Industrial and Organizational Psychology PSY 435 January 27, 2014 Francis Uzonwanne, PHD Industrial and Organizational Psychology The field of industrial and organizational (I/O) psychology is instrumental with implementing organizational goals to enhance the effectiveness of social and organizational functioning. This is accomplished through the use of research and statistics, which optimizes the performance, health, and welfare of businesses and its employees. The Evolution of Industrial and Organizational Psychology The evolution of I/O psychology has early roots in the late 1800s and early 1900s, but it was not invented until the twentieth century (Spector, 2012). Hugo Munsterberg and Walter Dill Scott both university professors
Tereasa Janese Bryant & Stratton College PSYCH310 Intro to Organizational Psychology Final Exam Dr. Sandra DiPasquale December 6, 2012 1) Define Organizational Psychology and discuss two ways psychological research and theory is used to support workplace activities. Industrial organizational psychology is the branch of psychology that applies psychological theories and principles to organizations. Often referred to as I/O psychology, this field 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, and conducting
As lead supervisor of operations, I decided to speak to the vice president of the company who is in charge of hiring the workforce and wears the hat as our human resource representative. Working in a manufacturing environment, the topic of discussion that we are always faced is the reduction of cost to build our product and I decided to interview the vice president on the topic of outsourcing and downsizing the labor force in our plant. The vice president of Lake Electronics, Jeff Wisiniewsky, has worked as
Describe two subfields of psychology that most interest you and explain where you might encounter professionals in that field. The first sub-field that caught my eye was Industrial/organizational psychology. Working primarily in an industrial field my entire adult life, this was a sub-field I was able to relate to. The union we belong to actually has psychologist on and counselors available.
The company used the Microsoft Access to create the Huffman Trucking Database tables. It used the tables with information to use in testing. The company used the Microsoft Project to manage, record, and monitor the electoral system benefits growth by the development management team of the software. This system's advantage is that it monitors and report employee benefits. Similarly, the report also explains the primary inputs of job in Microsoft
Amy McGraw 1 Amy McGraw Assessment and Counseling Kristy L. Hardwick April 23, 2010 The Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory is referred to as the SASSI. Dr. Glenn A. Miller developed the SASSI for a screening questionnaire to discover if people have a high likelihood of substance dependence disorder. Dr. Glenn Miller dreamed of owning his own business and making it grow and thrive. The business opened and was close to where the family lived. Dr. Miller and his wife called their new business “Quest for Camelot.” In 1967 Dr. Miller earned his Ph.D. from Illinois University in Clinical Psychology where he specialized in assessment.
Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a management team working with the accountants to pave the way for a company’s prosperity. Horngren, Harrison, and Oliver (2012) describe managerial accounting as a method that centers on “the accounting tools managers use to run a business” (p. 773). With that comes management accountability. Company managers have a responsibility to oversee and manage the resources of that company (p. 794). “Linking authority for control with responsibility for the results thereof is an approach that has proved effective in many phases of business” (Kabbes, 1964).
Name____________________________________Date__________________Period_____ Industrial Revolution Industrialist/Inventor Research Assignment Industrialist/Inventor Researched________________________________________ Instructions—Conduct research on your industrialist/inventor. First, find biographical information about your person, such as where he was born, family, education, jobs, and any personal information that may relate to his contribution during the Industrial Revolution. Next, focus your research on his contribution to and impact on the Industrial Revolution. If an invention is involved (it usually is), what was its name, how did it work, describe it, what did it do, any other details of the invention, who benefited from it, and how. Also, why was this invention important?
The technique is credited to Albert Humphrey, who led a convention at Stanford University (Gamer, 2008). SWOT also can be used to audit the overall effectiveness of a business or organization (Menon, 1999). The SWOT method was originally developed for business and industry, but it is equally useful in the work of community health and development, education, and even personal growth. SWOT is not the only assessment technique you can use, but is one with a long track record of effectiveness (Department of Health and Human Services, DHHS). This paper is intended to introduce SWOT and its concept, review the literature, and discuss how to use it in the profession of social work and in social service agency.
(Holley, W. H., Jennings, K.M., & Wolters, R.S. (2009) ) Almost 70 years later, the AFL merged with the congress of industrial organizations to form the AFL-CIO, an organization that still exists today. (http://money.howstuffworks.com/labor-union.htm) Let’s discussed some important parts of the labor unions laws that help understand the legal part of the union activities. In 1935, Congress passed the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to “encourage a healthy relationship between private-sector workers and their employers” The act also created the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) as the organization to enforce the NLRA, that accomplish the following three significant objectives: 1. Allowed workers to have elections to decide if they want to be