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Learning Outcomes
After reading this chapter, you should be able to
De�ine I/O psychology.
Explain the history and evolution of I/O psychology.
Understand how positive psychology can in�luence I/O psychology practices.
Identify ways in which I/O psychology can lead to quanti�iable return on investment in human
capital.
Describe the different roles I/O psychologists play in organizations.
Identify the major opportunities and challenges that I/O psychology can help organizations
navigate.
1What Is Industrial/OrganizationalPsychology?
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1.1 De�ining I/O Psychology
According to the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), industrial/organizational (I/O)
psychology can be de�ined as the scienti�ic study of working and the application of that science to workplace issues
facing individuals, teams, and organizations. I/O psychology uses rigorous scienti�ic methods to investigate issues of
critical relevance to individuals, businesses, and society, including talent management, coaching, assessment,
selection, training, organizational development, performance, and work–life balance. In other words, I/O psychology
is a branch of psychology that uses methods, facts, and principles of psychology to enhance employee productivity.
I/O psychology originates from two distinct but related areas of study: industrial and organizational psychology.
Industrial psychology focuses on individual-level phenomena in the workplace. This includes assessing workers’
personalities, knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics (KSAOs) in order to match them with the right
jobs; measuring and managing employee attitudes and emotions; using the right working conditions and reward
systems to motivate employees; training and developing employees for their current and future roles; and ensuring
that workers have healthy, safe, and balanced jobs and lives. Organizational psychology focuses on group- and
organizational-level phenomena, which may occur in both work and nonwork settings. Examples include
communication, negotiation, con�lict resolution, and team processes. The purpose of organizational psychology is to
facilitate the understanding of interactions and relationships among in.
The job description outlines the responsibilities of a Senior Logistics Management Specialist position which includes providing technical expertise in planning, coordinating, and integrating total integrated logistics support efforts for aircraft maintenance material readiness list programs. Key responsibilities involve managing configuration control, operations, and maintenance of various logistics information systems. Qualified candidates should have extensive project management experience, knowledge of the system development life cycle, and technical capabilities including expertise in cloud architecture, Microsoft technologies, and cloud computing platforms.
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This document discusses human resource challenges at MTS Systems Corporation. It identifies retention of skilled workers as a major challenge, as employees seek promotion and to meet changing expectations and motivations. Younger generations are less loyal and more driven by recognition, while older generations value financial rewards more. The company must evaluate workplace needs and focus on career growth, creativity, collaboration, and mission to engage employees. Effective communication between generations and a culture of respect are also important to address human resource issues and improve performance at MTS Systems Corporation.
Business psychology is becoming more commonly used by business leaders to improve organizational functioning, growth, and problem solving. A career in business psychology offers many opportunities in fields like consulting, human resources, management solutions, and organizational development. Students pursuing a degree in business psychology will learn about human organizations, current research in the field, and how to select personnel, perform interventions, assess and develop organizations, conduct research and statistical analysis, and develop communication and interpersonal skills needed for business. Psychology helps businesses through activities like job analysis, personnel recruitment and selection, understanding organizational culture, employee development, addressing "pain points", managing downsizing, performance management, individual assessment, compensation analysis, training applications, and understanding group behavior.
This document discusses developing and retaining human capital as a challenge for human resources professionals. It outlines several reasons for employee turnover, including unclear job expectations, lack of growth opportunities, and poor work-life balance. It also notes that different generations have different needs that must be addressed. Common retention strategies mentioned include aligning employee goals with company goals, providing training and career development opportunities, offering competitive compensation and benefits, and ensuring good relationships with supervisors. Developing the right skills is important for human resources professionals to effectively implement different strategies for different employee groups and generations.
This document discusses innovative HR practices. It begins by explaining how innovative practices build competencies, capabilities, and foster innovation. It then discusses the need for HR practices to change with trends like increased competition and technological change. It also covers topics like employee motivation, individual innovativeness, organizational citizenship behavior, and the role of the HR leader in bringing innovative ideas and practices to help develop employees and lead the organization successfully.
Employees who are highly engaged are the best asset for an organization. Engaged employees are fully committed to their work, interested, and able to focus their attention and inspiration on doing their best. In today's competitive global business environment, companies must compete internationally and focus on creativity and innovation to be leaders in their industries. Both human and non-human assets are crucial for companies to continue operating successfully in the long run, but human capital is becoming more important because employees generate ideas and drive companies forward through their work. There are different types of employee engagement, including attitudinal, behavioral, and trait-based engagement, and engagement is determined by both individual employee characteristics and the organizational environment.
The document discusses issues with human resources in Indonesia and proposes an integrated approach to solving them. It summarizes that:
1. Indonesian HR professionals often lack confidence, communication skills, and self-driven learning according to some respondents.
2. HR must be treated as a strategic function rather than just administrative. There are also issues with leadership, culture, systems and practices.
3. Performance is determined by an employee's capacity, commitment, and applied knowledge and skills. All elements must be at least 100% for full performance.
4. An integrated approach is needed that addresses the organization structure, managerial systems and practices, compensation, and people development to solve HR issues comprehensively.
The job description outlines the responsibilities of a Senior Logistics Management Specialist position which includes providing technical expertise in planning, coordinating, and integrating total integrated logistics support efforts for aircraft maintenance material readiness list programs. Key responsibilities involve managing configuration control, operations, and maintenance of various logistics information systems. Qualified candidates should have extensive project management experience, knowledge of the system development life cycle, and technical capabilities including expertise in cloud architecture, Microsoft technologies, and cloud computing platforms.
Running head CLIENT PROBLEM 1CLIENT PROBLEM.docxsusanschei
This document discusses human resource challenges at MTS Systems Corporation. It identifies retention of skilled workers as a major challenge, as employees seek promotion and to meet changing expectations and motivations. Younger generations are less loyal and more driven by recognition, while older generations value financial rewards more. The company must evaluate workplace needs and focus on career growth, creativity, collaboration, and mission to engage employees. Effective communication between generations and a culture of respect are also important to address human resource issues and improve performance at MTS Systems Corporation.
Business psychology is becoming more commonly used by business leaders to improve organizational functioning, growth, and problem solving. A career in business psychology offers many opportunities in fields like consulting, human resources, management solutions, and organizational development. Students pursuing a degree in business psychology will learn about human organizations, current research in the field, and how to select personnel, perform interventions, assess and develop organizations, conduct research and statistical analysis, and develop communication and interpersonal skills needed for business. Psychology helps businesses through activities like job analysis, personnel recruitment and selection, understanding organizational culture, employee development, addressing "pain points", managing downsizing, performance management, individual assessment, compensation analysis, training applications, and understanding group behavior.
This document discusses developing and retaining human capital as a challenge for human resources professionals. It outlines several reasons for employee turnover, including unclear job expectations, lack of growth opportunities, and poor work-life balance. It also notes that different generations have different needs that must be addressed. Common retention strategies mentioned include aligning employee goals with company goals, providing training and career development opportunities, offering competitive compensation and benefits, and ensuring good relationships with supervisors. Developing the right skills is important for human resources professionals to effectively implement different strategies for different employee groups and generations.
This document discusses innovative HR practices. It begins by explaining how innovative practices build competencies, capabilities, and foster innovation. It then discusses the need for HR practices to change with trends like increased competition and technological change. It also covers topics like employee motivation, individual innovativeness, organizational citizenship behavior, and the role of the HR leader in bringing innovative ideas and practices to help develop employees and lead the organization successfully.
Employees who are highly engaged are the best asset for an organization. Engaged employees are fully committed to their work, interested, and able to focus their attention and inspiration on doing their best. In today's competitive global business environment, companies must compete internationally and focus on creativity and innovation to be leaders in their industries. Both human and non-human assets are crucial for companies to continue operating successfully in the long run, but human capital is becoming more important because employees generate ideas and drive companies forward through their work. There are different types of employee engagement, including attitudinal, behavioral, and trait-based engagement, and engagement is determined by both individual employee characteristics and the organizational environment.
The document discusses issues with human resources in Indonesia and proposes an integrated approach to solving them. It summarizes that:
1. Indonesian HR professionals often lack confidence, communication skills, and self-driven learning according to some respondents.
2. HR must be treated as a strategic function rather than just administrative. There are also issues with leadership, culture, systems and practices.
3. Performance is determined by an employee's capacity, commitment, and applied knowledge and skills. All elements must be at least 100% for full performance.
4. An integrated approach is needed that addresses the organization structure, managerial systems and practices, compensation, and people development to solve HR issues comprehensively.
This document discusses the relationship between employer value proposition and employee value proposition. It states that EVP and EVP are interdependent and must be properly aligned in order to attract and retain the right talent, ensure employee satisfaction, and increase productivity. It provides examples of how they are like two sides of the same coin or like identical twins that must be in tune. The document emphasizes that organizations must consider what employees want, including satisfaction, feedback, growth and learning opportunities, and passion from leaders. It also outlines some factors that make employees unhappy.
H-E-B Central Market Management Theory AnalysisAshley Fisher
Central Market was founded in 1994 in Austin, Texas as a higher-end grocery store bringing European market concepts to the US. It is privately owned and allows department managers significant autonomy to develop their own plans and strategies. This decentralized structure fosters creativity and innovation as managers take pride and ownership in the plans they create for their departments.
This document provides an introduction to organizational behavior. It discusses the objective to understand the nature, determinants and need for studying organizational behavior. It also examines people at work both as individuals and within groups, and how they impact and are impacted by the organizations where they work. Key forces such as people and structure that affect the nature of organizations are also outlined.
This document provides an overview of organizational behavior and its historical development. It describes how scientific management in the early 1900s focused on increasing productivity. This was followed by the human relations movement which emphasized helping and guiding employees. Modern organizational behavior draws from various fields like psychology, sociology, and management to study people and organizations in a more holistic way.
The document discusses the importance of onboarding for new employees. It states that the first 12-18 months is critical for employee retention and engagement. An effective onboarding process is used to integrate new employees and familiarize them with the organization, their role, and workplace culture. It also touches on learning organizational values and norms through social networks, coaching, and mentoring.
Week Four Learning Outcomes OMM618 Human Resources Management (MF.docxalanfhall8953
Week Four Learning Outcomes OMM618: Human Resources Management (MFG1322B)
This week students will:
1. Examine employee compensation factors, including direct financial payments and indirect payments.
2. Summarize the key attributes of a healthy ethical culture within an organization.
Readings
Read the following chapters in: A Framework for Human Resource Management:
1. Chapter 7: Compensating Employees
2. Chapter 8: Ethics and Fair Treatment in Human Resource Management
Discussions
To participate in the following Discussion Forums, go to this week's Discussion link in the left navigation:
1. Acme Manufacturing
Answer the questions to the case, "Salary Inequities at Acme Manufacturing," at the end of Chapter 7. Include at least one outside source supporting your answers. Explain your answers in 200 words. Respond to at least two of your fellow students' postings.
2. Ethics and Organizational Culture
Answer the questions to the case, "Enron, Ethics, and Organizational Culture," at the end of Chapter 8. Include at least one outside source supporting your answers. Explain your answers in 200 words. Respond to at least two of your fellow students' postings.
Assignments
To complete this assignment, go to this week's Assignment link in the left navigation:
Incentive Plans
Research and discuss at least two different types of incentive plans discussed in the text. Highlight the possible advantages and disadvantages of each. Find at least two articles through ProQuest that discusses incentive payment plans. Summarize your findings in a 3-5 page paper. Be sure to properly cite your resources using APA style.
Week 2 in Review
An examination of Trilogy provided insight into the complexities of various approaches to recruitment -- and the importance of incorporating recruitment into organizational strategies. From an HR perspective, the strategy involves many intra-related and inter-related aspects, such as job description, job analysis, recruitment methodologies, legal requirements, and a planned and cultivated organizational culture. It is all about Hiring Right! It is all about aligning organizational goals with individual goals to arrive at a place where work effort matches work productivity. Culture is the environment people work in, it’s the element that shapes your enjoyment, work relationship and work process. Culture is made up of values, beliefs, underlying assumptions, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a group of people (Heathfield, 2011). The employees at Trilogy all share similar interests and passions about their job, which means that working as a team would not be problematic. Trilogy has created an organizational culture that represents decision making, daily work practice, stories and legends.
Heathfield, S.M (2011) Culture: Your Environment for People at Work. Retrieved on June 29, 2011, from http://humanresources.about.com/od/organizationalculture/a/culture.htm
It is important to note that organizational culture should be devel.
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2-2: Interview Reflections
I felt that my interviewee understood that the job of HR needed to change to stay relevant. According to Grossman, being a “credible partner” is part of the competencies that are required in the new reality that is HR. With speaking to Joe, my interviewee, it appears that he recognized a long time ago that to survive, HR was going to have to make changes and become relevant to the business they are in, which is the moving industry. With doing this, they have looked for ways to outsource the “usual” HR functions and become involved with supporting the staff that they have, getting great talent, and being a source of knowable for the company. Taking an early lead in being a part of the development of their tariff has allowed Joe’s HR division to be taken very seriously within the company. They continue to evolve into the HR of today and even the future.
3.2 The Organizational Culture
After taking the survey, I realize that the organizational culture that I would want at my “Best Place to Work” would be similar to what I have now. My current company believes that HR is the responsibility of everyone. We have a benefits manager but recruiting top talent is such an important part of our cincture, that we receive a $10,000 bonus for recruiting staff.
Credibility- It is important that staff and clients feel that they can trust us. We find that we have repeat customers within the client base and recommendations due to our credibility.
Respect- Clients and staff are treated with prospect. The CEO understands that we make the company run. He rewards the staff with many different gifts and shows of appreciation.
Fairness- Being fair is a hallmark of a good company. Nothing ruins moral faster than favoritism.
Pride and Camaraderie- Staff are happy and proud to tell people they work for the company. This is due to the stellar reputation.
4-4: Leading Change
With my industry, which is hirer education financial aid, change is driven by new policies and regulations that come from the federal government. These changes are inevitable and uncontrollable. Within my consulting firm, we stay ahead of the change by paying attention and participating in negotiated rulemaking, which allows the financial aid industry to have a say in the policies that re coming down the pipe. We definitely use the analyze/think/change model.
The emotional reactions to change that I see very often is fear. Many times, staff is afraid that within the change, they will seem incompetent if they don’t take on the change as quick as other staff. During my current project, which is redesign of the student employment office, the staff involved went through all the emotions in varying levels. They eventual got to renewal and are fully vested in the process.
It is import for HR to take a front seat when change happens. This helps staff to understand that they are supported. It is also important for staff to be able to have their negative feelings openly, .
This document summarizes a research study from 1994 that examined employee motivation at a UK defense systems manufacturer. The study aimed to understand motivation from the employees' perspective. A survey was administered to 51 employees across levels and departments. The results showed that while the company created a mostly positive work environment, employees gave very low scores for feelings of warmth and support from leadership. Further analysis revealed deep issues in how operators and engineers experienced leadership. The study highlights the importance of understanding employee perceptions in order to close gaps between reality and company goals/philosophy regarding culture and motivation.
Is your company’s human resources operation a true “business partner” that makes a major contribution to your bottom line? Or does it merely fulfil the daily tasks of hiring, firing and paying your employees? If the latter, don’t worry – that can change. So say the human resources experts who founded the RBL Group and the RBL Institute, a consultancy and an educational organization dedicated to helping HR leaders attain new levels of professionalism. Using the institute’s tools and tactics, you can “transform” your human resources department into a valued, knowledgeable and contributing member of your corporate team. While you don’t have to be a human resources professional to benefit from this book, its HR-speak presents a pretty dense thicket that might daunt a novice.
