Enhancing Workplace Productivity with Psychology

Psycho-Industries: Applying Psychology at Work

Psycho-industries: Application of methods and principles of psychology to people in the job.

Aims:

• Ensure employees adapt to be more productive.
• Move forward with enthusiasm.
• Change leadership styles for better flexibility.
• Improve interpersonal conflict resolution.
• Develop creativity to boost decision-making skills.

Conduct of Man in Industrial Setting

• Role assignment, job description.
• Compliance with objectives.
• Objective performance evaluation.
• Competitive organization capacity to meet customer expectations in quality, service, opportunity, and values.

Industry: A Place to Study Behavior

• Determine interests and needs of people.
• Determine attitudes and skills required for the job.
• Meet needs to help people feel useful.
• Major contribution of industrial psychology is through behavior; certain behaviors are valued.

Psycho Applications in Industry

• Staff classification.
• Job simplification.
• Company culture enhancement.
• Motivation and satisfaction in the job.
• Training to promote job performance.
• Strengthen leadership and interpersonal relations.
• Improve job conditions.
• Address job stress.

Factors Affecting Organizational Behavior

Administrators: Conscientiously coordinate activities, consisting of 2 or more people whose cooperation is essential.

An organization exists only when there are people capable of communicating, people willing to act together, and they want to have objects in common.

Function of a Manager: Making activities happen through other people, making decisions, resource allocation, and directing activities.

Management Functions: Planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, controlling.

Profile and Skills of an Administrator

• Clarify goals and objectives.
• Encourage participation.
• Planning and organizing skills.
• Technical and administrative knowledge.
• Facilitate teamwork.
• Provide sincere and constructive feedback.
• Base activities on objectives.
• Control details without intruding.