Wednesday, February 16, 2011

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION


Human Work – concerned with the production and distribution of the goods and services of the economy.

INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY: ITS PREMISES
-          The first three is all about the desirable objectives of industry
-          The next two is all about the origins of the problems which industrial psychology treats and w/ their resolution.

The Modus Operandi of Industrial Psychology – this process has a sequence of four phases:
·         The identification of the problems to be treated ;
·         The use of various methods of collection and analysis of relevant data;
·         The findings resulting from these methods and associated analyses;
·         The application of such findings to the problems at hand.

Identification of the problems
-          Just observe
-          Know if you are right or wrong in giving your own reasons to solution your problems.

Methods – apply knowledge insight that can be used to resolved these problems
Findings
·         2  predominant categories
-          Theories or generalizations
-          Empirically derived research findings


APPLICATION OF FINDINGS
-          Practices, procedures, policies, or actions predicated are the applications of findings.

TWO FACES OF INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY
SCIENCE – emphasis on research
PROFESSION – emphasis on the application of knowledge and insight to practical problems.


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