What is the future for Project leadership? - APM Project ArticleDonnie MacNicol
Donnie MacNicol is director of Team Animation Ltd. He is sought after for his expertise on the leadership and organisational aspects of deploying and leveraging business benefit from project, programme and portfolio management. Here he discusses some key areas of focus for project leaders.
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2. Framework Graphic
Candidates will create a graphic that reflects an understanding of a conceptual/theoretical framework (preferably related to their dissertation topic). In a graphic, candidates’ creations should clearly represent their vision of the framework and include 1 – 2 paragraphs on how the dependent and independent variables are evidenced.
Dissertation topic that I submitted is in the attachment that has a file name as Survey -27
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Read one (1) research articles on Therapeutic Recreation in Long Term Center or a specific treatment
modality/facilitation technique appropriate for older population in a long term care setting (e.g., assisted living, nursing home, etc.) and write a reaction paper based on guide questions. Must be 3 pages minimum. No plagiarism. Must have knowledge in Therapeutic Recreation Major and modalities.
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of what I am looking for.
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In examining
Document 4
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Document 6
, how did the onset of the Cold War redefine what it meant to be an American? What role do these documents suggest loyal citizens play in waging war against Communism? In examining the political cartoon (
Document 5
), how does the artist critique the “anti-subversive” efforts that took place during the Second Red Scare? In what ways does the McCarthy era continue to influence American society?
3)
The turbulent 1960s saw numerous attempts to identify the root problems within American society and the role of citizens in resolving them. In examining
Document 7
,
Document 8
, and
Document 9
, what common problems are identified within American society? What are some of the differences? What role did each of these documents suggest Americans should play in achieving social justice? Are their arguments persuasive? Why or why not?
4)
The last several decades of the Twentieth Century saw the emergence of new groups of Americans claiming rights as citizens. To what extent does the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment (
Document 10
) to be ratified, but the signing of Title IX (
Document 11
) into law, signal about the changing role and rights of women in modern America? After reading President George H.W. Bush’s remarks (
Document 12
), why do you believe it took so long for the country to acknowledge and protect the rights of the disabled?
5)
How does Maya Angelou’s inauguration poem (
Document 13
) reflect upon the identity of “hyphenated Americans” by the early 1990s? In reading
Document 14
, how does President-Elect Barack Obama define Americanism? Looking back over documents 1-13, did his election, as the first person of color to become President of the United States, resolve the questions and crises surrounding the definition of an American citizen? In a post-9/11 world, has America progressed in its inclusiveness? Why or why not?
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2. Sandra is a parent who believes that play is just entertainment for children, whereas Petra is a parent who believes that play is developmentally beneficial for children. Which is likely to be true about Sandra and Petra?
Group of answer choices
A. Sandra’s children are more likely to have richer imaginations than Petra’s children.
B. Sandra is less likely than Petra to encourage pretend play.
C. Petra is more likely than Sandra to encourage associative play.
D. Petra is less likely than Sandra to provide props for her children to play with.
3. Three-year-old Aiko is pretending that her teddy bear is going to the beach and places a paper plate on the teddy bear’s head as a “hat.” Aiko is demonstrating...
Group of answer choices
A. dual representation
B. egocentrism
C. centration
D. animistic thinking
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Nikki and Anna are both running for class president. When Anna wins the election, Nikki is jealous and spreads rumors about Anna. Nikki is displaying .. (pick below.......) aggression
A. verbal
B."reactive",
C"physical",
D"proactive"]
6. Kris has a preschool-age daughter named Leila. When Kris gives Leila three cookies and asks her to count them, Leila points to each cookie, one-by-one, and says, “One, two, three.” When Kris asks Leila, “How many cookies do you have?” Leila proudly answers, “Three!” Leila is demonstrating an understanding of...
Group of answer choices
A. Cardinality
B.arithmetic
C. quantity comparisons
D. Ordinality
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2.2 Discussion What Is LeadershipGetting StartedR.docxherminaprocter
This document provides instructions and background information for an assignment on ethics and values in leadership. It discusses how leaders face ethical dilemmas that require balancing competing priorities and values. Students are asked to read about ethical reasoning and creating an ethical organizational culture from their textbook. They are also instructed to read two articles on virtuous leadership and business. The assignment requires students to describe a personal ethical dilemma, discuss how an ethical culture can influence such dilemmas, and cite the provided sources in a 400-500 word paper.
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2. You are a member of the Human Resource Department of a medium-sized organization that is implementing a new interorganizational system that will impact employees, customers, and suppliers. Your manager has requested that you work with the system development team to create a communications plan for the project. He would like to meet with you in two hours to review your thoughts on the KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. What should those objectives be?
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2.1. What is Strategic Human Resource Management Differentiate bet.docxherminaprocter
Strategic human resource management involves using HR tools and metrics to align human resource strategies with overall business strategies. Managers can improve employee engagement through job analysis, which collects data on jobs using methods like surveys, interviews, and observations to understand job requirements. Job analysis also identifies the competencies needed for roles, which are written descriptions of knowledge, skills, and abilities required for success.
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2,___Use of no less than six slides and no more than seven:
a. An introductory slide with the title or research question and your name and student number.
b. The remaining 4-5 pieces of information will be responsible for answering the information question:
What was the impact of ________en the history of _________?
c. An APA-style bibliography slide.
3.__one or more than another image in the power point related to the theme. One of these images may be the image of the neighbor being investigated.
4.__Bibliografía (no less than 4 references: Two from the Internet, one from one book and one from an interview- APA style)
7. ___write in your own words. No copy paste.
8. __ (Correct spelling and punctuation and note that the writing is yours and not a copy paste from the Internet or a book). Check the work before delivering it with this same check list.
V. Depth
9.__Desarrollo of the research question. Answer it through the power point presentation.
10. __ Depth in the study. Copy paste is not accepted. Any plagiarism (may be: copy a concept, even a sentence, whose intellectual author is not you, invalidates this research- see the university's politics regarding plagiarism). Each criterion is worth ten points.
¿Cómo impacta la novela a la historia de Puerto Rico?
Yeralis M. Rivera Arguinzoni
B00569846
Dra. Vilma Pizarro
Historia de Puerto rico
Universidad Interamericana Recinto de Barranquitas
Comienzos de la novela en Puerto Rico
La literatura en Puerto Rico comienza a finales del siglo XIX.
Movimiento del romanticismo( Europa: Alemania, Inglaterra y España)
Géneros literarios: Poesía, teatro, ensayo y narrativa( novela, cuentos, leyendas, etc.).
La novela es el último género en llegar a Puerto Rico y a América.
En estas novelas trataban los temas de: el amor a la patria, el destino, la muerte, Dios y el progreso, entre otros.
La primera novela puertorriqueña
Hay dos teorías sobre la primer novela puertorriqueña:
Luz y Sombra(1893) = Escrita por Ana Roque de Duprey, primera novela escrita en Puerto Rico.
“La Peregrinación de Bayoán”(1863) = Escrita por Eugenio María de Hostos, primera novela escrita por un puertorriqueño pero es escrita en España. Esta es la mas aceptada como la primera novela puertorriqueña. Su tema principal era la lucha por la identidad del puertorriqueño. Ideas políticas y sociales de Hostos luego del grito de Lares y el grito de Yara(Cuba), fueron expresadas en esta novela.
Otros escritores importantes de la época
Manuel Zeno Gandía = Considerado como el más grande novelista de Puerto Rico. Sus obras: “La Charca”, “Garduña” y “El Negocio”, conocidas como “Crónicas de un mundo enfermo”, se escriben ya bajo el naturalismo. Presentan a un Puerto Rico enfermo y la situación crítica de un Puerto Rico abandonado por España.
Enrique A. Laguerre = Sus obras más importantes: “La Resaca” y “La llamarada”. Sus obras presentan la pésima situación de vida del campesinado a finales del siglo XIX.
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Multicultural Interview Paper
Students may begin this assignment by selecting an individual from a culture differing from their own. This may be any culture or subgroup covered in the course content, such as adolescents, elderly adults, and persons with disabilities.
Students are not limited to these groups.
Students will create a series of interview questions focused on issues and concerns pertinent to the culture or subgroup
. Interview questions are to be specific and designed to help the student learn more about the culture or subgroup as it relates to Addictions & course studies. Students may use their text book and other course resources as guidelines for developing questions. Students should develop a minimum of eight-10 interview questions.
Students
must
submit interview questions to the course instructor and receive approval of the questions before proceeding with the assignment.
Students will then use these approved questions during the interview with the consenting individual and write a two page summarization of the questions with the answers received by the individual. The paper must be in question/answer format.
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A summary of your findings regarding sexual orientation and its impact on life-span development, including findings from the resources and from the journal article(s) you selected during your research
An explanation of how you might apply your findings to social work practice
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This week students will:
1. Examine employee compensation factors, including direct financial payments and indirect payments.
2. Summarize the key attributes of a healthy ethical culture within an organization.
Readings
Read the following chapters in: A Framework for Human Resource Management:
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Discussions
To participate in the following Discussion Forums, go to this week's Discussion link in the left navigation:
1. Acme Manufacturing
Answer the questions to the case, "Salary Inequities at Acme Manufacturing," at the end of Chapter 7. Include at least one outside source supporting your answers. Explain your answers in 200 words. Respond to at least two of your fellow students' postings.
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Assignments
To complete this assignment, go to this week's Assignment link in the left navigation:
Incentive Plans
Research and discuss at least two different types of incentive plans discussed in the text. Highlight the possible advantages and disadvantages of each. Find at least two articles through ProQuest that discusses incentive payment plans. Summarize your findings in a 3-5 page paper. Be sure to properly cite your resources using APA style.
Week 2 in Review
An examination of Trilogy provided insight into the complexities of various approaches to recruitment -- and the importance of incorporating recruitment into organizational strategies. From an HR perspective, the strategy involves many intra-related and inter-related aspects, such as job description, job analysis, recruitment methodologies, legal requirements, and a planned and cultivated organizational culture. It is all about Hiring Right! It is all about aligning organizational goals with individual goals to arrive at a place where work effort matches work productivity. Culture is the environment people work in, it’s the element that shapes your enjoyment, work relationship and work process. Culture is made up of values, beliefs, underlying assumptions, attitudes, and behaviors shared by a group of people (Heathfield, 2011). The employees at Trilogy all share similar interests and passions about their job, which means that working as a team would not be problematic. Trilogy has created an organizational culture that represents decision making, daily work practice, stories and legends.
Heathfield, S.M (2011) Culture: Your Environment for People at Work. Retrieved on June 29, 2011, from http://humanresources.about.com/od/organizationalculture/a/culture.htm
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2-2 Interview Reflections I felt that my interviewee understo.docxeugeniadean34240
2-2: Interview Reflections
I felt that my interviewee understood that the job of HR needed to change to stay relevant. According to Grossman, being a “credible partner” is part of the competencies that are required in the new reality that is HR. With speaking to Joe, my interviewee, it appears that he recognized a long time ago that to survive, HR was going to have to make changes and become relevant to the business they are in, which is the moving industry. With doing this, they have looked for ways to outsource the “usual” HR functions and become involved with supporting the staff that they have, getting great talent, and being a source of knowable for the company. Taking an early lead in being a part of the development of their tariff has allowed Joe’s HR division to be taken very seriously within the company. They continue to evolve into the HR of today and even the future.
3.2 The Organizational Culture
After taking the survey, I realize that the organizational culture that I would want at my “Best Place to Work” would be similar to what I have now. My current company believes that HR is the responsibility of everyone. We have a benefits manager but recruiting top talent is such an important part of our cincture, that we receive a $10,000 bonus for recruiting staff.
Credibility- It is important that staff and clients feel that they can trust us. We find that we have repeat customers within the client base and recommendations due to our credibility.
Respect- Clients and staff are treated with prospect. The CEO understands that we make the company run. He rewards the staff with many different gifts and shows of appreciation.
Fairness- Being fair is a hallmark of a good company. Nothing ruins moral faster than favoritism.
Pride and Camaraderie- Staff are happy and proud to tell people they work for the company. This is due to the stellar reputation.
4-4: Leading Change
With my industry, which is hirer education financial aid, change is driven by new policies and regulations that come from the federal government. These changes are inevitable and uncontrollable. Within my consulting firm, we stay ahead of the change by paying attention and participating in negotiated rulemaking, which allows the financial aid industry to have a say in the policies that re coming down the pipe. We definitely use the analyze/think/change model.
The emotional reactions to change that I see very often is fear. Many times, staff is afraid that within the change, they will seem incompetent if they don’t take on the change as quick as other staff. During my current project, which is redesign of the student employment office, the staff involved went through all the emotions in varying levels. They eventual got to renewal and are fully vested in the process.
It is import for HR to take a front seat when change happens. This helps staff to understand that they are supported. It is also important for staff to be able to have their negative feelings openly, .
This document summarizes a research study from 1994 that examined employee motivation at a UK defense systems manufacturer. The study aimed to understand motivation from the employees' perspective. A survey was administered to 51 employees across levels and departments. The results showed that while the company created a mostly positive work environment, employees gave very low scores for feelings of warmth and support from leadership. Further analysis revealed deep issues in how operators and engineers experienced leadership. The study highlights the importance of understanding employee perceptions in order to close gaps between reality and company goals/philosophy regarding culture and motivation.
Is your company’s human resources operation a true “business partner” that makes a major contribution to your bottom line? Or does it merely fulfil the daily tasks of hiring, firing and paying your employees? If the latter, don’t worry – that can change. So say the human resources experts who founded the RBL Group and the RBL Institute, a consultancy and an educational organization dedicated to helping HR leaders attain new levels of professionalism. Using the institute’s tools and tactics, you can “transform” your human resources department into a valued, knowledgeable and contributing member of your corporate team. While you don’t have to be a human resources professional to benefit from this book, its HR-speak presents a pretty dense thicket that might daunt a novice.
What is the future for Project leadership? - APM Project ArticleDonnie MacNicol
Donnie MacNicol is director of Team Animation Ltd. He is sought after for his expertise on the leadership and organisational aspects of deploying and leveraging business benefit from project, programme and portfolio management. Here he discusses some key areas of focus for project leaders.
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2. Framework Graphic Candidates will create a graphic that re.docxherminaprocter
2. Framework Graphic
Candidates will create a graphic that reflects an understanding of a conceptual/theoretical framework (preferably related to their dissertation topic). In a graphic, candidates’ creations should clearly represent their vision of the framework and include 1 – 2 paragraphs on how the dependent and independent variables are evidenced.
Dissertation topic that I submitted is in the attachment that has a file name as Survey -27
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Read one (1) research articles on Therapeutic Recreation in Long Term Center or a specific treatment
modality/facilitation technique appropriate for older population in a long term care setting (e.g., assisted living, nursing home, etc.) and write a reaction paper based on guide questions. Must be 3 pages minimum. No plagiarism. Must have knowledge in Therapeutic Recreation Major and modalities.
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In examining
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Document 6
, how did the onset of the Cold War redefine what it meant to be an American? What role do these documents suggest loyal citizens play in waging war against Communism? In examining the political cartoon (
Document 5
), how does the artist critique the “anti-subversive” efforts that took place during the Second Red Scare? In what ways does the McCarthy era continue to influence American society?
3)
The turbulent 1960s saw numerous attempts to identify the root problems within American society and the role of citizens in resolving them. In examining
Document 7
,
Document 8
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Document 9
, what common problems are identified within American society? What are some of the differences? What role did each of these documents suggest Americans should play in achieving social justice? Are their arguments persuasive? Why or why not?
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The last several decades of the Twentieth Century saw the emergence of new groups of Americans claiming rights as citizens. To what extent does the failure of the Equal Rights Amendment (
Document 10
) to be ratified, but the signing of Title IX (
Document 11
) into law, signal about the changing role and rights of women in modern America? After reading President George H.W. Bush’s remarks (
Document 12
), why do you believe it took so long for the country to acknowledge and protect the rights of the disabled?
