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    This document provides an overview of industrial-organizational psychology. It discusses the course code and titles, required textbooks, and introduces I-O psychology as the branch of psychology applying theories and principles to organizations to increase workplace productivity and employee well-being. Some key areas covered include personnel psychology, training, leadership, diversity, and careers in I-O psychology. Important figures who contributed to the early development of the field such as Taylor, Münsterberg, Cattell, and Lewin are also mentioned.

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    This document provides an overview of industrial-organizational psychology. It discusses the course code and titles, required textbooks, and introduces I-O psychology as the branch of psychology applying theories and principles to organizations to increase workplace productivity and employee well-being. Some key areas covered include personnel psychology, training, leadership, diversity, and careers in I-O psychology. Important figures who contributed to the early development of the field such as Taylor, Münsterberg, Cattell, and Lewin are also mentioned.

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    Some of the key takeaways are that industrial-organizational psychology applies psychological theories and principles to organizations to increase workplace productivity and employee well-being. It involves studying worker attitudes and behavior, conducting leadership training, and understanding human behavior in the workplace.

    The two sides of industrial-organizational psychology are the industrial side, which involves matching individuals to job roles, and the organizational side, which focuses on understanding how organizations affect individual behavior and aims to improve both individual and organizational performance.

    Some of the key subject areas in industrial-organizational psychology include employee selection, ergonomics, organizational development, performance management, training and development, and work-life balance.

    INDUSTRIAL-ORGANISATIONAL

    PSYCHOLOGY
    • Course Code HRM301

    • Course Title : INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY


    Text Book
    • TextBook: PSYCHOLOGY AND WORK TODAY

    • Author: SCHULTZ, SYDNEY ELLEN SCHULTZ

    • Publisher: PEARSON
    Reference Book
    • Title: ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY
    • Author : SS CHANDRA, RAM NATH SHARMA
    • Publisher Name : ATLANTIC PUBLISHERS
    INTRODUCTION
    • Industrial-organizational psychology is the branch
    of psychology that applies psychological theories
    and principles to organizations.

    • It focuses on increasing workplace productivity


    and related issues such as the physical and
    mental well-being of employees.
    Industrial-organizational psychologists
    perform
    A wide variety of tasks, including:

    • Studying worker attitudes and behavior, evaluating


    companies,

    • Conducting leadership training.

    • The overall goal of this field is to study and


    understand human behavior in the workplace.
    TWO SIDES OF I-O PSYCHOLOGICAL

    First, there is the industrial side:


    • Which involves looking at how best individuals can be
    matched to specific job roles. referred to as Personnel
    psychology.

    Industrial side of I-O psychology:


    Training employees, developing job performance standards,
    and measuring job performance.
    • The organizational side of psychology is more
    focused on understanding how organizations
    affect individual behavior.

    • Aims to improve individual performance and


    health while at the same time benefiting the
    organization as a whole.
    I-O psychology has a number of different
    sub-areas

    • Human-computer interaction,
    • Personnel psychology, and 
    • Human factors.
    Key Subject Areas

    • Employee selection
    • Ergonomics
    • Organizational development
    • Performance management
    • Training and development
    • Work life
    Industrial-Organizational Psychology Topics

    • Employee motivation
    • Employee testing
    • Leadership
    • Product design
    • Workplace diversity
    • Workplace performance
    Careers in IO Psychology

    • Colleges, Universities, and Professional School

    • Management, Scientific, and Technical


    Consulting Services

    • Scientific Research and Development Services

    • State Government
    Important People in IO Psychology History

    • Frederick W. Taylor: Taylor was a mechanical engineer who


    published an influential book on improving industrial efficiency.

    • Hugo Münsterberg: Munsterberg was an applied psychologist


    who wrote an early text on how psychology could be used for
    industrial, occupational, and organizational purposes. His work
    had an important impact on the early development of the field. 

    • James McKeen Cattell: Cattell was an early proponent of looking


    at how individual differences influence human behavior. 
    • Kurt Lewin: Lewin was an influential applied psychologist
    who described a number of leadership styles that people
    may exhibit. His work also focused on looking at all of the
    forces that influence a situation rather than just taking
    individual behavior into account.

    • Robert Yerkes: Yerkes was a psychologist known for his work


    in the field of intelligence testing. He developed the Alpha
    and Beta Intelligence Tests for the U.S. Army, which were
    use to evaluate military recruits during WWI. Scores on the
    tests were used to determine respondent's capabilities,
    including ability to serve and leadership potential.
    my
    • The Hawthorne experiments were originally designed
    by the National Research Council to study the effect of
    shop-floor lighting on worker productivity at a
    telephone parts factory in Hawthorne.

    • However, the researchers were perplexed to find that


    productivity improved, not just when the lighting was
    improved, but also when the lighting was diminished.

    • Productivity improved whenever changes were made in


    other variables such as working hours and rest breaks.

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