Industrial Psychology by Narendar Singh

This is an introductory text on Industrial Psychology. The discussion of the book is focused on ‘industrial psychology’, but also touches upon ‘psychology’ in general. It effectively traces the historical background and development of industrial psychology as a discipline and concepts, theories and methodologies related to it. In addition, it also includes topics such as performance management, managerial development, return on investments and models for evaluating training.

Contents

•  Introduction to Industrial Psychology – Definitions & Scope
• Scientific Management, Human Relations Schools and Hawthorne Experiments 
• Motivation and Job Satisfaction
• Stress Management
• Organisational Culture
• Leadership and Group Dynamics Unit III: Work Environment and Engineering Psychology 
• Work Environment and Engineering Psychology, Fatigue, Boredom, Accidents and Safety
• Job Analysis
• Recruitment and Selection: Reliability and Validity of Recruitment Tests 
• Performance Management
• Training and Development