5)
How does Maya Angelou’s inauguration poem (
Document 13
) reflect upon the identity of “hyphenated Americans” by the early 1990s? In reading
Document 14
, how does President-Elect Barack Obama define Americanism? Looking back over documents 1-13, did his election, as the first person of color to become President of the United States, resolve the questions and crises surrounding the definition of an American citizen? In a post-9/11 world, has America progressed in its inclusiveness? Why or why not?
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2. Sandra is a parent who believes that play is just entertainment for children, whereas Petra is a parent who believes that play is developmentally beneficial for children. Which is likely to be true about Sandra and Petra?
Group of answer choices
A. Sandra’s children are more likely to have richer imaginations than Petra’s children.
B. Sandra is less likely than Petra to encourage pretend play.
C. Petra is more likely than Sandra to encourage associative play.
D. Petra is less likely than Sandra to provide props for her children to play with.
3. Three-year-old Aiko is pretending that her teddy bear is going to the beach and places a paper plate on the teddy bear’s head as a “hat.” Aiko is demonstrating...
Group of answer choices
A. dual representation
B. egocentrism
C. centration
D. animistic thinking
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Nikki and Anna are both running for class president. When Anna wins the election, Nikki is jealous and spreads rumors about Anna. Nikki is displaying .. (pick below.......) aggression
A. verbal
B."reactive",
C"physical",
D"proactive"]
6. Kris has a preschool-age daughter named Leila. When Kris gives Leila three cookies and asks her to count them, Leila points to each cookie, one-by-one, and says, “One, two, three.” When Kris asks Leila, “How many cookies do you have?” Leila proudly answers, “Three!” Leila is demonstrating an understanding of...
Group of answer choices
A. Cardinality
B.arithmetic
C. quantity comparisons
D. Ordinality
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2.2 Discussion What Is LeadershipGetting StartedR.docxherminaprocter
This document provides instructions and background information for an assignment on ethics and values in leadership. It discusses how leaders face ethical dilemmas that require balancing competing priorities and values. Students are asked to read about ethical reasoning and creating an ethical organizational culture from their textbook. They are also instructed to read two articles on virtuous leadership and business. The assignment requires students to describe a personal ethical dilemma, discuss how an ethical culture can influence such dilemmas, and cite the provided sources in a 400-500 word paper.
2. You are a member of the Human Resource Department of a medium-si.docxherminaprocter
2. You are a member of the Human Resource Department of a medium-sized organization that is implementing a new interorganizational system that will impact employees, customers, and suppliers. Your manager has requested that you work with the system development team to create a communications plan for the project. He would like to meet with you in two hours to review your thoughts on the KEY OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN. What should those objectives be?
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2.1. What is Strategic Human Resource Management Differentiate bet.docxherminaprocter
Strategic human resource management involves using HR tools and metrics to align human resource strategies with overall business strategies. Managers can improve employee engagement through job analysis, which collects data on jobs using methods like surveys, interviews, and observations to understand job requirements. Job analysis also identifies the competencies needed for roles, which are written descriptions of knowledge, skills, and abilities required for success.
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2,___Use of no less than six slides and no more than seven:
a. An introductory slide with the title or research question and your name and student number.
b. The remaining 4-5 pieces of information will be responsible for answering the information question:
What was the impact of ________en the history of _________?
c. An APA-style bibliography slide.
3.__one or more than another image in the power point related to the theme. One of these images may be the image of the neighbor being investigated.
4.__Bibliografía (no less than 4 references: Two from the Internet, one from one book and one from an interview- APA style)
7. ___write in your own words. No copy paste.
8. __ (Correct spelling and punctuation and note that the writing is yours and not a copy paste from the Internet or a book). Check the work before delivering it with this same check list.
V. Depth
9.__Desarrollo of the research question. Answer it through the power point presentation.
10. __ Depth in the study. Copy paste is not accepted. Any plagiarism (may be: copy a concept, even a sentence, whose intellectual author is not you, invalidates this research- see the university's politics regarding plagiarism). Each criterion is worth ten points.
¿Cómo impacta la novela a la historia de Puerto Rico?
Yeralis M. Rivera Arguinzoni
B00569846
Dra. Vilma Pizarro
Historia de Puerto rico
Universidad Interamericana Recinto de Barranquitas
Comienzos de la novela en Puerto Rico
La literatura en Puerto Rico comienza a finales del siglo XIX.
Movimiento del romanticismo( Europa: Alemania, Inglaterra y España)
Géneros literarios: Poesía, teatro, ensayo y narrativa( novela, cuentos, leyendas, etc.).
La novela es el último género en llegar a Puerto Rico y a América.
En estas novelas trataban los temas de: el amor a la patria, el destino, la muerte, Dios y el progreso, entre otros.
La primera novela puertorriqueña
Hay dos teorías sobre la primer novela puertorriqueña:
Luz y Sombra(1893) = Escrita por Ana Roque de Duprey, primera novela escrita en Puerto Rico.
“La Peregrinación de Bayoán”(1863) = Escrita por Eugenio María de Hostos, primera novela escrita por un puertorriqueño pero es escrita en España. Esta es la mas aceptada como la primera novela puertorriqueña. Su tema principal era la lucha por la identidad del puertorriqueño. Ideas políticas y sociales de Hostos luego del grito de Lares y el grito de Yara(Cuba), fueron expresadas en esta novela.
Otros escritores importantes de la época
Manuel Zeno Gandía = Considerado como el más grande novelista de Puerto Rico. Sus obras: “La Charca”, “Garduña” y “El Negocio”, conocidas como “Crónicas de un mundo enfermo”, se escriben ya bajo el naturalismo. Presentan a un Puerto Rico enfermo y la situación crítica de un Puerto Rico abandonado por España.
Enrique A. Laguerre = Sus obras más importantes: “La Resaca” y “La llamarada”. Sus obras presentan la pésima situación de vida del campesinado a finales del siglo XIX.
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Multicultural Interview Paper
Students may begin this assignment by selecting an individual from a culture differing from their own. This may be any culture or subgroup covered in the course content, such as adolescents, elderly adults, and persons with disabilities.
Students are not limited to these groups.
Students will create a series of interview questions focused on issues and concerns pertinent to the culture or subgroup
. Interview questions are to be specific and designed to help the student learn more about the culture or subgroup as it relates to Addictions & course studies. Students may use their text book and other course resources as guidelines for developing questions. Students should develop a minimum of eight-10 interview questions.
Students
must
submit interview questions to the course instructor and receive approval of the questions before proceeding with the assignment.
Students will then use these approved questions during the interview with the consenting individual and write a two page summarization of the questions with the answers received by the individual. The paper must be in question/answer format.
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2-4A summary of your findings regarding sexual orientation and.docxherminaprocter
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A summary of your findings regarding sexual orientation and its impact on life-span development, including findings from the resources and from the journal article(s) you selected during your research
An explanation of how you might apply your findings to social work practice
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2- to 4A description of the services in your local communi.docxherminaprocter
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A description of the services in your local community that support individuals in later adulthood
An evaluation of the effectiveness of the services you identified
A description of service gaps you identified
An explanation of how to improve existing services
A description of services that should be added, and why
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2 or more paragraphAs previously noted, the Brocks have some of.docxherminaprocter
2 or more paragraph
As previously noted, the Brocks have some of their investment portfolio in conservative stocks. These equities have had very slow growth while regularly paying a small dividend.
Pam and Josh have received several emails recently with suggestions about various biotechnology, retailing, and environmental companies. The investment advisers believe that these industries would provide an opportunity for strong long-term financial gains.
In recent years, the Brocks have made extensive use of mutual funds in their investment portfolio. However, they are concerned that their selection of the funds may not be coordinated. With over 9,200 different mutual funds available, this financial marketplace is confusing.
The Brocks start the evaluation process by connecting various types of mutual funds to their investments goals. Next, they assess the past performance and management of the funds. Finally, they talk with various financial advisers and other investors to gather additional information.
Life Situation
Pam, 43
Josh, 45
3 Children, ages 16, 14 and 11
Financial Data
Monthly income$4,900 / Living expenses$4,450/ Assets$262,700/ Liabilities$84,600/ Emergency Fund$5,000
Q1. According to Pam, "We both know we should have started our investment program sooner, but we always seemed to have 'emergencies' that took what extra money we had." To what extent should the Brocks invest in stocks as a major portion of their investment portfolio?
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2-1 IntroductionUber Technologies Inc. (Uber) is a tech startu.docxherminaprocter
2-1 Introduction
Uber Technologies Inc. (Uber) is a tech startup that provides ride-sharing services by
facilitating a connection between independent contractors (drivers) and riders with the use
of an app. Uber has expanded its operations to 425 cities in 72 countries around the world
and is valued at around $70 billion, making it the world’s most valuable startup.
Approximately 30 million users use Uber’s services monthly. Uber has become a key player
in the sharing economy, a new economic model in which independent contractors rent out
their underutilized resources such as vehicles or lodging to other consumers. The sharing
economy is quickly becoming an alternative to owning resources outright. Because its
services cost less than taking a traditional taxi, Uber and similar ride-sharing services have
upended the taxi industry. The company has experienced resounding success and is
looking toward expansion both internationally and within the United States.
However, Uber’s rapid success is creating challenges in the form of legal and regulatory,
social, and technical obstacles. The taxi industry, for instance, is arguing that Uber has an
unfair advantage because it does not face the same licensing requirements as they do.
Others accuse Uber of not vetting their drivers, creating potentially unsafe situations. Some
major cities are banning ride-sharing services like Uber because of these various concerns.
Additionally, Uber has faced various lawsuits, including a lawsuit filed by its independent
contractors. Its presence in the market has influenced lawmakers to draft new regulations to
govern this “app-driven” ride-sharing system. Legislation can often hinder a company’s
expansion opportunities because of the resources it must expend to comply with regulatory
requirements. Uber has been highly praised for giving independent contractors an opportunity to earn money as long as they have a car, while also offering convenient ways for consumers to get around at lower costs. Although its “Surge Pricing” technique has been criticized for charging higher fares during popular times, it is also becoming a model for other companies such as Zappos in how it compensates its call center employees. The biggest issues Uber faces include legal action because drivers are not licensed, rider and driver safety,protection and security of customer and driver information, and a lack of adequate insurance coverage. To be successful, Uber must address these issues in its marketing strategy so it can reduce resistance as it expands into other cities.
2-2 Background
In 2009 Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp developed a smartphone application to connect
drivers-for-hire with people needing rides to a destination in their city. Earlier in the year the
founders had attended the inaugural address in Washington, D.C. and could not hail a taxi.
They recognized the need for a convenient, low-cost transportation service. This innovative
service was originally founded.
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Re: Topic 2 DQ 1
Social determinants of health are factors affecting peoples’ health, functioning and well-being, such as environmental conditions, social, and economic variables. Socioeconomic environmental factors contributing to infectious disease occurrence include crowding, unsanitary, unavailability of uncontaminated foods and water. These conditions provide an environment required for continuous chain of infection; the process required for transmission of disease. There are 6 components in the chain, or a cycle, of infection: organisms, reservoir, portal of exit, transmission, portal of entry, and a suspectable host (Green, 2018). To stop spreading of a communicable disease, the process has to interrupted or the chain of infection has to be broken at any point. Nurses, working in communities can decrease of the infectious diseases spreading. Promoting vaccination to lowering susceptible hosts number; and educating on sign and symptoms for early self-isolation to protect one’s family members from getting sick, breaking the transmission link. Educating on thorough hand hygiene and reducing face touching may protect one from getting sick eliminate portal of entry link. Proper respiratory hygiene, such as using disposable tissues and covering the mouth when sneezing, may stop the transmission on the stage of the pathogen leaving the reservoir via portal of exit (CDC.gov).
Noncommunicable chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, have grown in endemic and epidemic proportions, are developing from a combination of determinants including environmental, physiological, and behavioral factors, additionally to genetic disposition (Green, 2018). Lack of knowledge and motivation, unavailability of healthcare services and financial resources contribute to developing of such diseases.q
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2 peer responses due in 4 hoursMALEETAS POSTWorld War .docxherminaprocter
2 peer responses due in 4 hours
MALEETA'S POST:
World War II film
Saving Private Ryan (1998), directed by one of my favorites,
Steven Spielberg, is what I the topic my topic of week five’s discussion. This film is like no other World War II film that I have seen because of the realistic combat. I found myself getting overwhelmed, covering my eyes, and getting sick to my stomach from time to time through the movie. From the very beginning of the film on Omaha Beach, the D-Day landing scene gave me a glimpse of how the stress of combat experience could have felt.
Movie-watchers do not think about how the color scheme plays a significant part and sets different tones. The muddy browns, dark greens, and greys are the predominant colors throughout the movie. This movie does not have many vibrant, happy colors, and for a good reason. For instance, in
Saving Private Ryan
, the Normandy landing scene opens slowly to a beach. The setting is solemn, and the continuous color scheme of bland greys is an excellent cinematography piece. I felt like it made the red blood colors and the explosion colors stand out even more. Also, almost every shot was dreary and had vintage-like colors that gave the feeling of war and hopelessness. There was a part in this scene when the soldiers were near water that contrasted the typically dreary colors with a calming blue hue. The change of color gave me some hope that it may be safer under the surface, and then those hopes were instantly shattered when shots were fired, and red clouds pierced through the calming blue colors punishing me for even thinking there was any hope approaching the soldiers. This is an excellent mise-en-scene because it represented my change of emotions.
Another color paly example is in the scene where “Duty” is talking and joking as the crew marches toward their mission. Throughout this scene, the conversation is more cheerful, but the lighting and colors of grey and green continue to give a gloomy narrative, so my mood does not change much.
Saving Private Ryan has the same dull, dreary colors and low-key lighting, which looks dark and intensifies the shadows as the other War films in Week Five’s content. The desaturation of color is often used in war films.
Saving Private Ryan’s narrative, editing, camera movement, and color scheme throughout the movie jumped out of the screen and attacked me as a viewer. Every part of its cinematography placed the watcher in the combat experience, and I loved it in a good but bad way.
COLIN'S POST:
The war film I watched for this week was
1917 (2019)
directed by Sam Mendes. This film takes place during World War I and follows two British soldiers throughout most of the movie. This film is unique because it is shot as a "one shot film" where the director uses lighting and different angles with very few cuts to give a continuous feeling throughout the entire film. It gives audiences a more connected feeling as it seems like the scenes never end.
2 Pages for 4 questions below1) Some say that analytics in gener.docxherminaprocter
2 Pages for 4 questions below
1) Some say that analytics in general dehumanize managerial activities, and other say they do not. Discuss arguments for both point of view.
2) What are some of the major privacy concerns in employing intelligent systems on mobile data?
3) Identify some cases of violations of user privacy from current literature and their impact on data science as a profession.
4) Search the internet to find examples of how intelligent systems can facilitate activities such as empowerment, mass customization, and team work.
Reflection paper 3 Pages
What has been significant about this course that will help you perform data science tasks in the future.
Please refer to at least
2 items
in the course content that really stood out to either positive or negative.
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2 Ethics Session 1.pptxEthics in Engineering Pra.docxherminaprocter
2 Ethics Session 1.pptx
Ethics in Engineering Practice
MET 2711
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What is Engineering?
Engineers concern themselves with:
“the art of the practical application of scientific and empirical knowledge to the design and production or accomplishment of various sorts of constructive projects, machines and materials of use or value to man.”
“Value is not necessarily measured by an economic yardstick; the ancient pyramids and not a few structures since are of slight economic worth, while their value in terms of faith and beauty has often been considerable.”
