ORGANIZATION PSYCHOLOGY

NAME REG. NO SUBJECT CODE ASSIGNMENT NO :- J.JEROM EMMANUAL. :- EU/IS/2007/MS/94. :- HRM4053 :- 01.

FACULTY OF COMMERCE & MANAGEMENT. EUSL.

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QUESTIONS:-

01) What do you understand about psychology? 02) How you can differentiate organizational psychology from other part of psychology? 03) Why do you want to study organizational psychology?

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01) What do you understand about psychology?

Psychology as a branch of knowledge is devoted to the study of behavior of human beings and animals. Psychology affects every facet of our lives. A human being usually exhibits moods of joy, and, anger, have different learning ability, and interact differently. When all these happen, we are eager in finding the circumstances that are surrounding these actions and make judgment in our own way. Psychology provides clues to these phenomena in a more scientific way. Therefore, Oladele (1998) describes psychology as a science subject, which seeks to comprehend, predict, and control the behavior of man and lower animals. As the society is getting more complex, psychology assumes a vital position in solving human problems.

Today, psychologists prefer to use more objective, scientific methods to understand, explain, and predict human behavior. Psychological studies are highly structured, beginning with a hypothesis that is then empirically tested. Psychology has two major areas of focus: academic psychology and applied psychology. Academic psychology focuses on the study of different sub-topics within psychology including personality psychology, social psychology, and developmental psychology. These psychologists conduct basic research that seeks to expand our theoretical knowledge, while other researchers conduct applied research that seeks to solve everyday problems. Applied psychology focuses on the use of different psychological principles to solve real world problems. Example: - Applied areas of psychology include forensic psychology, ergonomics, and industrial-organizational psychology.

Aristotle and Socrates - Psychology evolved out of both philosophy and biology. The word psychology is derived from the Greek word psyche, meaning 'soul' or 'mind.'

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 The British Psychological Society - Psychology is the scientific study of people, the mind and behaviour. It is both a thriving academic discipline and a vital professional practice. American Psychological Association - The scientific study of the behaviour of individuals and their mental processes. Wikipedia - Psychology is an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behaviour. William James (1842-1910) - An American psychologist, developed an approach which came to be known as functionalism. This emphasis on the causes and consequences of behaviour has influenced contemporary psychology. Wundt- psychology is a science it attempts to investigate the causes of behaviour using systematic and objective procedures for observation, measurement and analysis, backed-up by theoretical interpretations, generalizations, explanations and predictions. APA - Psychology is the study of the mind and behaviour. The discipline embraces all aspects of the human experience from the functions of the brain to the actions of nations, from child development to care for the aged. In every conceivable setting from scientific research centres to mental health care services, "the understanding of behaviour" is the enterprise of psychologists. Medilexicon's medical dictionary - psychology is "The profession (clinical psychology), scholarly discipline (academic psychology), and science (research psychology) concerned with the behaviour of humans and animals, and related mental and physiologic processes."Although psychology may also include the study of the mind and behaviour of animals, in this article psychology refers mainly to humans conformity, aggression and prejudice.

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02) How you can differentiate organizational psychology from other part of psychology?
General psychology vs. organizational psychology: General Psychology is just that. It deals with psychology in general. It encompasses the fundamentals of psychology itself. Organizational psychology is commonly referred to as IO Psychology or IndustrialOrganizational Psychology. Industrial-Organizational Psychology deals with the application of psychology concepts to organizations and workplace settings. In the said settings, you will usually find IO practitioners in the human resources department. Plain psychology VS Organizational psychology: Psychology is the discipline of studying mental processes and human behavior. Organizational psychology is a subfield of industrial and organizational psychology, also known as I/O for short. Organizational psychology deals with the impact of work environment and management styles on the workers' motivation, job satisfaction, and productivity. Plain psychology vs. Organizational psychology : Psychology is the discipline of studying mental processes and human behaviour. Organizational psychology is a subfield of industrial and organizational psychology, also known as I/O for short. Organizational psychology deals with the impact of work environment and management styles on the workers' motivation, job satisfaction, and productivity. Industrial psychology vs. organizational psychology There seems to be a trend, where both industrial psychology and organizational psychology are used interchangeably nowadays. There is the field of industrial-organizational psychology as well, which encompasses both.

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INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY

ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

It is concerned with individual factors. Such as: Job Analysis Selection and Placement Safety and Training Performance Appraisal

It is examined the role of interpersonal relations, and individual differences such as:

Motivation & Work Attitudes Leadership Culture an Climate Organizational Development Group dynamics Organizational development and change Decision making

Industrial psychology is labelled as more empirical, experimental and precise as they test and select the best people o match the demands of job, and organizational psychology is mostly labelled as clinical, humanistic and they use more qualitative methods to obtain their data. Cognitive Psychology vs. Organizational Psychology Cognitive Psychology is the study of human thought processes and cognitions. Cognitive psychologists study topics such as attention, memory, perception, decision-making, problemsolving and language acquisition. Organizational psychology is commonly referred to as IO Psychology or IndustrialOrganizational Psychology. Industrial-Organizational Psychology deals with the application of psychology concepts to organizations and workplace settings. In the said settings, you will usually find IO practitioners in the human resources department.

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Development psychology vs. Organizational Psychology. Developmental Psychology is the branch of psychology that looks at human growth and development over the lifespan. Theories often focus on the development of cognitive abilities, morality, social functioning, identity and other life areas. Organizational Psychology is the science of human behaviour at work. IndustrialOrganizational Psychology is the area of psychology that uses psychological research to enhance work performance, select employee, improve product design and enhance usability.

03) Why do you want to study organizational psychology?

Organizational psychology considers not only people, but also the context within which those people work. The focus on individuals is a unique perspective in an environment where management is primarily concerned with the success of the organization as a whole. Instead, Organizational psychologists try to understand people within the context of the place they work. Organizational psychology is important as it is concerned with the study of worker attitudes and behavior, mental processes, evaluating companies, and conducting leadership training at work and at the same time, it is also applied to many different things in work. So we should study and understand human behavior in the workplace. The objectives in the study of psychology To have an improved understanding of ones own feelings and behavior To know more about the scientific nature of psychology and To know the values one gets from a study of psychology

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We must study the organizational psychology because of the following reasons:

Increase profitability of the organization Recruit and select suitable employees Identify and development leaders Improve operational efficiency Train and develop their workforces Improve employee morale to achieve the organizational goals.

Organizational psychology is important as it is concerned with the study of behaviour

and mental processes at work and at the same time, it is also applied to many different things in work. Everything we perform is very much related to or with organizational psychology.

Organizational psychology is extremely helpful that analyze the relationship between

humans and the jobs they perform. Since much of life is working, organizational psychology is perhaps one of the most important fields.

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