Organizational Psychology

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The application of psychological theories and tools in understanding organizational behavior and effectiveness.

Introduction to Organizational Psychology: An overview of the field including its history, theories, and applications.
Organizational Behavior: The study of how individuals and groups behave within organizations, including topics such as motivation, communication, and leadership.
Human Resource Management: The policies and practices related to recruiting, hiring, training, and managing employees in an organization.
Organizational Development: The process of planned changes in an organization, including organizational culture, structure, and design.
Job Analysis and Design: The process of defining and organizing jobs within an organization to optimize productivity and employee satisfaction.
Performance Management: The process of setting goals, evaluating performance, and providing feedback to improve employee productivity and performance within an organization.
Industrial and Organizational Psychology: The study of how psychology can be applied to the workplace, including aspects of both industrial and organizational psychology.
Employee Training and Development: The process of providing learning and development opportunities to employees to enhance their skills and knowledge within an organization.
Organizational Communication: The study of how communication occurs within an organization, including its formal and informal processes.
- "Industrial and organizational psychology (I-O psychology) is the science of human behavior in the workplace and work-life interface."
- "Depending on the country or region of the world, I-O psychology is also known as occupational psychology in the United Kingdom, organizational psychology in Australia and New Zealand, and work and organizational (WO) psychology throughout Europe and Brazil."
- "Industrial, work, and organizational (IWO) psychology is the broader, more global title for the science and profession."
- "They contribute to an organization's success by improving the job performance, wellbeing, motivation, job satisfaction, and the health and safety of employees."
- "I-O psychologists are trained in the scientist-practitioner model."
- "An I-O psychologist conducts research on employee behaviors and attitudes, and how these can be improved through recruitment processes, training programs, feedback, and management systems."
- "I-O psychology research and practice also includes the work–nonwork interface such as selecting and transitioning into a new career, occupational burnout, unemployment, retirement, and work-family conflict and balance."
- "I-O psychology is one of the 17 recognized professional specialties by the American Psychological Association (APA)."
- "In the United States, the profession is represented by Division 14 of the APA and is formally known as the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)."
- "In 2009, The Alliance for Organizational psychology was formed."
- "The Declaration of Identity for the Alliance 'aims to create a foundation of who Industrial, Work, and Organizational Psychologists (IWOPS) are, who their stakeholders and clients are, and what they can contribute to organizations to ensure high performing and healthy workers.'" Please note that due to the limitations of the AI model, the quotes provided are based on the information from the paragraph and may not be an exact match.