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Socrates on Ethics
Ethics are the norms by which acceptable and unacceptable behavior are measured.
According to Socrates, one develops ethics through maturity, wisdom and love.
Introduced the concept of teaching ethics and acceptable standards of conduct in 400 B.C.
Believed virtue was found primarily in human relationships, love and friendship, not through material gains.
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https://classroom.synonym.com/what-were-socrates-beliefs-on-ethics-12084753.html
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A Brief Look at Engineering Projects Through the Ages
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Roman Aquaducts
Contributed to the health and welfare of the society
Provided 200 million gallons of clean running water and plumbing to individual structures daily (200 gallons per person)
Supported economic activity
Allowed city of Rome to grow to approximately 1 million people
312 BCE to 500 AD
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Santa Maria del Fiori (Florence Basilica)
Earliest and largest free-standing dome
Built as Europe recovered from the Black Plague, which killed approximately 1/3 of the population
An example of a project that reflected optimism for the future (faith and beauty)
Design competition in 1423
Brunelleschi proposes unique design, but contract requires him to share project responsibilities with Ghiberti
Brunelleschi had lost prior design competition to Ghiberti
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https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/early-renaissance1/sculpture-architecture-florence/v/brunelleschi-dome-of-the-cathedral-of-florence-1420-36
Santa Maria del Fiori (Florence Basilica)
Designs unique dome requiring no scaffolding. Uses brick in herringbone pattern to distribute weight out and down.
Includes a series of horizontal chains to keep structure from expanding outward
When time to install chains, Brunelleschi claims to be ill, so Ghiberti starts chain installation (without full details from Brunelleschi)
Brunelleschi “recovers” and criticizes the work, saying it will all have to be re-done
Setting up his fellow architect to fail (dishonorable conduct)
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https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/early-renaissance1/sculpture-ar.
2 1 5L e a r n I n g o b j e c t I v e sC H A P T E R.docxherminaprocter
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L e a r n I n g o b j e c t I v e s
C H A P T E R 8
H U M A N R E S O U R C E S
M A N A G E M E N T
They’re not employees, they’re people.
—Peter Drucker
➤ Describe the range of human resource functions in the medical practice.
➤ Appreciate the range of professionals that are found in medical practices.
➤ Articulate the steps in the hiring function.
➤ Understand regulations that are specific to the employment process.
➤ Illustrate the steps in managing change.
➤ Describe why leading change is important to medical practice management.
In t r o d u c t I o n
Healthcare employment constitutes about 9 percent of the American workforce, with about
3 percent being professionals (KFF 2016). Hiring and sustaining a high-caliber staff are
two of the most important functions of managing a physician practice. Without a prop-
erly trained and motivated staff, providing high-quality services to the practice’s patients
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is difficult. An old saying in human resources management, “Hire for attitude, and train
for skill,” is particularly applicable today, when in the highly competitive medical practice
environment, patients have increasingly high expectations of their providers. Simply having
technical skills is not adequate to build and maintain a successful practice. Staff must be
able to engage patients in a positive and constructive way to earn their trust and satisfac-
tion. Although data seem to conflict on this point, many researchers believe engaged and
satisfied patients are more likely to comply with the instructions of their providers than are
disengaged, unsatisfied patients, leading to better outcomes (e.g., Kane, Maciejewski, and
Finch 1997). More recently, a study by Fenton, Jerant, and Bertaski (2012) found little
connection between satisfaction and clinical outcome; in fact, the researchers found that
mortality was higher, as were expenditures and utilization, among more satisfied groups.
Other authors have observed this tenuous connection as well (Kennedy, Tevis, and Kent
2014). The controversy has intensified as more physician payment is tied to patient satis-
faction. Some issues that complicate this concept are the lack of common definitions and
measures of satisfaction and the complexity inherent in defining.
2 Requirements Elicitation A Survey of Techniques, Ap.docxherminaprocter
2 Requirements Elicitation: A Survey of Techniques,
Approaches, and Tools
Didar Zowghi and Chad Coulin
Abstract: Requirements elicitation is the process of seeking, uncovering, acquir-
ing, and elaborating requirements for computer based systems. It is generally un-
derstood that requirements are elicited rather than just captured or collected. This
implies there are discovery, emergence, and development elements to the elicita-
tion process. Requirements elicitation is a complex process involving many ac-
tivities with a variety of available techniques, approaches, and tools for perform-
ing them. The relative strengths and weaknesses of these determine when each is
appropriate depending on the context and situation. The objectives of this chapter
are to present a comprehensive survey of important aspects of the techniques, ap-
proaches, and tools for requirements elicitation, and examine the current issues,
trends, and challenges faced by researchers and practitioners in this field.
Keywords: requirements, elicitation, techniques, approaches, tools, issues, chal-
lenges, trends, survey.
2.1 Introduction
The importance of requirements engineering (RE) within software systems deve l-
opment has long been established and recognized by researchers and practitioners
alike (Chapter 1). The elicitation of requirements represents an early but continu-
ous and critical stage in the development of software systems. The requirements
for a software system may be spread across many sources. These include the prob-
lem owners, the stakeholders, documentation, and other existing systems. Because
of the communication rich nature of requirements elicitation activities, many of
the effective techniques do not originate from the traditional areas of software en-
gineering or computer science research. Techniques for requirements elicitation
are derived mostly from the social sciences, organizational theory, group dynam-
ics, knowledge engineering, and very often from practical experience.
The process of requirements elicitation is generally accepted as one of the criti-
cal activities in the RE process. Getting the right requirements is considered as a
vital but difficult part of software development projects [36]. A recent field study
of fifteen RE teams carried out by Hofmann and Lehner [31] identified key RE
practices that should lead to project success. Effective elicitation of requirements
was arguably among the most important of the resulting recommended good RE
practices.
Requirements elicitation itself is a very complex process involving many activi-
ties, with multiple techniques available to perform these activities. The multi-
disciplinary nature of requirements elicitation only adds to this complexity. Elici-
tation is subject to a large degree of error, influenced by key factors ingrained in
communication problems. Despite the importance of requirements elicitation
within software development, insufficient.
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Learning Outcomes
After reading this chapter, you should be able to
De�ine I/O psychology.
Explain the history and evolution of I/O psychology.
Understand how positive psychology can in�luence
I/O psychology practices.
Identify ways in which I/O psychology can lead to
quanti�iable return on investment in human
capital.
Describe the different roles I/O psychologists play in
organizations.
2. Identify the major opportunities and challenges
that I/O psychology can help organizations
navigate.
1What Is Industrial/OrganizationalPsychology?
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1.1 De�ining I/O Psychology
According to the Society for Industrial and
Organizational Psychology (SIOP),
industrial/organizational (I/O)
psychology can be de�ined as the scienti�icstudy
of working and the application of that science
to workplaceissues
facing individuals, teams, and organizations. I/O
psychology uses rigorous scienti�icmethods to
investigate issues of
critical relevance to individuals, businesses, and
3. society, including talent management, coaching,
assessment,
selection, training, organizational development,
performance, and work–life balance. In otherwords,
I/O psychology
is a branch of psychology that uses methods,
facts, and principles of psychology to
enhance employee productivity.
I/O psychology originates from two distinct but
related areasof study: industrial and organizational
psychology.
Industrial psychology focuses on individual-level
phenomena in the workplace. This includes
assessing workers’
personalities, knowledge, skills, abilities, and other
characteristics (KSAOs) in order to match them
with the right
jobs; measuringand managing employee attitudes and
emotions; using the right working conditions
and reward
systems to motivate employees; training and
developing employees for their current and
future roles; and ensuring
that workers have healthy, safe, and balanced jobs
and lives. Organizational psychology focuses on
group- and
organizational-level phenomena, which may occur in
both work and nonwork settings. Examples
include
communication, negotiation, con�lict resolution,
and team processes.The purpose of organizational
psychology is to
facilitate the understanding of interactions and
relationships among individuals and collectives
in order to achieve
4. common goals.
I/O psychology is also related to several other
�ields, especially in the organizational sciences.
For example, business
scholars in the �ield of organizational behavior
are interested in similar topics—especially at
the individual and
group levels—such as personality traits,
motivation, and group dynamics. However, their
approach tends to be more
conceptual or theoretical. On the otherhand,
scholars and practitioners in the �ield of human
resources (HR) are
more interested in the practical applications of I/O
psychologists’ and organizational behavior specialists’
methods
and tools in organizational contexts. They apply
these when making quality selection
decisions; designing and
administering effective compensation, bene�its, training,
development, and succession programs; and
complying
with laborlaws and regulations.
The Importance of People
What is an organization’s most important
asset? As you can imagine, chief executive
of�icers (CEOs) and
organizational leaders are asked this question all
the time. Many factors in�luence an
organization’s overall
performance, including �inancial resources,
technology, customer service, creative organizational
strategies,
5. innovative products, and superior logistics. However,
thereis one factor that ultimately in�luences all
others and is
consistently identi�ied by organizational leaders as
most important: people. For example, Mary
Kay Ash, founder of
Mary Kay Inc., once stated, “People are de�initely
a company’s greatest asset. It doesn’t
make any difference whether
the product is cars or cosmetics. A company is
only as good as the people it keeps.”
Herb Kelleher, former CEO of
SouthwestAirlines, echoed this sentiment when he
said:
If the employees come �irst, then they’re
happy. . . . A motivated employee treats
the customer well. The
customer is happy so they keep coming back,
which pleases the shareholders. It’s not one of
the enduring . .
. mysteries of all time;it is just the way it
works.
What thesebusiness leaders know is that without
high-quality, highly motivated employees,
companies have no one
to execute strategies, satisfy customers, or
develop new products—and without these imperatives,
they fail.
Considering how important people are to an
organization, managers naturally want to make
sure they hire the right
person for each job. However, the costs
associated with �inding, hiring, and retaining
employees—called people
6. costs—are consistently among the top operating
costsfor companies, and theseexpenses continue to
rise. Examples
of people costsinclude salaries, bonuses, health
care costs, bene�its, and retirementexpenses.
Creating a working environment that most effectively
promotes employee performance and ef�iciency is
another top
priority. Managers must not only hire the right
people; they must keep them. In order to
attract and retain
employees, a manager must address many
elements, including employee health and safety, group
dynamics,
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leadershipeffectiveness, organizational communication,
decision-making processes, organizational
structure, and
corporate culture.
As people costsrise, organizations are looking for
the most effective and cost-ef�icient way to
identify, develop, and
retain quality personnel. The �ield of I/O
psychology is uniquely suited to help with
thesechallenges and to optimize
organizations’ most important asset—their people.
7. Concepts in Action: Corporate Focus on Employees
Ernst & Young, a largeaccounting and
consulting �irm,
starts a "People First" program. Accounts are
staffed more
ef�iciently, and more people are informed of the
details of
each deal.
The Nature of Work
As you will learn in this course, I/O
psychologists are scientists who systematically study
human behavior in the
context of a work environment. It is, however,
impossible to study this behavior without �irst
understanding the
nature of the work and the environment in which
it is performed.
So, then, what is work? At its most basiclevel,
work can be described as being made up of
tasks. A task is a cognitive
and/or physical operation that is performedactively
and with purpose. For example, tasks performed
by a bank
teller include greeting customers, counting money,
and answering customer questions. To perform tasks,
employees
must use their knowledge, acquired skills, and innate
abilities. A bank teller needs to understand
bank processes
(knowledge), have strong communication skills (skill),
and possess a friendly disposition (ability).
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Some work-related terms are general and are
not associatedwith one speci�ic organization. An
occupation is a job
that is, in essence, the same no matter where or
for whom a person works; a person’s
occupation does not depend
on employment in a speci�ic organization. In
fact, a person could be unemployed and still
have an occupation.
Examples of occupations include law, medicine,
nursing, teaching, auto repair, psychology, and
computer
programming. The term career has a developmental
connotation and refers to changes in job or
organizational level
over the course of a person’s work life. A
person’s career, like his or her occupation,
can develop at one or multiple
organizations.
Tasks and jobs are not performedin a vacuum.
They are embedded and develop within an
organization, and many
contextual factors can in�luence how work is
performed. Some of these factors
include culture, job design, and
interpersonal relationships. People of different
10. national cultures, for example, assign different
value to individual
and collective work. North American and western
European cultures tend to place a higher
value on individualistic
goals, whereas Latin American,Asian, and African
cultures tend to be more collectivist, placing a
higher value on the
needs, goals, and activities of the group
(Hofstede, 1980; House, Hanges, Javidan,
Dorfman, & Gupta, 2004; Triandis,
1989).
In addition to national culture, organizational culture
can also
affect tasks and jobs. Organizational culture
has been
de�ined as “a set of shared mental assumptions
that guide
interpretation and action in organizations by
de�ining
appropriate behavior for various situations”
(Ravasi &
Schultz, 2006, p. 437). Dimensions of
organizational culture
include shared norms, beliefs, and values.
Organizational
culture has a direct impact on the more
transient dimensions
of the organization’s climate. Organizational climate
has
been de�ined as “beliefs about the organization’s
environment that are shared among members and to
which
members attach psychological meaning to help them
make
11. sense of their environment” (Dickson,
Resick, & Hanges,
2006), or simply “how things are supposed to
be done around
here.” At the individual employee level,
organizational climate
in�luences psychological climate. Koys and
DeCotiis (1991)
de�ine psychological climate as “an experiential-
based,
multi-dimensional, and enduring perceptual
phenomenon
that is widely shared by the members of a
given
organizational unit. Its primary function is to cue
and shape
individual behavior toward modes of behavior
dictated by
organizational demands” (p. 266). They
identify eight speci�ic dimensions for
psychological climate: autonomy,
cohesion, trust, pressure, support, recognition,
fairness, and innovation.
The way in which a job is designed can also
have a notable impact on job performance.
Typically, employees who
work in jobs that are more autonomous, complex, and
offer control over decision making will be more
motivated to
perform their best. Studying work, then,
involves more than simply learning an employee’s
set of tasks. It also
requires understanding the ways in which contextual
factors affect how work is done.
12. Work is not only �inancially essential; it also
has social and psychological importance. Have
you noticed how much
time and effort we spend becoming quali�ied for
work, searching for work, and, after �inding a
job, working, thinking
about, and talking about work—even when
we don’t have to? A 2014 survey of time
use by the U.S. Department of
Labor (2015) found that the typical American
aged 25 to 54 spent more than a third of
his or her day at work.
Our work can in�luencelife outside the workplace.
You have probably been asked what you do. Perhaps
you said you
are a student pursuing a particular major or
studying for a speci�ic occupation. Or, if
you already have a job or an
established line of work by which you identify
yourself, you might have talked about that.Most of
us have been
asked this question, and we ask it of others—
because our answers provide insight into our
identity. What we learn
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about someone’s work helps us determine our
13. potential relationship with that person and
indicates how we think
we should behave toward one another.
Consider This:Work Identity
Can you thinkof a time when you changed your
perception of someone after learning what he or
she does for
a living?
Methods of I/O Psychology
I/O psychology is by its very nature a
science. Scientists use a systematic process of
examination. They are empirical,
which means they rely on veri�iable
observations, experimentation, and experience rather
than on opinions,
hunches, or private prejudices. A science is
objective and therefore dealswith facts that can be
seen,heard, touched,
measured, and recorded. The sections below elaborate on
the scienti�icmethod used in I/O psychology, as
well as in
the sciences in general.
Regardingits methods and procedures, I/O psychology
attempts to be as scienti�icas physics or
chemistry. When I/O
psychologists observe how people act at work,
they do so in the best traditions of science:
objectively,
dispassionately, and systematically. Much of the
subject matter of I/O psychology is
observable, consisting of overt
14. human behaviors such as movements, speech,
writing, and other creative works. Observingand
measuring these
behaviors allows I/O psychologists to understand
and draw conclusions about the people they
are studying.
