Industrial Psychology Notes
UNIT-I
Introduction to Industrial Psychology: Meaning. Concept, Nature, Scope & Importance, Problems of industrial psychology: Psychological testing: Utility, Reliability, and Validity. Individual Differences & their evaluation; Occupational Information and its importance in Industrial Psychology. Personnel Tests Purposes & Uses of Tests for Placement, Promotion etc. Validity of Tests, types of Tests and their efficiency, Tests on the basis of intelligence personality and interests. limitation of psychological tests.
UNIT-II
Human Engineering: Introduction. Time Study, Motion study, work study. Hawthorne Study Fatigue Nature, environmental condition, effecting Fatigue, fatigue reduction, monotony, boredom Accident Prevention: Introduction, causes of accidents. Industrial safety program.
UNIT-III
Organizational Stress: Causes and effects, coping with stress Motivation at work: Fundamentals, Financial& Non-Financial aspects; Attitudes: Introduction, components, Methods of measuring attitudes, Psychological and Social Issues: Job Simplification, Boredom & Monotony. Fatigue, and Telecommuting.
UNIT-IV
Job Satisfaction: factors influencing job satisfaction. How to increase job satisfaction Personnel Counseling: Objectives, types of Counseling, steps & Techniques of counseling. Group dynamics: Formal & informal groups, group think and group shift.
Suggested Reading:
- Agunis. H. (2011), Industrial Psychology, Second Edition. Pearson Education, New DelhiKohli, A.S. & Deb, T. (2010). Organizational Psychology. Oxford University Press. New Delhi.Willard Harrell T. (2009).
- Industrial Psychology: (Oxford IBH Publishing Co.)Edger Schein (2009).
- Organizational Psychology PHI, New DelhiIndustrial Psychology:
- E.J. McCormic and IIgen, PHI, New DelhiIndustrial Psychology : M.L.Blum, J.C.Nayur (CBS Publishers)
