PSYC 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 75: Industrial And Organizational Psychology, Transformational Leadership, Theory X And Theory Y

• School: Brock University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1F90
• Professor: Kathryn Belicki

Document Summary

Module 75: applied psychology industrial and organizational psychology (pg. Applied psychology the use of psychological principles and research methods to solve practical problems. Can include clinical psychology, counseling psychology, community psychology, educational psychology, military psychology, consumer psychology, sports psychology, health psychology, space psychology, etc. Industrial/organizational (i/o) psychology a field that focuses on the psychology of work and on behaviour within organizations. Most i/o psychologists are employed by the government, industry, and businesses. Studying jobs to identify underlying skills, which can then guide efforts to select people and train them for those jobs (the industrial part) Studying organizations to understand how to create structures and company cultures that will improve worker performance (the organizational part) Earliest attempt to improve worker efficiency was made in 1923 by frederick taylor (an engineer) To speed up production, taylor standardized work routines and stressed careful planning, control, and orderliness. Versions of taylor"s approach are called scientific management or theory x leadership.