Reflection
An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology, a scientific discipline that studies human behavior in the workplace. Organizational psychologists help institutions hire, manage, develop, support employees, and align employee efforts with business needs. Their work contributes to outcomes such as better talent to achieve the strategic goals of an organization, reduced turnover, increase productivity, and improved employee engagement
Objective
- Discuss the field of industrial/organizational psychology, learn what it is and examine its history.
- Discuss social scientific research methods and how they are utilized in the field.
- Discuss how workers are recruited and selected for jobs.
- Examine how workers job performance is evaluate.
- Outline how workers are trained and current best practices.
- Examine important psychological states that influence work behavior such as motivation, satisfaction, stress.
- Examine how workers interact with the formation of work groups and larger work organizations.