of knowledge transfer, and also studies the current scenario of engineering courses in Brazil, considering its various forms, researching the development of skills during the training process and the influence of active methodologies in the training of engineers. Professional training in any field requires ongoing training supported by actions that are based in knowledge management. The development of competencies, skills and attitudes should bring benefits to organizations, including increased productivity, knowledge preservation, improvement in the quality of decision-making, subsidies for organizational capacity and appreciation of the work. Whereas the predominant model in traditional engineering education has proved inadequate and insufficient for the professional\'s training with the expected profile, the purpose of this thesis was to identify the possible contributions of the use of active methodologies for the development of skills in engineer\'s training, from the perspective of a systemic view. The methodology used for the execution of the project was the use of literature and field research. The methodological framework was that of exploratory research with quantitative approach complementing the qualitative study using measurements made by the data collection tool built to survey the skills developed during the process of training engineering students, to ensure that the search result is applied. The research results suggest that application of fundamental knowledge in engineering, curiosity and ongoing learning, as well as the need to keep up to date on the world of engineering, teamwork and oral and written communication skills are abilities and competences that better develop during the formation process through the use of active learning methodologies. The main contribution of this study is on developing an instrument that integrates competencies, skills and active learning strategies that put students directly in contact with the professional reality and project development and solving engineering problems. The instrument designed for this filing is available and the registration of life experiences can generate a material for teachers concerned in working with the development of skills, in order to provide improvements to the quality of teaching and learning process in engineering.

A necessidade de ampliar a formação de estudantes de Engenharia visando desenvolver novas competências tem sido anunciada de forma enfática por diversos segmentos da sociedade, inclusive pelos próprios alunos egressos desses cursos quando se deparam com o mercado de trabalho. Assim, esta Tese de doutorado se insere no âmbito da linha de pesquisa Economia, Organizações e Gestão do Conhecimento que investiga os processos de geração, modelagem, transferência e mensuração do conhecimento, e estuda o atual cenário dos cursos de Engenharia, pesquisando o desenvolvimento de competências e a influência das metodologias ativas na formação de engenheiros. A formação de profissionais em qualquer área pressupõe capacitação permanente amparada por ações que sejam embasadas na gestão do conhecimento. O desenvolvimento de competências, habilidades e atitudes deve trazer benefícios para as organizações, que incluem o aumento de produtividade, preservação de conhecimento, melhoria na qualidade de tomada de decisões, subsídios à capacitação organizacional e a valorização do trabalho. Considerando que o modelo tradicional predominante no ensino de engenharia tem se mostrado inadequado e insuficiente para a formação do profissional com o perfil esperado, o objetivo dessa tese foi identificar as possíveis contribuições do uso de metodologias ativas para o desenvolvimento de competências na formação do engenheiro, na perspectiva de uma visão sistêmica. Pretendeu-se identificar as competências que melhor se desenvolvem com o uso de metodologias ativas no ensino de engenharia, com o pressuposto de que o uso dessas ferramentas de ensino e aprendizagem favorece o desenvolvimento de habilidades e competências. A metodologia utilizada para a execução do projeto consistiu na utilização de pesquisas bibliográfica e de campo. O enquadramento metodológico foi o de pesquisa exploratória, com a abordagem quantitativa complementando o estudo qualitativo através de mensurações feitas pelo instrumento de coleta de dados construído para levantamento das competências desenvolvidas durante o processo de formação de estudantes de engenharia, buscando que o resultado da pesquisa seja aplicado. Os resultados da pesquisa sugerem que a aplicação de conhecimentos fundamentais da engenharia, a curiosidade e aprendizagem contínua, assim como a necessidade de manter-se atualizado no mundo da engenharia, o trabalho em equipe e a capacidade de comunicação oral e escrita são habilidades e competências que melhor se desenvolvem durante o processo de formação, mediante a utilização de metodologias ativas de aprendizagem. A principal contribuição desta pesquisa está no desenvolvimento de um instrumento que integra competências, habilidades e estratégias ativas de aprendizagem que colocam o estudante em contato direto com a realidade profissional e o desenvolvimento de projetos e solução de problemas de engenharia. O instrumento desenvolvido para essa propositura encontra-se disponível e o registro das experiências vivenciadas podem gerar um material para professores interessados em trabalhar com o desenvolvimento de competências, com vistas a proporcionar melhorias à qualidade do ensino e ao processo de aprendizagem em engenharia. / The need to expand the training of engineering students in order to develop new skills has been announced emphatically by several segments of