Association of Business Psychologists
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The Association of Business Psychologists is the professional representative, deliberative and regulatory institution for business psychologists in the United Kingdom
and Ireland
.
who felt that the Society was too academic in its approach and insufficiently attuned to the practical and fast-moving needs of their organisational clients. The first chair was Dr Brian Baxter.
); members are obliged to comply with codes of ethics and professional conduct. It holds each year, generally in the English Midlands, a lively and challenging three-day conference which is addressed by leaders of the profession, and offers members speaker meetings and other CPD events in London and elsewhere. It maintains an attractive website, and has a Business Leaders Forum on which many of the most prominent business psychology firms are represented. In 2005 the ABP sponsored a book entitled Business Psychology in Practice; this was published by Whurr Publishers and edited by Pauline Grant with Sarah Lewis and David Thompson; it celebrated the launch of the ABP and aimed "to give a flavour of the new profession's activities".
many of the psychology professions (in the event, business psychology remains self-regulating), higher education issues, and the expansion of its work for members outside London. The current chair, Steve Whiddett, was elected in November 2009.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
History
The Association was set up in 2001 by members of the Division of Occupational Psychology of the British Psychological SocietyBritish Psychological Society
The British Psychological Society is a representative body for psychologists and psychology in the United Kingdom. The BPS is also a Registered Charity and, along with advantages, this also imposes certain constraints on what the society can and cannot do...
who felt that the Society was too academic in its approach and insufficiently attuned to the practical and fast-moving needs of their organisational clients. The first chair was Dr Brian Baxter.
Character
The Association has around 600 members, mostly in the Principal grade of membership (this is approximately equivalent to chartered status in bodies which hold a Royal CharterRoyal Charter
A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organizations such as cities or universities. Charters should be distinguished from warrants and...
); members are obliged to comply with codes of ethics and professional conduct. It holds each year, generally in the English Midlands, a lively and challenging three-day conference which is addressed by leaders of the profession, and offers members speaker meetings and other CPD events in London and elsewhere. It maintains an attractive website, and has a Business Leaders Forum on which many of the most prominent business psychology firms are represented. In 2005 the ABP sponsored a book entitled Business Psychology in Practice; this was published by Whurr Publishers and edited by Pauline Grant with Sarah Lewis and David Thompson; it celebrated the launch of the ABP and aimed "to give a flavour of the new profession's activities".
Recent events
Priorities for the association in the last couple of years have been the UK Government's decision to regulateHealth Professions Council
The Health Professions Council is a statutory regulator of 210,000 health professionals from 15 professions in the United Kingdom. It was set up in 2003 under the National Health Service Reform and Health Care Professions Act 2002, to replace the Council for Professions Supplementary to Medicine ....
many of the psychology professions (in the event, business psychology remains self-regulating), higher education issues, and the expansion of its work for members outside London. The current chair, Steve Whiddett, was elected in November 2009.