College of Organisational Psychologists, APS

What College of Organisational Psychologists, APS does

The College of Organisational Psychologists is one of nine constituent Colleges within The Australian Psychological Society Limited (ACN 000543788), a professional membership body for psychologists in Australia incorporated in Victoria. The College represents psychologists specialising in workplace psychology, covering occupational health, leadership development, talent management, and organisational development. It promotes its practice area, maintains practice standards and quality assurance, and supports the continuing professional development of expert practitioners through the APS Member Groups Platform, the PsyCommunity online community, and a CPD and Events Finder. Distribution is delivered via the broader APS structure of nine Colleges, 44 Interest Groups, and over 40 regional Branches spanning all Australian states and territories plus an overseas members branch.

Commercially, the College operates as a non-profit membership organisation; APS membership fees are not publicly disclosed and College-level financials are not separately reported. The entity has approximately 9 employees, operates from the APS National Office in Melbourne (member inquiries routed via [email protected]), and is supported by partnerships including a 2016 University of New England collaboration on the Master of Professional Psychology, and resource-sharing arrangements with beyondblue and the Black Dog Institute. There are no patents, no disclosed product revenue, no equity funding events, and no mobile applications; the technology footprint is limited to the APS websites and community forums.

Name

College of Organisational Psychologists, APS

Legal name

The Australian Psychological Society Limited

Website

https://groups.psychology.org.au

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The College of Organisational Psychologists, APS is a non-profit member college within the Australian Psychological Society that represents and supports Australian psychologists specialising in workplace psychology, organisational development, and talent management through standards-setting, CPD, and networking.

Ownership category

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Product category

Professional Association Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Association & Society Conference Management (Nonprofit, Professional Bodies) (THAHACAA)

Keywords

• Organisational psychology
• Professional association
• Psychology membership
• Practice standards
• Professional development

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The College of Organisational Psychologists is one of nine APS Colleges representing the specialised area of organisational psychology within the Australian Psychological Society. It promotes organisational psychology practice, maintains practice standards and quality assurance, encourages and supports the education and professional development of expert practitioners, and provides networking opportunities through the broader APS Member Groups structure spanning Australian states, territories, and overseas.

Product overview

The College of Organisational Psychologists, APS is part of the Australian Psychological Society's structure, operating within the broader APS Member Groups Platform. The organization offers membership through nine APS Colleges (including the College of Organisational Psychologists), a national network of state and regional Branches, and 44 Interest Groups covering specialized psychology areas. The platform provides access to resources, committee information, student sections, member directories, professional development content, and networking opportunities for psychologists across Australia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• APS College of Organisational Psychologists Constituent college of the Australian Psychological Society representing psychologists specialising in workplace psychology, including occupational health, leadership development, talent management, and organisational development. Promotes practice, maintains standards, and supports professional development.
• APS Member Groups Platform Online platform that aggregates access to APS Branches, Colleges, and Interest Groups. Provides resources, committee information, student sections, and member directories for psychologists across Australia.
• APS Branches Network State and regional branches across all Australian states and territories that support APS members and promote the profession of psychology at local levels, with regional sub-branches in areas such as Illawarra, Newcastle, Sunshine Coast, Perth, and others.
• APS Interest Groups 44 APS Interest Groups covering specialised areas such as Coaching Psychology, Positive Psychology, Trauma and Psychology, Rural and Remote Psychology, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Psychology, and other special interests. Membership is open to all APS members.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• University of New EnglandminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Master of Professional Psychology course commencement in 2016. University offers psychology education and APS New England Northwest Branch provides professional community for UNE psychology graduates.
• New England Area Health ServicesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealth services organisation collaborating with APS branch on professional development and career opportunities for psychologists in the New England region.
• beyondblueminorOthersbeyondblue provides free resources for health professionals including free resources for delivery to practice for use with clients.
• Black Dog InstituteminorOthersBlack Dog Institute provides the psychologists portal with useful information and resources regarding depression.

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• British Psychological Society (BPS): The BPS is the UK's chartered professional body for psychology, covering practice areas including occupational psychology. As a broader incumbent, it offers overlapping capabilities for I/O psychologists but operates across the full discipline rather than specialising in organisational psychology alone.

Direct peers

• Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI): AHRI is Australia's peak professional body for the HR and people-management profession, with significant overlap into leadership development, talent management, and organisational behaviour. It competes for the same employer-facing audience and overlapping practitioner base in the Australian workplace psychology market.
• European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP): EAWOP represents work and organisational psychologists across Europe, operating as a membership-based professional body for the same practitioner community the APS College targets. Both organisations promote the discipline, set standards, and deliver CPD and congresses for workplace psychology specialists.
• APS College of Health Psychologists: A sister APS College operating under the same Australian Psychological Society umbrella and serving a comparable role for health psychologists. As a peer APS College, it shares the same operating model, member-group platform, CPD infrastructure, and member-base dynamics.
• International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP): IAAP is the oldest international federation of applied psychology, with constituent groups covering work and organisational psychology. It overlaps with the College's applied, practitioner-facing mission and operates in the same professional-society category on a global scale.
• Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP): SIOP is the leading international professional society dedicated to industrial-organizational psychology, the closest global peer to the APS College of Organisational Psychologists. Both serve practitioners focused on workplace, leadership, and organisational behaviour, and both set practice standards and run professional development programming for the I/O community.
• APS College of Clinical Psychologists: Another of the nine APS Colleges, representing clinical psychologists within the same APS member-group platform. It mirrors the College of Organisational Psychologists in governance structure, CPD delivery, and member services, providing a direct internal benchmark for operational scale and programming.

Regional players

• Australian Counselling Association (ACA): ACA is a large Australian professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists with overlapping practitioner segments. It represents an adjacent membership-society model in the Australian mental-health professional landscape that competes for similar practitioner engagement.
• New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS): NZPsS is the peak professional body for psychologists in New Zealand, serving a comparable member community across a closely related trans-Tasman market. It provides a regional benchmark for professional society operations and CPD programming for psychologists.
• Singapore Psychological Society (SPS): SPS represents psychologists in Singapore with comparable specialty colleges and interest groups, mirroring the APS member-group structure. It operates in an Asia-Pacific geography distinct from the College's primary Australian footprint while sharing a similar professional-society operating model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/APS-Newcastle-Branch-968370093249315
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/college-of-organisational-psychologists-aps

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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