Publisher's Synopsis
This text offers coverage between a research-based summary of the industrial/organizational field, and applications of psychological theories to the "real" business world. The authors have developed a hypothetical organization as a device for demonstrating the concepts covered in each chapter.;A four-tiered approach is used to teach students the applicability of industrial organizational science: each chapter opens with a memo written to the human resources coordinator (an I/O psychologist) describing a problem that has arisen in a branch of the organization; possible solutions to the problem are investigated through the exploration of the theories and research within the chapter; the chapter concludes with a memo from the human resources coordinator proposing a possible strategy for resolving the issue presented in the opening memo.;It includes coverage of classic and contemporary research bodies with summarized conclusions for the student. Other features of the text are chapter objectives, within-chapter summaries of major concepts, a running glossary and chapter reviews.;This book should be of interest to degree and diploma students on courses in organizational behaviour in departments of business studies and psychology.
