Psychology 2660A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Industrial And Organizational Psychology, Shanxi, Terracotta Army
25 Mar 2015
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Past 100 years but more specifically evolved over the last 50 years. Explaining your job to group members task (main duties, how we were chosen, how we were trained, how was your job performance evaluated, biggest on the job challenge) Quality of work life (it matters how we feel at work) Terracotta warriors 209 bc shanxi province of china. The earliest work done in an assembly line type way but these people have variation. Although assembly lines are used to make things in a similar way. Ships float down water and everyone does their bit. Doing something on a repetitive basis to make the process more efficiently. More standardized, reduction of error, skill acquisition (doing something over and over you. Cons of this: you don"t get the satisfaction of seeing the final product, you feel like just a pawn. Can make things most efficiently, frederik taylor and taylorism. Make movements quicker and faster with time and motion studies.
