[PSYC 3080] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (13 pages long)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3080
• Professor: Harjinder Gill

Document Summary

Subareas industrial or personnel psychology: hr stuff: recruitment, job analysis, selection, training, performance appraisal, compensation. The application of psychological principles to the workplace (anywhere people work) Organizations = social inventions for accomplishing common goals through group effort. Concerned with how organizations can survive and adapt to change. To survive people have to: be motivated to join and remain in the organization, carry out their basic work reliably, in terms of productivity, quality, and service, be willing to continuously learn and upgrade their knowledge and skills. Helping make jobs more interesting and satisfying. Helping workers be more productive i. e. surveys to determine how people can be trained best at work. Making jobs more interesting/satisfying: designing jobs people will find satisfying, rewarding work (for some people, work is more central in their lives, etc. , ergonomics. Motivating employees to perform i. e. giving more input in decision making creating teams that work well together: combining diverse talents and perspectives.