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Using Modern Assessment Techniques to Rebuild the Security Forces in War-Torn Iraq

Dr. Davis Morris and Retired Chief Judge Roger McMillin have lived and worked in the difficult environment of post-Saddam Iraq for nearly three years.  With their team of expats and Iraqi nationals, hey have traveled extensively in all areas of the country to bring modern assessment procedures to bear on the daunting challenge of screening Iraqi candidates in the rebuilding efforts of the various security forces.  The techniques they have employed have proven valuable in every security organization where they have been used, including the Iraqi Police Service, the Special Police Force, the Commando Units, the Department of Border Enforcement, the Iraqi Armed Forces and the new Iraqi Intelligence Service.

PDF of Morris/McMillin Presentation

 

Dr. David Morris is both a licensed industrial psychologist and a licensed attorney.  Drawing on this dual training and professional experience, Dr. Morris specializes in designing cross-cultural personnel selection tests that offer multi-national HR managers, operating in a globalized world, valuable insights into the suitability of job candidates and offer candidates the security of knowing that the tests are fundamentally fair to all. These concepts, invoking fundamental considerations of validity and fairness, are important to any organization faced with significant numbers of personnel decisions in a globalized world, no matter the culture, language, ethnicity, religion, country, or legal code under which the business is operating.

Dr. Morris founded Morris & McDaniel over a quarter of a century ago and continues to serve as President of the company.  Dr. Morris currently spends time between the U.S. and Iraq, where Morris & McDaniel has offices in six different cities providing cross-cultural personnel tests serving candidates with different languages, religion, and ethnicities.  He and his firm are assisting in the thousands of people decisions that must be made in rebuilding that nation. The firm also has offices in Washington, D.C.; Atlanta, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Jackson, Mississippi. 

 

Judge Roger McMillin joined the firm of Morris & McDaniel in April 2004 as the Vice-President of Operations.  Since joining the firm, his principal duties have been related to the company’s work for the Iraqi Police Service and he has been full-time in Iraq since September 2004.  Prior to joining Morris & McDaniel, Judge McMillin served ten years as a Judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals.  He served in the capacity of Chief Judge of the Court for the last five years of his tenure.  Prior to going on the bench, Judge McMillin was engaged in the general practice of law for over eighteen years and for most of that time served as retained corporate counsel to Morris & McDaniel.