For example, an I/O psychologist might examine
how a factory worker puts together a machine,
how many
keystrokes a computer clerkmakes per minute,
how effectively a team works together, or
how a manager interacts
with employees. These behaviors are overtand
observable, and they can be objectively
measured and recorded. The
I/O psychologist might then associate these
behaviors with other measurable or observable
workplace
characteristics such as lighting, noise levels,
working hours, available tools and equipment,
training and
development opportunities, leadershipstyles, or reward
systems. Based on correlations between
workers’ behaviors
and workplacecharacteristics, the I/O psychologist may
conclude that factory workers’ performance is
higher when
they are given a particular tool set, led through a
particular management style, or rewarded in a
certain way. Similar
conclusions can be drawn about what works
best for otherkinds of jobs.
Additionally, based on these kinds of
observations and associations, I/O psychologists may
15. experimentally
manipulate various workplacecharacteristics and observe
how various behaviors increase or decrease in
frequency.
For example, employees’ behavioral changes can be
monitored as different working conditions, tools,
equipment,
training methods, or rewards are applied. Finally,
based on conclusions from such experiments,
interventions can be
implemented to enhance the workplacecharacteristics
that most strongly relate to the desired work
behaviors.
Of course, not all of human existence is directly
observable. Sometimes, I/O psychologists must
study intangible
qualities such as motives, emotions, needs, perceptions,
thoughts, and feelings. Fortunately, I/O
psychologists have
rigorous methodology to scienti�ically design and
implement objective tools, techniques, and
methods to accurately
measure such qualities. For example, I/O
psychologists have developed many tools
and assessments to measure
intangible characteristics such as personality traits
and job attitudes; mental processes such as
perceptions,
interpretations, and judgments; and emotions such as
various moods.
Consider This:I/O Psychology as a Science
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1. What are someexamples of mental processes
needed in your job?
2. What are the behaviors that give evidence of
theseprocesses?
Find Out for Yourself: Psychological Assessment
Two of the most important job attitudes I/O
psychologists measure are organizational commitment
and
employee engagement. To become familiar with the
types of psychological assessments that I/O
psychologists design to evaluate employees for
thesequalities, visit the following links.
Organizational Commitment Scale (http://journal-
bmp.de/2013/12/validation-of-the-organizational-
commitment-questionnaire-ocq-in-six-languages/?lang=en)
This article offers an example of the rigorous
process typically used by I/O psychologists to
design an
objective measure of an intangible human quality.
Although the details and methods are advanced
and not
required for this course, reading the abstract at
the beginning of the article and skimming the
rest of it should
give you someappreciation for this elaborate scienti�ic
process.
17. 1. Scroll down to Table 1: Items of
the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire at
the end of this
article and attempt the assessment. Respond to
each item in the �irstcolumn on a 5-point
scale(1 =
totally disagree, 5 = totally agree).
2. Items denoted by (-) are reverse scored,
which means that after you respond to them,
a score of 1
should be converted to 5, 2 should be
converted to 4, 4 to 2, and 5 to 1.
3. Calculate your average score for the 15 items,
then answer the following questions.
What Did You Learn?
1. As shown in Table 4, in this study
the average level of organizational commitment in
the United States
and Canada was 3.4. Is your level of commitment to
your organization higher, lower, or comparable
to
this score? Why do you thinkthis is the case?
2. If you can speak one or more of the foreign
languages in this study, to what extent do
you consider
the translation accurate? How would you have
modi�ied the items to make them more
re�lective of
the characteristics being measured?
18. Gallup’s Q12 Employee Engagement Instrument
(http://strengths.gallup.com/private/Resources/Q12Meta-
Analysis_Flyer_GEN_08%2008_BP.pdf)
This report is a user-friendly version of a
much more complex set of studies conducted by
the Gallup
Organization to design and re�ine this widely
used instrument for measuringemployee engagement.
Again,
the statistical details are beyond the scope of
this course, so you only need to skim them to
appreciatethe
scienti�icprocess involved. Afterward, go to pages
10 and 11 of the report and attempt the
assessment.
Respond to each item on a 6-point scale(1 =
extremely dissatis�ied, 5 = extremely satis�ied, 0
for items to
which you do not know how to respond or
that do not apply to you). Then answer
the following questions.
What Did You Learn?
1. How important are each of the 12 items to
you personally? Explain.
2. Which of the 12 items did you score
highest and lowest on?
3. What have you learned about organizational
commitment and employee engagement in general
and
about your own levels of each?
http://journal-bmp.de/2013/12/validation-of-the-organizational-
20. new assembly lines, and optimize worker productivity.
Additionally, as businesses grew larger,
employers realized
that they needed to �inda way to identify and
select quali�ied workers to �ill the expanding
workforce. Some early
psychologists saw an opportunity to apply
psychological concepts to thesesorts of business
problems.
Key Founders of I/O Psychology
The initial foray of psychologists into industry
was in advertising. American psychologist Walter
Dill Scott (1869–
1955) studied how human psychology could
increase the effectiveness of businesses’
advertising efforts. Scott’s two
books, The Theory of Advertising (1903) and
The Psychology of Advertising (1908), were
the �irst to identify
advertising characteristics that stimulate people’s
purchasing behaviors. Interestingly, Scott found
that the real
problem in sales did not pertain to advertising
materials, but rather to the characteristics of
those employed as
salespeople. Scott thus proposed that organizations
needed more rigorous selection methods when
hiring
salespeople. This led him to start the �irstconsulting
practice in 1919, which provided personnel
selection services
to many largeorganizations.
Hugo Munsterberg (1863–1916), a German-born
21. Harvard psychologist, is considered
a founder of I/O psychology. He published the
�irstbook on industrial/organizational
psychology, The Psychology of Industrial Ef�iciency,
in 1913. This work set forth the
major research topics of employee selection,
training, vocational guidance, and the
social in�luenceof work during the earlyyears of
I/O psychology. As one of the �irst
psychologists to conduct psychological research in
business settings, Munsterberg
used psychological tests both to measure employee
skills and to match people to
jobs. Additionally, Munsterberg was responsible for
organizing the International
Congress of Arts and Science at the 1904 St. Louis
World’s Fair, where visitors had
the opportunity to experience new mental and
physical tests (Brown, 1992).
Much earlyI/O psychology focused on worker
productivity and ef�iciency. Frederick
Winslow Taylor (1856–1915) is considered the
father of scienti�ic management,
which is the use of scienti�ic methods to
design work that optimizes worker
productivity. In his book Scienti�ic
Management, Taylor (1911) outlined ways to
improve both machinery and individual worker
performance after observing
employees at work and then analyzing his
data to determine optimal job
performance. Despite the success of his methods,
not everyone agreed with Taylor’s
scienti�icmanagement philosophy. Some thought
his approach, which reduced jobs
22. to speci�ic tasksand the amount of timeworkers
should spend on each, seemed to
dehumanize the worker (Hoxie, 1916).
Early I/O psychology principles became mainstream
in 1915 when the �irstuniversity-based
program on the topic
was founded. Walter Van Dyke Bingham (1880–
1952) established a center at Carnegie
Institute of Technology to
study the applications of psychology to
business. Called the U.S. Bureau of
Salesmanship Research, the program
focused on conducting research for the life
insurance industry on how to select and develop
salespeople, clerks, and
executive personnel.
In the 1940s German scholar Kurt Lewin,
now considered the father of social psychology,
established several
streams of applied research. Lewin developed
well-recognized and widely referenced models of
organizational
research. For example, Lewin’s approach, which
he called action research, focuses on practical
applications of
scienti�ic theories and rigorous methods to solve
everyday problems. Lewin also proposed that
organizational
change is a function of forces that both
promote and hinder that change. According to
Lewin, organizational change
involves three stages: unfreezing, where the inertia
of resisting change must be overcome and
existing mind-sets
23. challenged; actual change; and refreezing, where
new mind-sets are established and the new status
quo becomes the
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norm. Lewin also initiated the study of group
dynamics, which emphasizes groups as
unique entities that may
exhibit characteristics that are distinct from and go
beyond their individual members (in otherwords,
the whole is
greater than the sum of its parts). Although
scholars and practitioners have built more elaborate models,
Lewin’s
models are foundational to many contemporary
theories and areasof scienti�icresearch today.
Find Out for Yourself: Scienti�ic Management at a
Fast-Food Restaurant
Set asideabout 30 minutes this weekto visit your
favorite fast-food restaurant. You may want to
bring along a
notebook and writing utensil or someotherconvenient
way to record your observations.
1. While there, observe the processes that the
workers engage in: taking and queuing orders;
division of
24. labor; cooking and preparing the food; wrapping
and bagging each item;compiling each order;
adding napkins, utensils, and condiments; and
delivering the order to the customer.
2. Take note of the workers’ physical movements,
eye–hand coordination, and speed.
What Did You Learn?
1. What are someways this work might be
performedmore ef�iciently?
2. To what extent does working at a fast-food
restaurant resemble working on a factory
assembly line?
Contributions to the War Efforts
When the United States entered World War I
in 1917, many psychologists were
commissioned to identify ways to
increase soldiers’ effectiveness. Their research goal
was to understand soldier morale and
enhance their overall
motivation. For the �irsttime,psychological tests
such as the Army Alpha—a group-administered
cognitive ability
test—were designed to identify and place enlisted
soldiers. Although the war ended before the
Army Alpha test data
could be implemented, after the war, researchers
discovered a strong relationship between
soldiers’ scores on the
Army Alpha and their subsequent job
performance. Additionally, tests such as the
Personal Data Sheet (a precursor
25. to the modern personality test)were used throughout
the war to place of�icers and other
specialized personnel.
After the war ended, psychologists were able to
use their experiences with the army to
help businesses screen
employees.
During World War II psychologists again
worked closely with the military, developing more
sophisticated
assessments. For example, the Army General
Classi�ication Test was designed to evaluate and
place new draftees.
Other screening tests included speci�ic skill and
ability tests as well as leadership-potential tests.
The Of�ice of
Strategic Services, predecessor to the Central
Intelligence Agency, commissioned psychologists to
design screening
tests that identi�ied candidates who were well
suited for sensitive services (e.g., espionage).
These assessments
evaluated candidates as they completed multiple
job-related exercises over the course of several
days. Eventually,
such screening tests evolved into the assessment centers
used in the business world today.
The Hawthorne Studies: A Precursor to Human
Relations
In 1924 Elton Mayo and researchers from
Harvard University conducted a series of
extensive studies at the Western
Electric Company’s industrial plantin Hawthorne,
26. Illinois. The Hawthorne studies, as they became
known, began as
straightforward studies based on scienti�ic
management principles. Researchers were
commissioned to study the
optimal physical and social environment needed to
produce maximum employee ef�iciency. For
example, in one
study, management was interested in optimizing
the lighting levels for workers producing
telephone equipment.
Another study of a group of telephone-relay
assemblers investigated the effects of
allowing workers to choose their
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team members, varying break frequencies and
lengths, providing food during breaks,
varying the length of the
workday, and having the workers discuss their
preferences regarding theseissues with their
supervisors.
The results of the Hawthorne studies were
unexpected, for both the researchers and the
managers. The researchers
found that productivity gains were unrelated to
the changes researchers made to the physical
environment. For
27. example, in the illumination studies, even when
lights were so dim that workers could
barely see, productivity
increased. In the relay-assembly experiments, every
change resulted in an increase in productivity,
even when the
change was back to the original condition.
Researchers concluded that the physical work environment
did not affect worker productivity as much
as the extra
attention they received during the research, which
increased workers’ perception that management cared
about
them as individuals. Additionally, as evidenced
by the relay-assembly experiments, human
dimensions such as
supervisory style and team dynamics were
discovered to be more important than
physical working conditions.
Another plausible interpretation is that workers may
have been concerned that management had intentions
behind
the experiments. For example, in another set of
studies in a bank-wiring room, introducing
�inancial incentives
actually resulted in a decrease in productivity
because workers were concerned that increasing
their productivity
might lead management to �ire someof them.
Moreover,established group norms for
productivity exerted a stronger
in�luenceon the workers’ behaviors than the newly
introduced incentives. In all cases the
physical environment was
not the major in�luencing factor. Rather, the
28. human dimensions and interpretations (positive or
negative) were the
key contributors to productivity changes. This notion
is now oftenreferred to as the Hawthorne
effect.
The results of the Hawthorne studies changed
how organizations would attempt to motivate
workers. Prior to the
studies, organizations designed jobs according to
both scienti�ic principles and the will of
management and then
used incentives to get workers to comply. The
Hawthorne studies made it clear that
employees rejected management
practices based on economic incentives. Instead,
workers were motivated by feeling that they were
accepted socially,
held status within their work group, and would
receive compassionate supervision. Out of the
Hawthorne studies
emerged the �ield of human relations, which
studies the factors that produce motivated and
satis�ied employees.
I/O psychologists began to explore topics such
as effective leadership, quality communication,
group formation,
employee attitudes, and otherfactors that improve worker
ef�iciency and job satisfaction.
Consider This:The Hawthorne Effect
Can you thinkof a time when the Hawthorne
effect occurred in your work setting?
Postwar, 20th-Century Approaches
29. Following World War II large organizations began
to leverage I/O psychologists’ capabilities. I/O
psychologists
began to focus on different aspects of worker
effectiveness, which resulted in a number of
subspecialties, including
personnel psychology, human factors psychology,
and organizational psychology. During the 1960s
and 1970s,
organizations began using groups to accomplish
work, and I/O psychologists were instrumental in
developing tools
and techniques needed to understand and deploy
large, task-orientated groups. Additionally,
I/O psychologists
began to assess how an organization’s structure
and operation affects its employees. These and
related inquiries
grew into the study of organizational development, a
systematic approach to organizational-level
change and
improvement. At the time, it included such
topics as participative management, self-managing
teams, employee
empowerment, and employee feedback, but has sinceevolved
to include a variety of otherareasas well.
A number of work-related laws have passed
since the 1960s that have increased
organizations’ need for I/O
psychologists. With the passage of the CivilRights
Act of 1964 and other civil rights
legislation, the courts have
required employers to develop recruiting,
selection, and promotion procedures that are job
30. relevant and
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antidiscriminatory. Many employershave concluded
that to comply with this and subsequent
antidiscrimination
legislation, and to successfully defend themselves
against employment discrimination lawsuits, they
need I/O
psychologists to help them validate their hiring and
promotional practices. Today I/O psychologists
are oftenused as
expert witnesses in trials about civil rights
violations because of their ability to
prove the validity of an
organization’s selection practices.
Find Out for Yourself: The CivilRights Act and
Discrimination
The Our Documents website provides free access to
historic American documents. Visit the website to
access
a transcript of the CivilRights Act of 1964.
1964 CivilRights Act
(http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=97&page=tra
nscript)
31. What Did You Learn?
1. Against which protected classes does the act
prohibit discrimination?
2. What are someof the implications of Title
VII—which is speci�ic to employment—for
organizations
in terms of recruitment, selection, training,
promotion, and termination processes?
3. Why is it important for an I/O psychologist
to understand Title VII?
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1.3 Emerging 21st-Century Perspectives
The changing business landscape continuously
presents opportunities and challenges regardingan
organization’s
most important asset—its people. As discussed
earlier, the science of I/O psychology can help
managers and
organizations formulate new theoretical frameworks
and methods for effectively navigating these
uncharted
territories. Two emerging perspectives that are
particularly pertinent for I/O psychologists are
positive psychology
32. and quantifying the return on investment (ROI)
in human capital. These two topics are
introduced in this section and
will be revisited throughout the text.
