Industrial-Organisational Psychology

A topic within Applied Psychology, itself one of 9 topics in that field and part of Psychology.

Reading on Industrial-Organisational Psychology

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Book1911

Increasing Human Efficiency in Business: A Contribution to the Psychology of Business

Walter Dill Scott

Applies experimental psychology to management practice - selecting employees, structuring incentives, training and supervision - arguing efficiency gains come from understanding worker psychology rather than from time-and-motion measurement alone.

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Book1913

Psychology and Industrial Efficiency

Hugo Munsterberg

Makes the case for applying experimental psychology to the workplace - selecting workers suited to a job, designing training, and studying fatigue and monotony - founding what became industrial-organisational psychology.

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Psychology · Applied Psychology

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Reading on Industrial-Organisational Psychology

Increasing Human Efficiency in Business: A Contribution to the Psychology of Business

Psychology and Industrial Efficiency

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