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[PS1501]
Unit I
Introduction to Industrial Psychology
Content
Nature
Scope
Methods of study
Challenges faced by industrial psychologists
Problems faced by industrial psychologists
Human Engineering
Psychologists have helped:
AT & T (American multinational
Telecommunications Cooperation) develop
assessment centers to choose the best
managers.
GE (General Electric) develop systems to
provide job performance feedback to
employees.
The U.S. Army use psychological tests to place
recruits in appropriate jobs.
SCOPE of I/OP
Concerned with
Practice Concerned with
(use of psychological Scientific Research
principles to solve real- (it provide principles
world problems like that can be applied in
excessive job stress, practice)
poor job performance)
Scope Continues
9%
10%
39% Universities
Conculting Firms
Private Companies
17% Others
Government
25%