Positive Psychology
One of the major challenges I/O psychologists
face today is mainstream psychological training’s
focus on curing
mental illness and dealing with dysfunctional
thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Before World
War II psychology
was believed to have three missions: healing
mental illness, helping healthy people become
happier and more
productive, and achieving full human potential.
However, by the end of the war, healing mental
illness had received
the majority of resources and attention due to the
tremendous amount of psychological damage
caused by the war.
In the meantime,psychology’s other two missions had
been nearly forgotten. As a result, by
the end of the 20th
century, psychologists had made signi�icant strides
in diagnosing and treating hundreds of mental
problems but only
limited progress in understanding and capitalizing
on human strengths (Keyes & Haidt, 2003;
Seligman &
Csikszentmihalyi, 2000).
Problems With the Disease Model
Although important for the good of society, healing
mental illness follows what has been referred to
33. as a “disease
model.” There are two problems with this. The �irstis
that the disease model is problem focused; it
seeks to bring
troubled individuals and low performers back to
average. However, in the highly competitive
business world,
employersneed employees who can deliver superior
performance and execute the organization’s
strategic initiatives
with excellence. Freedom from pathological symptoms
such as depression is not enough in itselfto
lead to this type
of exceptional performance (Keyes & Haidt,
2003).
The second problem with the disease model is
that even if psychology’s greatest contribution is
in healing mental
illness, most psychological theories and practices cannot
be applied to the business context. Struggling
organizations
are not sick people. Organizations are made up of
diverse individuals who have varying
interests, motivations,
strengths, and vulnerabilities. These organizational
characteristics are to be appreciated and
leveraged. They are not
problems to be solved (Cooperrider & Whitney,
2005).
Via the popular press, thousands of positively
oriented self-improvement and management best-
sellers became
available in the absence of a widely recognized
method of positive organizational psychology.
34. Some of that literature,
such as Gallup’s strengths-based approach (Rath,
2007) and the Q12 measure of engagement
(Wagner & Harter,
2006), is based on the scienti�icmethods
discussed earlier. Both of thesemethods have shown
success in predicting
superior performance at work and in many other
areasof life such as academics and
relationships, as well as in
increasingbusiness-unit pro�itability (Harter, Schmidt, &
Hayes, 2002). However, the majority of self-
improvement
and management literature is speculative, anecdotal,
and based more on folk psychology than on
rigorous scienti�ic
research.
Business consultants have found that positive
approaches appeal to their clients and
constitute a great source of
revenue for their consultancies, which has led to
the popularityof many unfounded management
fads by those who
are less discerning or familiar with scienti�ic
methods. In their seminal book Hard Facts,
Dangerous Half-Truths and
Total Nonsense (2006), Stanford professors Jeffrey
Pfeffer and Robert Sutton uncover many of
those lies that
managers believe and act on, to the detriment of
their organizations. Pfeffer and Sutton call for what is
known as
evidence-based management—practices that are based on
rigorous scienti�icresearch and consistently deliver
real
35. results. Evidence-based management has become an
important way to bridge the gap between
rigorous scienti�ic
research and organizational practice (Latham, 2009a;
Rousseau, 2012).
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Psychological capital increases a person’s
con�idence, optimism, hope, and resiliency,
Seligman Callsfor a Positive Approach
Fortunately, around the turn of the 21st century,
former president of the American Psychological
Association Martin
Seligman called for a “positive psychology” that
brings back psychology’s two forgotten missions:
helping healthy
people become happier and more productive, and
achieving full human potential. His call was well
received, and
positive psychological research and practice has grown
exponentially over the past decade. Examples can be
found
in seminal referencessuch as Handbook of Positive
Psychology (Lopez & Snyder, 2016) and
Character Strengths and
Virtues: A Handbook and Classi�ication (Peterson &
36. Seligman, 2004). This is not to say that
psychology was a negative
science prior to the positive psychology movement.
However, negativity was widespread, and it was
time for a more
balanced perspective.
The positive psychology movementtriggered a ripple
effect across the business world.
Organizational research and
practice is generally positive, because organizations
deal primarily with healthy and productive people.
Extremely
dysfunctional or disturbed individuals are unlikely to
hold a job. Thus, positive psychology is
appropriate for the
target population of I/O psychology.
Two Approaches: POS and POB
Speci�ically, two approaches have developed in
organizational science over the past decade. The
�irst is positive
organizational scholarship (POS), which focuses on
positive organizations as a whole. Cameron
and Caza (2004)
de�ine POS as a “movement in organizational
science that focuses on the dynamics leading to
exceptional individual
and organizational performance such as developing
human strength, producing resilience and
restoration, and
fostering vitality” (p. 731). POS is making
signi�icant strides in the scienti�ic
understanding of positive dynamics
such as positive individual attributes, positive
emotions, strengths and virtues, positive relationships,
37. positive HR
practices, positive organizational practices, and positive
leadershipand change (Cameron & Spreitzer, 2012).
The second approach is positive organizational
behavior (POB), which focuses on the positivity of
individual
managers and employees. Luthans (2002b) de�ines
POB as “the study and application of
positively oriented human
resource strengths and psychological capacities that
can be measured, developed, and effectively
managed for
performance improvement in today’s workplace”
(p. 59). POB emphasizes the scienti�ic criteria
of theory,
application, measurement, and development. In other
words, for a psychological capacity to be
included in POB, it
has to be positive, scienti�ically testable, applicableto
the workplace, measurable, and developmental.
Four speci�ic
psychological capacities have been found to
�it these criteria: con�idence, hope,
optimism, and resilience. These
capacities have been integrated into what has been termed
“psychological capital.”
Psychological Capital
Psychological capital (PsyCap) has been de�ined as:
an individual’s positive psychological state of
development that is characterized by: (1) having
con�idence (self-ef�icacy) to take on and put in
the
necessary effort to succeed at challenging tasks;
38. (2)
making a positive attribution (optimism) about
succeeding now and in the future; (3) persevering
toward goals and, when necessary, redirecting
paths to
goals (hope) in order to succeed; and (4)
when besetby
problems and adversity, sustaining and bouncing
back
and even beyond (resiliency) to attain success.
(Luthans,
Youssef-Morgan, & Avolio, 2015, p. 2)
Unlike many positive but unfounded
management fads,
PsyCap has been shown to relate to many of
the outcomes
that I/O psychologists wish to help their
organizations
realize: higher productivity, job satisfaction,
organizational
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which can lead to increased performance
at work.
commitment, and employee well-being; more
frequent
organizational citizenship behaviors; lower
39. cynicism, stress,
anxiety, and turnover intentions; and less frequent
counterproductive work behaviors (Avey, Reichard,
Luthans, & Mhatre, 2011). Positivity and
positive interventions
have been applied in many organizations around
the world, including manufacturing, hospitality,
franchise, banking,
insurance, marketing, health care,
telecommunications, aviation, aerospace, military, police,
sports, oil and gas,
education, government, nongovernmental
organizations, and nonpro�its. A notable example is
the Comprehensive
Soldier and Family Fitness training program,
established in 2008 by the U.S. Army to
proactively buildresilience in
soldiers and their families as a preventative
measure and a positive alternative to the
prevailing reactive treatment
programs (Seligman & Matthews,2011). The U.S.
military made largeinvestments in developing
and evaluating this
program, and empirical studies provide evidence to
support the ef�icacy of these initiatives in
building positivity,
buffering negativity, and promoting well-being
among those serving in stressful and mission-
critical roles
(Krasikova, Lester, & Harms, 2015;
Schaubroeck, Riolli, Peng, & Spain, 2011).
Figure 1.1: Psychological capital
Many people use a variety of social
networking sites to stay connected with friends,
40. family, former
classmates, and colleagues.
Consider This:Positivity and Negativity
1. Describe an instance in which you received
positive feedback.
2. Recall and describe your thoughts, feelings,
attitudes, and behaviors after receiving the positive
feedback. What were someof the outcomes of
positivity?
3. Describe an instance in which you received
negative feedback.
4. Recall and describe your thoughts, feelings,
attitudes, and behaviors after receiving the negative
feedback. What were someof the outcomes of
negativity?
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It is important to acknowledge that positivity and
negativity are not opposite sides of the same
coin; they operate
very differently. Cameron (2008) notes a
paradox: On the one hand, humans are
attracted to what is positive and
pleasant. On the other hand, there is a
prevalent bias toward negativity. Negativity tends
41. to grasp more of our
attention and physical, mental, and emotional resources.
This is because negativity indicates an urgent
de�iciency to
be addressed and resolved. Positivity implies “business as
usual,” which provides limited motivation
for change. That
is why balancing positivity and negativity requires
intentional effort. In otherwords, both
positivity and negativity
are necessary, and while positivity is more
appealing, negativity can be necessary for change.
Quantifying the ROI in Human Capital
Beyond positive psychology, thereis an increasing
emphasis in business practice on employee well-
being, not only as
a valuable and worthwhile pursuit in its own
right but also as a strategic opportunity to
earn signi�icant returns on
investment in terms of reduced health care
costs, increased engagement and commitment, and
enhanced
productivity (Cascio & Boudreau, 2011). In
other words, human resources are increasingly being
recognized as
assets and a form of capital rather than just an
expense.
However, quantifying the ROI in human capital is
another area that I/O psychologists struggle with as
they �ind
themselves increasingly expected to link
psychological measures to �inancial outcomes,
especially in today’s tight
42. economy. Strategic investments in human assets
can yield quanti�iable returns on practices such
as effective
selection, training, and performance management. When
I/O psychologists understand the methods of
quantifying
such returns, they are in a better position to
effectively in�luence�inancial and HR allocations
in their organizations.
As discussed earlier, both the popular psychology
and business literatures include signi�icant
amounts of
unsubstantiated advice. I/O psychologists strive to
correct many of thesemisconceptionsand educate
managers and
organizational decision makers. Unfortunately, many
managers believe that managing is more of an
art than a
science, which can lead them to make
subjective decisions based on hunches, personal
opinions, or politics and
ignore the research that can lead to effective,
evidence-based management (Latham, 2009a;
Rousseau, 2012).
Furthermore, many managers believe that people
are impossible to measure, quantify, predict, and
explain. The
problem with this notion is that no matter how
important you believe people are, if you cannot
quantify the ROI in
them, they will be viewed as an expense.
Resources and attention will then be allocated to
more tangible assets that
have quanti�iable returns on investment, and it
43. may no longer be desirable to invest in
people. When people are
viewed as only an expense, they are often
considered expendable, especially in tough
economic conditions, as
evidenced by the massive layoffs and high
unemployment rates that characterized the Great
Recession.
Jeffery Pfeffer and Robert Sutton (2000) refer
to this thinking as the knowing–doinggap.
Pfeffer’s (1998) earlier
book, The Human Equation, built a convincing
case for the quanti�iable ROI in human assets.
He showed that about
half of all organizations believe that people are
their most important asset. Within this half, about
half act on their
belief. They implement systems and policies that
showthey value their people. Then within that
quarter, about half
stick to their beliefs and actions, even under
business pressures to abandon their beliefs in
order to cut costs or
reallocate their investments. Interestingly, over the
years, this one eighth has shown superior results
on every
measure of pro�itability, ef�iciency, and effectiveness
when compared to the otherseven eighths.
The lesson: People
do matter, and with the right measures, their value is
quanti�iable. Latham (2009a) offers speci�ic
areasfor evidence-
based management, such as using the right tools to
hire high-performing employees, training and
development to
44. create high-performing teams, and motivating
employees to be high performers. I/O psychology
uses rigorous
scienti�icmethods such as experimental designs and
statistical analyses to help employersdevelop and
use the right
measures to quantify the ROI in people.
Find Out for Yourself: Human Assets and Human
Costs
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Every year, Fortune magazine publishes a list of
America’slargest corporations. Visit the website to
�ind out
which corporations are on the current Fortune
500 list.
Fortune 500 (http://beta.fortune.com/fortune500)
What Did You Learn?
1. According to Fortune’s methodology, what are
the selection criteria and someindicators of these
organizations’ performance?
2. Visit the websites of several Fortune 500
companies of your choosing. Read their mission,
vision, and
45. values statements. How many of them refer to
people as one of their assets?
3. Take a look at the �inancial statements of
those companies that are publicly traded.
How much did
they spend last year on people costs? Lookfor
payroll, bene�its, training and development, and
similar expenses.
4. How do theseexpenses compare to other
expenses and investments for each company?
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1.4 The Role of I/O Psychologists
As previously discussed,I/O psychologists use
psychological principles to improve employee
performance. They do
this by using a variety of methods that span
various stages of an employee’s relationship
with an organization, also
referred to as the employee life cycle. These
stages are introduced in this section and
will be covered throughout
the text.
Employee Selection Tools and Practices
46. Selecting employees requires tools that help
identify the most quali�ied job candidates in
a fair and unbiased
manner. I/O psychologists study a job’s
requirements and then develop job-speci�ic interviews
and psychological
tests that meet strictscienti�iccriteria. These topics
are discussed in detail in Chapters 2 and 3.
Employee Performance Evaluations
Mostorganizations use somemethod to evaluate
employee job performance, and they oftenbase
promotions, pay
increases, transfers, and dismissals on these
appraisals. Naturally, it is extremely
important that performance
evaluations be based on data that is as fair
and objective as possible and not on a
supervisor’s individual likes and
dislikes. I/O psychologists design evaluations that
avoid the potential pitfalls of subjectivity
and personal preference.
Designing and implementing high-quality performance
evaluations are covered in detail in Chapter
4.
Find Out for Yourself: The Employee Life Cycle
Figure 1.2 provides an example of the employee
life cycle. While each of thesestages is
discussed in detail in
one or more chapters of this book, it will be
helpful to familiarize yourself with them early
on. Keepin mind
47. that thereare similarities and differences in
employee life cycles across various jobs and
industries. While the
cycle is largely the same, the speci�ic
processes have subtle but important differences.
Figure 1.2: The employee life cycle model
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Employee Training and Development
One of the constants in the working world is
that things are constantly changing.
Technology, products, strategies,
services—so much about a job can change so
rapidly that all employees must continue to
learn, rookies and veterans
alike. I/O psychologists research and develop the
most effective ways to train employees and
maximize transfer of
knowledge to the learner. You will learnabout
thesetopics in Chapter 5.
Employee Motivation
Many aspects of the work environment affect
employee motivation, such as pay, bene�its,
recognition, job security,
the quality of leadership, and the physical and
48. psychological work climate. I/O psychologists work to
identify and
modify theseconditions and others in order to
provide motivating jobs and work environment.
Chapter 6 addresses
work motivation.
Organizational Processes
I/O psychologists are concerned with studying,
understanding, facilitating, and increasing the
effectiveness of
organizational processes such as leadership,
communication, decision making, problem
solving, creativity,and group
dynamics. Chapters 7, 8, and 9 focus on these
critical organizational processes.
Employee Safety and Wellness
Managers are constantly searching for ways to
increase worker productivity. Workers who feel safe,
have an
appropriate work–life balance, and are healthy tend to
be the most productive. I/O psychologists help
organizations
create work environments that support employee health
and wellness and reduce the damaging effects of
physical
hazards as well as the psychological risks of
excessive stress and burnout. These topics
are covered in Chapter 10.
Organizational Outcomes
The principles and methodology of I/O psychology
49. can be an organization’s most important tool as it
attempts to
achieve the greatest return on its most
important asset—its people. I/O psychologists
recognize that pro�it and
�inancial performance are valuable indicators of an
organization’s success, even in not-for-pro�it
enterprises. Even if
�inancial success were an organization’s only reason
for hiring an I/O psychologist, the organization’s
managers
would soon discover that they had made a good
investment. The following section offers
someways in which I/O
psychologists can contribute to an organization’s bottom
line.
Reducing Employee Turnover
Consider the costly problem of employee turnover.
