PSYC 3080 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Management Styles, Occupational Safety And Health, Industrial Revolution
4 Feb 2017
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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. Providing skills training and development i. e. leadership development plan for someone with lots of potential.