society, as well as by the former students of these courses when they encounter the labor market. Thus, this PhD project falls within the scope of the Economics, Organizations and Knowledge Management research which investigates the processes of generation, modeling and measurement of knowledge transfer, and also studies the current scenario of engineering courses in Brazil, considering its various forms, researching the development of skills during the training process and the influence of active methodologies in the training of engineers. Professional training in any field requires ongoing training supported by actions that are based in knowledge management. The development of competencies, skills and attitudes should bring benefits to organizations, including increased productivity, knowledge preservation, improvement in the quality of decision-making, subsidies for organizational capacity and appreciation of the work. Whereas the predominant model in traditional engineering education has proved inadequate and insufficient for the professional\'s training with the expected profile, the purpose of this thesis was to identify the possible contributions of the use of active methodologies for the development of skills in engineer\'s training, from the perspective of a systemic view. The methodology used for the execution of the project was the use of literature and field research. The methodological framework was that of exploratory research with quantitative approach complementing the qualitative study using measurements made by the data collection tool built to survey the skills developed during the process of training engineering students, to ensure that the search result is applied. The research results suggest that application of fundamental knowledge in engineering, curiosity and ongoing learning, as well as the need to keep up to date on the world of engineering, teamwork and oral and written communication skills are abilities and competences that better develop during the formation process through the use of active learning methodologies. The main contribution of this study is on developing an instrument that integrates competencies, skills and active learning strategies that put students directly in contact with the professional reality and project development and solving engineering problems. The instrument designed for this filing is available and the registration of life experiences can generate a material for teachers concerned in working with the development of skills, in order to provide improvements to the quality of teaching and learning process in engineering.

A principal ocupação de nossa pesquisa foi a de elencar e de relacionar elementos teóricos que ajudassem a nós, professores de Física, compreender o potencial didático atrelado às diferentes abordagens frequentemente usadas para atividades experimentais em sala de aula. Com isso, esperávamos obter um caminho teoricamente fundamentado, capaz de subsidiar um planejamento consistente para o uso dessa estratégia em sala de aula, um planejamento que levasse em conta as características epistemológicas e operacionais da atividade escolhida. Nossa aposta inicial era a de que elas (as atividades experimentais) poderiam ser mais bem aproveitadas, em termos didáticos, se fossem usadas no contexto de uma situação-problema. Acreditávamos ser a situação-problema em ensino uma modalidade que viabilizaria a inclusão simultânea dos dois aspectos citados (epistemológico e operacional), o que, a nosso ver, configuraria o uso mais abrangente de atividades experimentais no âmbito escolar. De início realizamos uma revisão de elementos teóricos relacionados tanto às estratégias estudadas - atividade experimental e situação-problema -, como ao tipo de ensino que tais estratégias poderiam, de acordo com a literatura examinada, promover: um ensino conceitual aprofundado com enfoque no desenvolvimento de habilidades e na construção de competências. Paralelamente à revisão, escolhemos as teorias de Chevallard (teoria da transposição didática e teoria antropológica do didático) para entender de que forma o saber expresso por uma prática social poderia ser conciliado com a atividade experimental eleita como modeladora da situação-problema a ser planejada. Em um próximo momento elaboramos, com base na análise feita até esse ponto e na literatura levantada sobre justificativas didáticas para atividades experimentais, categorias de classificação para o uso escolar de atividades experimentais. As categorias foram agrupadas em duas dimensões: de contexto social e de contexto didático. A discussão teórica e a elaboração de categorias abriram caminho para uma reflexão sobre quais seriam os questionamentos básicos que sustentariam o planejamento de uma situação-problema centrada em uma atividade experimental. Finalmente, como último passo, utilizamos a análise e a discussão realizada para avaliar a proposta de atividades experimentais da forma como elas estão apresentadas em dois livros didáticos aprovados no Programa Nacional do Livro Didático (PNLD), e também para examinar dois artigos que discutem o uso de atividades experimentais no ensino. O referencial teórico adotado parece apontar como viável e promissora a união das duas estratégias: atividade experimental e situação-problema. No entanto, os recursos apresentados em livros didáticos e artigos afins não atendem aos requisitos de um planejamento que considera os elementos propostos em nossa pesquisa e exigem do professor, além de muita criatividade, um trabalho intenso de pesquisa, estudo e investigação. / The main occupation of our research was to list and to relate theoretical elements which could help us, physics\' teachers, to