Whenever an employee quits, the company loses
the investment
it made in recruiting, selecting, and training
that person. The company must then spend
additional money to hire
and train a replacement, during which time the
company is short an employee.The ultimate cost of
turnover can
reach threetimes the original employee’s salary
(Cascio, 2000). Programs devised and applied by
I/O psychologists
can improve retention and reduce turnover. For
example, at Mutual of Omaha, a Fortune
500 company that provides
insurance and �inancial services, a successfulturnover
reduction program reduced turnover by 15%,which
in turn
50. yielded $250,000 in savings for 3 consecutive
years (Noon, 2004). Even in minimum wage
jobs, replacing an
employee has been found to cost as much as
$5,000 (Mushrush, 2016).
Reducing Absenteeism
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Another costly problem organizations face is
absenteeism. Organizations lose a large amount of
money when their
employees don’t showup for work: projects
stall, customers can’t be helped, and products
can’t be made or sold.
According to a study by the Society for
Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Kronos
Inc., U.S. companies spent
over 20% of their payroll in 2013 on costsassociated
with absenteeism. European companies spent
almost double
that percentage (Lacapo, 2014). Examples of these
expenses include the cost of hiring temporary
workers or paying
overtime to existing workers. Temporary workers
cost about 15% more than permanent workers,
and overtime can
51. cost 30% to 40% more than the regular rate. Also keep in
mind that replacement workers are only 70% to
80% as
ef�icient as permanent workers and that absenteeism
slows down the productivity of coworkersby
about 20% (Bass
& Fleury, 2011).
I/O psychologists can devise and apply techniques
that reduce
absenteeism, resulting in substantial savings for a
business. For example,
a nonpro�it hospital with 3,000 employees
estimated that it saved
$50,000 in 1 year simply by heeding a
consulting psychologist’s advice to
implement a positive incentive program to control
absenteeism. In this
program, employees were allowed to convert someof
their unused paid
sick leave into additional pay or paid vacation time
(Schlotzhauer & Rose,
1985). The original use-it-or-lose-it policy may
have triggered excessive
sick leave and an entitlement mentality in which
employees used their
sick-leave days whether they were sick or not. In
another study,
contingent rewards such as public feedback and
�inancial incentives were
shown to successfully reduce unplannedabsences
among grocery store
employees (Camden, Prince, & Ludwig, 2011).
In times of economic instability, however, many
employees do not use
52. their paid time off in order to cash it in, or
even forfeit much-needed sick
leave and vacation time for fear of losing their
jobs, which can be
detrimental to health and well-being. For
example, much like how sleep
is necessary for optimal functioning, vacations have a
similar positive impact on physical, mental,
and psychological
health (de Bloom, Radstaak, & Geurts, 2014).
Thus, a balance is needed between strict
attendance policies and
�lexibility to allow workers to stay healthy,
recover from illness, and attend to personal
matters.
Improving Employee Attitudes
Research also shows that positive employee attitudes
such as job satisfaction, engagement, and
organizational
commitment can reduce grievances and other
labor disputes as well as decrease absenteeism,
turnover, work
slowdowns, faulty products, and accidents. These
are major �inancial concerns for businesses
today. Research by the
Gallup Organization, such as the Q12 employee
engagement report you reviewed earlier, strongly
supports that
organizations with high employee-engagement scores
have 3.9 times the earnings per share growth
rate of
organizations with lower employee engagement scores
(Harter et al., 2002). Thus, corporate leaders
call on I/O
53. psychologists to improve employees’ attitudes toward
both their jobs and their organization as a whole.
Consider This:Your Dream Job
Imagine that you have the opportunity to design
your dream job. Make a list of all the
characteristics this job
would have: title, duties and responsibilities,
salary, bene�its, incentives, working conditions,
performance
standards, promotioncriteria, who you will report to,
and how many employees you will manage (if
any).
Questions to Consider
1. What KSAOs can you bring to this job?
What should be the selection criteria for
the right candidate
for this job?
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2. What do you expect your attitudes to be
toward your job and your organization? Will you be
satis�ied? Engaged? Motivated? Happy? Committed?
3. What do you expect your behaviors to be if
you get this job? Will you go above and beyond
54. your
direct responsibilities to give better service to
your customers? Will you volunteer for additional
projects that help your organization grow, even if
you do not receive additional compensation for
them? Will you consider leaving the organization
for a better offer?
Maintaining Employee Rights and Dignity
Creating jobs and work environments that maintain
workers’ human rights and dignity is a
critical mission within
I/O psychology. I/O psychologists help organizations
maintain their employees’ legal rights by
complying with labor
laws that pertain to various aspects of the
workplace, such as hiring and �iring,
compensation and bene�its, training
and development, promotions and discipline, and
others that you will learnabout throughout
this text.
However, legal compliance is not suf�icient to
showworkers respect and dignity. A person’s
work life is critical for his
or her self-identity and self-esteem (Gioia,
Patvardhan, Hamilton, & Corley, 2013).
Employees perceive themselves to
be treated with dignity when their employersgo
beyond the letter of the law to provide
jobs that offer additional
dimensions such as meaningful work, personal
accountability, and respectful treatment from
those who supervise
and lead them (Rucci, 2008).
55. What can I/O psychologists do to enhance
employee dignity? One factor they can help
improve is employees’ feeling
that they have contributed to the organization’s
success, which studies have shown in�luences
job satisfaction. I/O
psychologists can work with organizations to establish a
closer �it between workers’ skills and key
job requirements
so that workers are able to use their skills and
abilities to perform their jobs successfully. As
discussed earlier, these
factors have been shown to increase organizational
commitment and employee engagement, with notable
impact on
the organization’s bottom line.
Employee dignity is also enhanced by employee-
centered leaders. I/O psychologists have discovered
that leaders
who show an interest in their employees’
development, empower and challenge their
employees, and encourage
creative work can enhance employee dignity by
creating a compelling, purposeful organizational
environment.
Employee-centered leaders not only elicit greater
performance from their workers that translates
into company
pro�its (Colbert, Kristof-Brown, Bradley, & Barrick,
2008); they also have more productive, satis�ied,
and committed
employees, as well as high-performing teams
and organizations (Banks, McCauley, Gardner, &
Guler, 2016).
56. Consider This:Employee-Centered Leaders
1. Who is or was your favorite leader or
mentor? What characteristics did you value in
this person?
2. Think about the way this leader related to
you or others. What made the strongest
impact on you,
and why?
3. Who is or was the worst leader you
have ever had? Why?
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1.5 I/O Psychology as a Profession
I/O psychology is a diverse �ield with a
variety of professional opportunities. Many I/O
psychologists work in
business positions that deal with worker productivity,
employee training and assessment, and HR. Others
work in
research or hold academic positions. For the
experienced I/O psychologist, consulting is
another option. But
regardless of which position an I/O psychologist
decides to pursue, the �irst step is to obtain
the appropriate
experience.
57. Educational, Licensing, and Certi�ication
Requirements
I/O psychologists actively contribute to the workplace
with both their research and applications. However, to
be able
to contribute effectively, they need to be
appropriately educated and trained. Based on
the results of the SIOP 2016
Income & Employment Survey (Poteet, Parker,
Herman, DuVernet,& Conley, 2017), thereis a
strong emphasis in the
�ield of I/O psychology on completing higher
education. For example, most SIOP members
have at least a master’s
degree, and the majority have a doctorate. This trend
is re�lective of the psychology profession
in general. Most
psychologists �ind it necessary to earn
graduate degrees and professional certi�ications in
order to advance their
careers or further the scope of their
practices. Therefore, education and experience
are highly valued in this
profession.
Although thereis no speci�ic licensure for I/O
professionals and the current licensure tests are
weighted heavily in
the clinical domain, I/O psychologists who are
licensed in speci�ic �ields are in higher
demand than nonlicensed
ones, and they earn signi�icantly more (Poteet et
al., 2017). Examples of licenses and
certi�ications pursued by I/O
58. psychologists include licenses in clinical, counseling,
and school psychology; HR professional
certi�ications granted
through the SHRM or the Human Resource
Certi�ication Institute; training and development
certi�ications granted
through the Association for Talent Development
(ATD; formerly the American Society for Training
and
Development); and nonpsychology certi�ications such
as Project Management and Lean Six Sigma
(quality
management and continuous improvement). Each of
these licenses and certi�ications requires a preset
number of
examinations and professional development hours.
Finally, many of the licenses are state
governed and may vary
from state to state.
Find Out for Yourself: State- and Domain-Speci�ic
Licensures
The American Counseling Association website
provides links to various state licensing boards.
Visit the
website to research licensure requirements in your
own state or for any state you would consider
working in.
American Counseling Association: Licensure &
Certi�ication (http://www.counseling.org/knowledge-
center/licensure-requirements/state-professional-counselor-
licensure-boards)
Career Paths for I/O Psychologists
59. According to the SIOP 2016 Income &
Employment Survey (Poteet et al., 2017),
about 51% of I/O psychologists
work in the private sector, with the majority of
this group working for consulting �irms.
Another 28.8% hold
academic positions in educational institutions. Only
8.8%work for the public sector, and another
5.5% work for
nonpro�its. The majority of I/O psychologists
in�luencebusiness organizations directly through
their employment or
consulting, or indirectly by teaching future
generations of I/O psychologists or conducting
research that can bene�it
the practice of I/O psychology in organizations.
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Business Organizations
Many private sector business organizations now
hire I/O psychologists, including manufacturing, health
care,
pharmaceuticals, retail, transportation, banking,
insurance,energy, and information technology
(see Table 1.1). An
I/O psychologist’s role depends on the job site. For
60. example, in manufacturing and health care, roles
may relate more
to safety and wellness. In high-volume retail
and mass transportation, emphasis may be placed
on logistics and
business process ef�iciencies, such as increasing
productivity and quality and reducing waste.
Banking and insurance
may emphasize mainstream HR functions such as
employee selection, training, and performance
appraisal.
Table 1.1: I/O psychology job types and hiring
organizations
Job types Hiring organizations
Management Consultant AppleOne
Organizational Development Consultant FedEx Of�ice
and Print Services, Inc.
Compensation Analyst GM Financial
Project Manager Bio-Rad Laboratories
Leadership Selection and Assessment Specialist Cisco
Research Manager J.D. Power and Associates
Senior User Experience Researcher Macy’s
Human Resources Analyst Vertafore
Talent Acquisition Recruiter ACCO Brands
61. Executive Compensation Consultant Allstate
Operational Psychologist Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
Manager, Talent Acquisition Comcast
MostFortune 100 companies maintain in-house I/O
psychologists. I/O psychologists may occupy
positions in the HR
department, such as vice president of HR, HR
director, and HR manager; or they may specialize in
selection,
compensation, training, bene�its, performance appraisal,
safety, or wellness. They can also hold
consultative,
research, or project-based positions such as
organizational development specialist, personnel
psychologist,
compensation analyst, project manager, behavioral
scientist, or senior researcher.
Consulting Firms
I/O psychologists can be the sole owners of
consulting �irms. They can also have partners
with whom they jointly
own the consulting practice. Some I/O
psychologists may also be employed by consulting
�irms without having any
ownershipinterest in those �irms. They may occupy
senior leadership, middle management, or
entry-level positions
in these�irms.
Typically, consulting �irms that employ I/O
psychologists provide the same types of
services discussed earlier
62. (selection, training, performance management, and
organizational change) for organizations that prefer
to outsource
theseservices to external consultants rather than
hiring I/O psychologists to perform these
services in-house. An
organization that has full-time I/O psychologists and
otherHR professionals on its payroll may also
seek the services
of a consulting �irm for highly specialized
or complex business needs. Furthermore, an
external consulting �irm may
be hiredto back up and enhance the credibility of
the initiatives pioneered in-house. Small companies
that cannot
afford to staff in-house I/O psychologists full
time may hire consultants for speci�ic projects, such
as to design a
performance appraisal system or a training
program.
Academic Institutions
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Similar to those in most positions within higher
education, I/O psychologists typically have a
doctorate degree, and
most oftenprogress through the academic titlesof
assistant professor, associate professor, full professor,
63. emeritus
professor, and department chair. Some academics
also occupy the nonpermanent roles of
lecturer or adjunct
professor, often in conjunction with other
employment or during career transitions. Others
progress to
administrative roles in academic institutions such as
college dean, provost, vice president, or
president.
Like many academics, I/O psychologists who work in
academia have three primary roles: teaching,
research, and
service. Although teaching is the most visible
role, academically oriented I/O psychologists spend a
substantial
portion of their time and energy conducting
research to further knowledge in their �ields.
They also serve in many
capacities within and outside their employing
organizations. For example, they can serve on expert
panels in
academic, professional, industry, community, and
political settings and as editors and reviewers
of academic and
popular publications.
Government, Public, and Nonpro�it Organizations
I/O psychologists are frequentlyhired in federal and
local government organizations. The U.S. Of�ice of
Personnel
Management, which is responsible for placement,
training, and conducting background checks
for government jobs,
develops and implements all selection tests for
64. civil service jobs (e.g., Postal Service, air traf�ic
control, Border
Patrol). I/O psychologists also play an important role
for state and municipal governments. Because
these entities
are held to a high standard when selecting state
and local civil servants such as police
and �ire�ighters, I/O
psychologists are tasked with selecting personnel who
meet state and local civil service requirements.
Similarly, the U.S. military uses I/O psychologists to
execute its extensive testing program, and the U.S.
Army
Research Institute employs someof the top I/O
psychology researchers. Their mission is to
apply research related to
leadership, motivation, personnel replacement,
and human–machine interaction to create the
most competent
military in the world. The U.S. Army, U.S. Air
Force, U.S. Navy, and otherarmed forces
also employ I/O psychologists
to design and assess training and to monitor
important well-being indicators such as post-
traumatic stress disorder.
I/O psychologists who work or consult for the
military oftenneed to obtain and maintain
security clearances and are
given permission to access classi�ied
information only after completing a thorough
background check.
Find Out for Yourself: I/O Psychology as a Career
Review the following websites, then answer the
65. questions that follow.
What Do I/O Psychologists Really Do?
(http://www.siop.org/psychatwork.aspx)
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
JobNet
(http://www.siop.org/jobnet/default.aspx)
Society for Human Resource Management Jobs
(http://jobs.shrm.org/)
What Did You Learn?
1. Which industries are currently hiring I/O
psychologists?
2. What are somecommon themes? What do
you thinkit takesto land a job as an I/O
psychologist?
3. If you were to choose I/O psychology as a
career, what are someof the tasksyou might
perform?
4. How could you as an I/O psychologist
help a past, current, or future employer achieve
his or her
�inancial objectives? What speci�ic activities would
you perform for this organization?
http://www.siop.org/psychatwork.aspx
http://www.siop.org/jobnet/default.aspx
http://jobs.shrm.org/
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67. instabilityamong organizations and their employees,
and the 2008
economic crisis and slow recovery have forced
many companies to rethink their
business strategies. The ever-
expandingglobal marketplace has not only challenged
domestic companies to create innovative
products faster and
bring them to market sooner, it has also led
U.S. jobs to be increasingly outsourced to
countries where laboris less
expensive. The oil and gas industry is facing
unprecedented competitive challenges, leading to
across-the-board
layoffs and economic problems in states such as
Texas. Massive federal student loans and
limited employment
prospects are anticipated to lead to another
economic downturn as the default rate increases,
expandingthe already
ballooning government debt.
I/O psychologists have an important role to play in
such hard economic times. They can serve
members of the
workforce by facilitating their placement,
onboarding, and continuous development. Examples of
an I/O
psychologist’s work in these areas include
redesigning jobs to increase ef�iciency,
effectiveness, productivity, and
global competitiveness; retraining displaced
employees; redesigning jobs to capitalize on
existing skill sets; and
rethinkingtraining and development to emphasize
transferable competencies rather than narrow
68. skills.
