Advanced Industrial Psychology ( Vol. 1 ) (Hardcover)  | Released: 2004

The Advanced Industrial Psychology plays an important role in industry in increasing production, promoting harmonious relationship among workers and in creating better understanding between labour and management. This book covers the undergraduate and postgraduate syllabi of all the Indian Universities. Its subject matter has been planned and treated according to the weightage given to different topics in the University syllabi. Based upon standard books, it studies industrial psychology in the setting of Indian conditions. While data have been gathered from standard books and reputed research journals published in the West, an attempt has been made to give the reader an insight into the problems of Indian industrial conditions and Indian labourers. Causes of their problems have been explored and suggestions advanced for amelioration of their conditions. Thus, the book is equally useful for all those concerned with industry and labour. It includes a discussion on the problems of industrial management and their solutions, and illustrates psychological tests and methods of measurement along with vocational guidance to the reader so that he may develop an understanding for the choice of a career and achievement of job satisfaction. The book will be an indispensable source for all professionals, researchers and students in the field of Psychology and for anyone working in the related areas for acquiring an up-to-date overviews.Table of Contents: 1. Impact of IndustrializationImpact upon Social Institutions; Impact on Caste System; Impact on Religion; Impact on Morals; Impact on Entertainment; 2. Industrial PsychologyWhat is Industrial Psychology?; History of Development; Industrial Psychology and General Psychology; Nature of Industrial Psychology; Industrial Psychology and Industrial Sociology; Scope of Industrial Psychology; Objectives of Industrial Psychology; Function and Value of Industrial Psychology; 3. MethodologyExperiment; Social Survey; Observation; Interview; Questionnaire; The Schedule; Psychological Measurement; Measurement of Apitudes; Time and Motion Studies; 4. FoundationsPsychological Foundations of Industrial Psychology; Social Foundations of Industrial Psychology; Economic Foundations of Industrial Psychology; 5. Human Relations in IndustryProblems of Human Relations in Industry; Welfare in Industry; Labour Welfare; Labour Welfare Activity; Advantages to Employers from Intra-Mural Welfare Work; Value of Labour Welfare in India; Industrial Conflicts; Strikes; Lock Outs; 6. Organizational PsychologyBasic Elements of Organization; Kinds of Organizations; Formal Organization; Various Levels of Industrial Organization; Principles of Industrial Organization; Informal Organizations; Industrialization in India; The Economic Consequences of Industrialization; Industrialization and Social Disorganization; 7. Industrial BureaucracyMeaning of Industrial Bureaucracy; Characteristics of the Industrial Bureaucracy; Types of Bureaucracy; Advantages of Bureaucracy; Disadvantages of Bureaucracy; Suggestions for Reforms; 8. Industrial LeadershipLeadership in Industry; Levels of Leadership; Types of Leadership; The Conditions of Effective Leadership; Qualities of Leadership; Traits Common to All Leaders; Importance of Leadership; Functions of Leadership; Different Approaches to Leadership; Leadership Styles; Fieders Contingency Model; 9. Industrial and Personnel ManagementMeaning of Management; Characteristics of Management; Concept of Industrial Management; Functions of Industrial Management; Personnel Management; Departments of Personnel Management; Personnel Policy; 10. Professional Industrial Management in IndiaReview of Literature; Statement of the Problem; Universe and Sample; Method of Data Collection and Analysis; Characteristics of Managers; Professional Authority; Professional Autonomy in the Area of Professional Authority; Structural Constraints in the Area of Professional Authority and Autonomy; Industrial Management in India; 11. Industrial SupervisionMeaning of Supervision; Essential Qualities of a Supervisor; Types of Supervision; Conditions of Effective Supervision; Principles of Effective Supervision; Supervision Techniques; Factors Affecting Supervision; 12. Impact of Individual DifferencesTypes of Individual Differences; Causes of Individual Differences; Value of Individual Differences in Vocational Guidance; Tests for Measurement; 13. Psychological Testing and Measurement in Personnel SelectionWhat are Mental Tests?; Characteristics of a Good Test; Classification of Psychological Tests; Intelligence Tests; Verbal Group Intelligence Tests; Non-Verbal Group Intelligence Tests; Measurement of Personality; Measurement of Special Abilities; Tests for Individual Abilities; Measurement of Attitudes; Methods of Measuring Attitudes; 14. Personnel Selection Tests and InterviewsGuidelines to Testing; Steps in Testing; Types of Selection Tests; Developing a Testing Programme; Precautions in Using Tests; What is Selection Interview?; Interview Process; Subdivision of Interview; Limitations of the Interview Method; Qualities of a Successful Interviewer; Means to Make the Interview Effective; 15. Vocational GuidanceWhat is Guidance?; Kinds of Guidance; Classification According to the Mode of Guidance; Vocational Guidance : Its History; Process of Vocational Guidance; 16. Personnel Selection : Job Analysis and Workers Analysis; Psychology in Industry; Job Analysis; Workers Analysis; Methods of Workers Analysis; 17. Industrial Working EnvironmentPhysical Conditions of Work; Psychological Conditions of Work; Chances of Promotion; 18. Efficiency, Time-Motion Study and TherbligsWhat is Efficiency?; Determinants of Efficiency; Time-Motion Study; Therbligs