comprehend the didactical potential coupled to the different approaches frequently assigned to experimental activities in the classroom. By doing that, we expected to obtain a theoretically reasoned path, which could, in turn, support a solid planning to use this strategy in the classroom; a planning which took into account the epistemological and operational features of the chosen activity. Our first bet was that they (experimental activities) could be better harnessed, in didactical terms, if they were used in the context of a problem-situation. We believed that a problem-situation in school was the kind of modality which would enable the simultaneous inclusion of the two mentioned aspects (epistemological and operational), which, in our point of view, would set the more extensive use to experimental activities in the school scope. Initially, we conducted a review of theoretical elements relating to both the strategies studied - experimental activity and problem-situation - as well as the type of teaching that such strategies could, according to the literature examined, promote: a conceptual depth teaching with a focus on developing skills and building competencies. Alongside the review, we chose Chevallard\'s theories (theory of didactic transposition and anthropological theory of the didactic) to understand how knowledge supported by a social practice could be reconciled with the experimental activity elected as modeler of the problem-situation to be planned. As a next step, we designed, based on the analysis done up to this point and in the selected literature on the didactical reasons for experimental activities, classification categories to the educational use of experimental activities; the categories were grouped into two dimensions: the social context and the learning context. The theoretical discussion and elaboration of categories paved the way for a reflection on what should be the inquiries which would underpin the planning of a problem-situation centered in an experimental activity. Finally, as a last step, we used the analysis and discussion conducted to evaluate the proposal for experimental activities as they are presented in two textbooks approved by Programa Nacional do Livro Didático PNLD, and also to examine two articles that discuss the use of experimental activities in education. The theoretical framework adopted seems to point out as feasible and promising the union of these two strategies: experimental activity and problem-situation. However, contents in textbooks and related articles do not meet the requirements of a planning which considers the elements suggested in our research and thus, would require the teacher, beyond a lot of creativity, an intense work of research, study and quest.

This dissertation reports on a study that investigated the functions and services that are rendered at the library of ARC-Small Grain Institute in Bethlehem. The study was directed by the research questions that included the investigation in library services and sources globally; the information seeking behaviour of the patrons of the library as well as the skills and competencies needed by librarians to render an effective service in a constant changing environment. These components served as a foundation for the development of a proposed service model, which reflects the incorporation of the changing roles of librarians in a research library. The current services and sources of the ARC-SGI library were discussed and compared to other libraries. A systematic review of the literature included the information seeking behaviour and information needs of researchers as well as the skills and competencies of librarians. A mixed-method approach, using both qualitative and quantitative methods, has been applied in the study. Data was collected through questionnaires and fifteen semi-structured interviews were held with selected patrons of ARC-SGI. The findings showed that information needs depends mostly on the different stages of research and flows directly from the type of work that they do. Attention was given to preferred source choices and problems experienced during information seeking. Training needs were addressed as well as the needs for additional information needed from the library. Based on the results, the study proposed a service model for an agricultural library. The model displays the library within the setting of an organisation as it supports the mission and vision of the parent organisation. It illustrates all the interdependent components that are essential for a successful agricultural library. The model also outlines the strategies of on-going evaluation and monitoring of the library services; the information needs and information seeking behaviour of the patrons as well as the challenges facing the library. The study concluded by making certain recommendations that can benefit the library of ARC-SGI, which will be an improvement added to the current services. A few suggestions are made for future research, which have definite advantages for an agricultural library within an organisation. / Dissertation (MIS)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / Information Science / unrestricted