Demographic Factors
Within the United States the demographic
makeup of the
workforce is rapidly changing. For example, in
2011, for the
�irst time in American history, there were 1
million more
female than male college graduates, meaning
more women
are expected to enter the workforce (Francese,
2011).
Moreover,for the �irsttime in history, the workplace
includes
�ive generations working side by side: the
traditionalists,
born before 1946; the baby boomers, born
from 1946 to
1964; Generation X, born from 1965 to
1976; Generation Y,
also referred to as millennials, born from 1977 to
1997; and
now Generation Z, born after 1997 and
just entering the
workforce (Meister & Willyerd, 2010). Many
traditionalists
and baby boomers delayed their retirementdue to
increased
life expectancy, better health, and depleted savings
as a result
of the 2008 economic recession. However, many
are now
retiring or will be retiring soon, and the
millennial generation
69. is replacing them at record pace. With 80 million
millennials,
1 in every 2 employees in today’s
workforce belongs to this
group, which is predicted to constitute 75% of
the global
workforce by 2025 (Schawbel, 2013). In a few
years, similar
trends are anticipated for Generation Z.
These demographic changes are resulting in two
trends. First, as the traditionalists and baby
boomers leave the
workforce, organizations experience a “brain
drain.” Potential replacements must go through a
steeplearning curve
to acquire the same levels of knowledge,
skills, and experience needed to adequately
replace baby boomer and
traditionalist retirees. Second, millennials and
Generation Z differ in their mind-sets,
priorities, and work
expectations, which will likely result in
notable changes in jobs and organizational structures,
cultures, and
processes to �it thesegenerations’ workstyle,
attitudes, and motivations. For example, millennials
are independent,
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70. creative, and technologicallysavvy. Theydo not trust
or defer to authority as readily as previous
generations did.
They have higher expectations of their
employers that go beyond pay and bene�its, including
being socially
responsible and making a difference in the world.
Theyview work as a means to an end, with
the end being personal
ful�illment and a meaningful, balanced life.
Generation Z is even more technologicallysavvy,
but more calculating and
�inancially minded. These changes are strongly
aligned with I/O psychologists’ training in job and
organizational
design, workforce development, and performance
management, which can facilitate the necessary
adaptations of
jobs and organizations to meet millennials’ needs
and aspirations.
Find Out for Yourself: Millennials and Generation Z
Watch the following two videos for additional insights
about millennials and Generation Z.
Millennials Now Biggest Part of Workforce
(http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/millennials-now-biggest-
part-of-workforce/)
Gen-Z Matters More Than Millennials
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyz6-
taovlaOkPsPtK4KNEg?
v=Y8mZx4o32vs)
71. What Did You Learn?
1. Are thesevideos re�lective of you or of
members of thesetwo generations that you know?
2. Do you �ind it easier/harder to work with one
particular generation than the others? In what
ways?
In addition to gender and age changes, workforce
demographics are becoming more ethnically diverse.
The 2010
census shows that persons of color, including
African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian
Americans, account for 35%
of the population. By 2042 this number will climb
even higher, with Caucasians predicted to
constitute only 42% of
the population. These demographic changes also
in�luencethe levels of education in the
workforce, which, although
increasingacross the board, tend to be substantially
lower among ethnic minorities (National Center
for Education
Statistics, 2016).
Although attainment of higher levels of
education is on the rise, the quality and
competitiveness of U.S. education is
declining rapidly. When compared to the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development
averages, U.S.
high school students rank as average or below
average in math, science, and reading, behind
China, Korea, Singapore,
Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, and a number of
western and eastern European countries (Ryan,
72. 2013). As attainment of
higher education levels increases while quality
decreases,wages and job-related educational
requirements have to
be adjusted accordingly, as do training needs to
�ill knowledge gaps. I/O psychologists are
well positioned to help
equip future generations of employees with
the competencies they need to be successful
despite educational
de�iciencies. Collaboration between employersand
educational institutions is also growing in an
attempt to improve
the rigor and relevance of education, which
opens doors for I/O psychologists to contribute
to the quality and
competitiveness of education.
Technology
With the help of portable technology and instant
telecommunications, organizations are increasingly hiring
employees who work off-site, whether across town
or across the globe. These workers can
telecommute from a
home of�ice, e-mail and text message from a
coffee shop, telephone from an airport while
traveling, or teleconference
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from a hotelroom. This dramatic shift in where
and how people work is an outgrowth of the
information age, and
I/O psychologists must help organizations transition to a
virtual work environment by creating effective
tools for
selecting people who will be successfulin it. They
must also train managers how to effectively coach,
manage, and
communicate with employees they may never meet
face-to-face.
Moreover, social media has become a primary
source of attracting, hiring, and retaining talent.
For example,
companies such as Google use social media
to create “alumni networks” in order to
stay in touch with former
employees. Using social media to recruit,
select, and retain employees is a prime
area for I/O psychology research
and application.
Leadership Challenges
Leaders in today’s organizations are faced with a
number of challenges, many of which
I/O psychologists can help
overcome.For example, unethical behavior is on the
rise and has become widespread at many levels
in corporate
74. America. I/O psychologists now face the challenge and
opportunity of studying why somepeople,
especially leaders,
engage in unethical behaviors while others resist
the temptation to do so. New selection
tools and development
programs are emerging from this research and becoming
more commonly used to effectively develop
and manage
organizational ethics. Related areas receiving much
emphasis and media attention include corporate
social
responsibility, sustainability, and environmental issues. As
mentioned earlier, theseare important
concerns for the
millennial generation. As millennials rise through
the ranks and begin to dominate leadership
positions, theseareas
are likely to be prioritized in terms of
job and organizational design, hiring, motivation,
and retention, all of which
are within the scope of I/O psychologists’ roles
within organizations.
Unfortunately, many of the scienti�ic and
evidence-based tools and methods created by
I/O psychologists may be
overlooked by managers and decision makers who
tend to favor intuition and instincts. For
example, when making
hiring decisions, somemanagers still say things like, “I
know a greatemployee when I see one.”
However, as you will
learnin upcoming chapters, without accurate selection
tools, a manager’schances of making a
successfulhire may
75. be no better than a coin �lip. Erroneous hires
are not only detrimental to productivity, they may
also expose the
organization to substantial litigation costs and
negative publicity. I/O psychologists can help develop
assessments
that identify which people will work best in a
variety of positions across different job
sectors. Although managers
are gradually becoming more aware of the importance
of evidence-based practices, there is a
long way to go. I/O
psychologists thus have a critical role to play in
promotingapplication and bridging the gap
between science and
practice.
I/O psychologists can also play an important role in
helping managers assess and improve employee
engagement.
The ongoing economic recession has taken a toll on
workers. The stress of continued layoffs and,
for those who still
have jobs, burnout from increased workloadshas often
resulted in disengagement. In 2010 Aon Hewitt
Associates
consulting �irm found that sincethe start of
the 2008 recession, employee engagement slipped
dramatically. In fact,
up to 60% of the employee population was
thinking about changing jobs once the labormarket
improved. Although
I/O psychologists cannot change the economic
situation, they can help managers understand what
makes employees
feel engaged and help them maintain their
76. engagement in spite of the economy. As this
chapter has shown,
employees want leaders who value employees.
Managers can formally show their appreciation
by introducing
programs such as pro�it sharing and �lextime and by
providing clear advancement opportunities. However,
managers
should also act in more informal, non-work-related
ways to convey their appreciation for employees;
this can be as
simple as engaging an employee in a conversation
that has nothing to do with his or her job. In
the end, however, the
thingthat leadsto true satisfaction for most employees
is timely recognition for a job well done.
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Summary and Conclusion
There is signi�icant support for the notion
that people are an organization’s most important
asset. They are not just
an expense or cost of doing business; rather,
they are an investment that can realize
quanti�iable returns and
determine an organization’s success or failure. I/O
psychology is a science that uses the methods,
facts, and
77. principles of psychology to enhance employee
productivity, satisfaction, engagement, and well-
being, and it has been
shown to increase organizational ef�iciency,
effectiveness, and competitive advantage.
Whether working in academia or for the private
sector, the government, the military, a
nonpro�itorganization, or as
a consultant, I/O psychologists help organizations
make critical human capital decisions.
Examples include
designing motivating jobs, selecting the right candidates,
training employees, accuratelyevaluating job
performance,
managing absenteeism and turnover, developing
effective leaders, and avoiding discriminatory
litigation.
The business world is rapidly changing, and
I/O psychology can help address many issues
that management fads
cannot. This book introduces the interesting world
of I/O psychology. It provides an overview of
the established
knowledge in the �ield as well as new and
emerging approaches that will signi�icantly impact
the way organizations
do business. There are plenty of opportunities to
apply I/O psychology principles to everyday
thinking and activities.
Even for those who do not intend to specialize in
I/O psychology, the information in this course
is foundational for
becoming an effective contributor to any
organization.
78. Chapter 1 Flashcards
Key Terms
action research
career
employee life cycle
Hawthorne effect
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human relations
industrial/organizational (I/O)psychology
industrial psychology
job
job family
79. occupation
organizational climate
organizational culture
organizational development
organizational psychology
people costs
positive organizational behavior (POB)
positive organizational scholarship (POS)
psychological capital (PsyCap)
psychological climate
scienti�icmanagement
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Learning Outcomes
After reading this chapter, you should be able to
80. Describe the critical stages of a job analysis.
Explain why recruiting practices are important to
organizations.
Be familiar with initial screening tools for employee
selection.
Create effective employee interviews.
Understand laws that impact employee selection
practices.
Apply positive psychology to employee selection.
2Employee Selection
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2.1 The Importance of Employee Selection
Think about the following scenario: Youremployer or
favorite shopping place is experiencing
signi�icant growth and
needs to hire 20 new customer service
representatives over the next 2 months. This can be
an exciting time for the
organization. The company is growing, and additional
81. employees will ensure continued growth
and increased
revenue. Hiring these new employees, however,
may pose some challenges. First, where
will the company �ind
quali�ied candidates for the new positions, and how
will it encourage them to apply for
the jobs? The company
anticipates more than 200 people will apply
for the 20 open positions. How will it
screen the résumés and
applications so as to identify the most quali�ied
individuals? Additionally, who will conduct the
interviews, and more
importantly, how will the interviewers discern which
applicants have the skills and abilities to
best serve the
company’s customers? Finally, how will the
company ensure that each stageof the selection
process is legal, ethical,
and fair?
Mostorganizations encounter thesechallenges when
they have to hire new employees. A common concern
is the
cost of hiring, which can be very expensive.
There is the cost of advertising the job
opening, which may include
buying print ads, online ads, posting to a bulletin
board, renting a booth at a job fair, or
even paying a recruitment
agency. Then there are the costs of processing
the applications, screening the applicants,
contacting prospective
interviewees, and testing and interviewing applicants.
These costsinclude not only the time of the
82. organization’s HR
employees and hiring managers, but also opportunity
costs, or productivity sacri�iced because
their time is not being
spent on otherproductive activities. Oncean
employee is selected, thereare costs associated
with orientation and
training to get that employee ready to perform.
Because the new employee is now on the
organization’s payroll, the
costsof this orientation and training phase
include both the manager’s and the employee’s time
and opportunity
costs.
Although hiring costs are high, hiring the
wrong person can be even more costly. A
Harvard University study
estimated that 80% of turnover can be attributed to
faulty hiring decisions (Yager, 2016). Turnover
rate is the
percentage of all the employees in an
organization who leave in a given year.
Turnover can be more expensive than
hiring. When employees leave an
organization, not only does the hiring process
have to be repeated to �ill the
vacancy, but thereare also the costsof separatingthe
departing employee, including time spent by HR
employees
and hiring managers, as well as any severance pay
that may be due to the employee. The organization
may never
recover any returns on its investment in the
departing employee’s training, or worse, this
knowledge—as well as any
83. intellectual property that the employeemight have
learned about—can go directly to a competitor
who hires the
separated employee.
Many of the problems that can lead to turnover—
or to less extreme but still counterproductive and
costly
alternatives such as absenteeism, disengagement,job
dissatisfaction, and lack of organizational
commitment—can
be avoided through better hiring, which should
start with a careful process of proactive
planning and analysis. I/O
psychologists play an important role in helping
organizations design and implement effective
selection processes.In
this chapter, we describe how I/O psychologists gather
information about the work functions of
an open job
position, as well as what characteristics a worker
needs to have for the job to be done
successfully. Then we review
the most effective ways to recruit candidates for a
job, design initial screening methods, and
establish fair selection
processes.
Find Out for Yourself: Hiring Costs
1. Visit several recruitment websites such as
Monster and Ladders. How much does it cost to
advertise a
job opening?
2. Research turnover rates at http://www.bls.gov/jlt
84. (http://www.bls.gov/jlt) / in industries that are of
interest to you. Are you surprised by the numbers
you found?
3. Contact an organization to which you have
access, such as your employer, the employer of a
family
member or friend, your bank, your grocery store,
or your favorite fast-food restaurant or café. Ask
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how many applicants the organization usually gets
per job opening. How much time does the
manager spend processing each applicant?How long
does it take to train a new employee?
4. How many employees work at that
location, and how many left last year?
Calculate the turnover rate.
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85. 2.2 Job Analysis
Think about your current or past job. Begin by
listing all the tasksand duties you must
complete to perform the job.
If you have trouble coming up with a complete
list, start by thinking about a speci�ic day,
like last Monday. What did
you do to start your day? What happened after lunch?
Before you left for the day? Now that you’ve
identi�ied your
regular job tasks, thinkabout activities that you
perform less frequently, perhaps on a
monthly, quarterly, or annual
basis. Be sure to add these to your list.
Once you’ve identi�ied as many tasks as
possible, indicate the level of
importance for and amount of time spent on
each one.
Now take a moment to think about the
characteristics that would enable a person to
perform these tasks
successfully. For example, what technical knowledge
might someone need to do your job? Would
a worker need
certain innate abilities, such as good judgment,
critical-thinking ability, or strong
communication skills? What other
KSAOs are necessary for a person to perform
this job?
Congratulations! By completing this exercise, you
have created a basicjob analysis, which is
the systematic study of
a speci�ic job based on information about
86. its directly observable and veri�iable job tasks
and worker behaviors
(Morgeson & Dierdorff, 2011). Organizations use a
similar process to collect information about
jobs and the people
who perform them. See the feature box Consider
This:Job Analysis for a more sophisticated
example.
Consider This:Job Analysis
Any job, even a simple one, can bene�it from job
analysis. Read the sample from the Staf�ing-and-
Recruiting-
Essentials.com website to see a job analysis for a
�inancial services salesperson.
Sample Job Analysis (http://www.staf�ing-and-recruiting-
essentials.com/Sample-Job-
Analysis.html#axzz4BNq2eiie)
Questions to Consider
1. Imagine you are applying for this type of job.
What new information did you learnabout it
from
reading this job analysis?
2. Now imagine you are the hiring manager
for this position. What new insights did you
gain from
reading this job analysis?
3. If you were a competitor, which of the
items listed on the job analysis would
you include? Which ones
87. would you eliminate? What would you add?
What Is Job Analysis?
The goal of a job analysis is to clearly
understand what work is performedfor a
speci�ic job. Typically,a job analysis
will include threepieces of information:
job tasks,
worker requirements, and
contextual factors.
The foundation for all job analyses is to clearly
de�ine a speci�ic job’stasks. Analyzingtasks
provides a clear picture
of what a worker does in the job. Tasks
should be observable or veri�iable and
recorded in the form of action
statements. Here are examples of a few of the
major tasksperformedby a bank teller:
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The skills and abilities
required for an of�ice job