Industrial-organisational (I-O) Psychology is known for specialising in the study of human behaviour in the workplace (Van Vuuren, 2010). It is clear that the problems associated with individuals in the workplace form the basis for the existence of I-O psychology. Veldsman (2001) stated that it is imperative to reflect upon the future of I-O psychology and that I-O psychology must be repositioned in future. Therefore, it is emphasised that additional roles should be elicited for I-O psychologists in South Africa (Barnard & Fourie, 2007). Moalusi (2001) has recognised the need for I-O psychologists to reposition themselves in future by focusing on significant workplace issues. Upon further investigation it should be noted that many factors that exert an influence upon workplace behaviour do not necessarily derive from the workplace. These factors, such as family responsibilities, cultural influences and traumatic events, suggest that the sphere of influence of the I-O psychologists stretches far beyond the physical borders of the workplace (Landy & Conte, 2004; Van Vuuren, 2010). According to Strümpfer (2007), it is the I-O psychologist who is concerned with the deep-rooted problems of individuals. The objective of the study was therefore to critically review the role I-O psychologists play as counsellors, and to determine whether counselling should form part of the I-O psychologist’ scope of practice. A qualitative research design was utilised in the study following a phenomenology strategy. Convenience and snowball sampling were used to identify (n=22) I-O psychologists across the Gauteng and North West provinces. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, where the participants were asked to reflect upon seven interview questions which were later transcribed verbatim and analysed using content analysis. Nine themes were extracted from the data, namely, the meaning of counselling, counselling situations that I-O psychologists face, counselling skills required by I-O psychologists, characteristics displayed by I-O psychologist during counselling, counsellor competencies required of I-O psychologists, post graduate counselling training received by I-O psychologists, additional counselling training received by I-O psychologists, recommendations made for future training of I-O psychology students and lastly the inclusion of counselling in the scope of practice From the results it was clear the I-O psychologists are familiar with the meaning of counselling and that they are faced with a diverse range of counselling situations requiring a unique set of skills and competencies. Participants had divergent experience and opinions with regard to the training received in preparation of their role as counsellor. In relation to their training participants made recommendations for the future training of I-O psychologists. Finally, participants mentioned that it would be in their best interest if counselling is formally included in the scope of practice of the I-O psychologists. / MCom (Industrial Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

Industrial-organisational (I-O) Psychology is known for specialising in the study of human behaviour in the workplace (Van Vuuren, 2010). It is clear that the problems associated with individuals in the workplace form the basis for the existence of I-O psychology. Veldsman (2001) stated that it is imperative to reflect upon the future of I-O psychology and that I-O psychology must be repositioned in future. Therefore, it is emphasised that additional roles should be elicited for I-O psychologists in South Africa (Barnard & Fourie, 2007). Moalusi (2001) has recognised the need for I-O psychologists to reposition themselves in future by focusing on significant workplace issues. Upon further investigation it should be noted that many factors that exert an influence upon workplace behaviour do not necessarily derive from the workplace. These factors, such as family responsibilities, cultural influences and traumatic events, suggest that the sphere of influence of the I-O psychologists stretches far beyond the physical borders of the workplace (Landy & Conte, 2004; Van Vuuren, 2010). According to Strümpfer (2007), it is the I-O psychologist who is concerned with the deep-rooted problems of individuals. The objective of the study was therefore to critically review the role I-O psychologists play as counsellors, and to determine whether counselling should form part of the I-O psychologist’ scope of practice. A qualitative research design was utilised in the study following a phenomenology strategy. Convenience and snowball sampling were used to identify (n=22) I-O psychologists across the Gauteng and North West provinces. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, where the participants were asked to reflect upon seven interview questions which were later transcribed verbatim and analysed using content analysis. Nine themes were extracted from the data, namely, the meaning of counselling, counselling situations that I-O psychologists face, counselling skills required by I-O psychologists, characteristics displayed by I-O psychologist during counselling, counsellor competencies required of I-O psychologists, post graduate counselling training received by I-O psychologists, additional counselling training received by I-O psychologists, recommendations made for future training of I-O psychology students and lastly the inclusion of counselling in the scope of practice From the results it was clear the I-O psychologists are familiar with the meaning of counselling and that they are faced with a diverse range of counselling situations requiring a unique set of skills and competencies. Participants had divergent experience and opinions with regard to the training received in preparation of their role as counsellor. In relation to their training participants made recommendations for the future training of I-O psychologists. Finally, participants mentioned that it would be in their best interest if counselling is formally included in the scope of practice of the I-O psychologists. / MCom (Industrial Psychology), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014