Psychology plays an important role in helping various functions of human resource (HR) management like selection, training, career development, performance management, and motivation of employees. It helps HR by suggesting ideal candidate profiles, designing effective training programs based on learning theories, determining best career paths by analyzing personalities, developing performance evaluation methods, and designing motivation programs. Some key areas where psychology assists HR include job analysis, interviewing, diagnosing and solving organizational problems, and minimizing work stress. Understanding human behavior and factors influencing it allows HR to manage talent and create conditions where both organizational and individual goals are met.

1. ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN
HR

2. INTRODUCTION
ORGANISATION:
- is an institution, created by society to undertake a
set of tasks.
-its success depends upon the knowledge, skills and
abilities of their employees.
- to keep these things in balance the HR department
needs the help of psychology.

3. HR PSYCHOLOGY
Is a process of bringing
people and
organizations together
so that the goals of
each are met.
Is the study of human
behavior. The study is
not only how they
behave, but why they
behave as they do.
HR Vs PSYCHOLOGY

4. BRANCHES OF PSYCHOLOGY
Developmental
Adolescent
Abnormal
Clinical
social
Educational
Differential
Experimental
Organizational
industrial

5. AREAS WHERE PSYCHOLOGY HELPS HR
Selection
Training
Career development
Performance
management
To diagnose roots of the
problem and solve it
Interview
Job analysis
Motivating employees
Minimizing
organizational stress

6. SELECTION
ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN SELECTION:
They study and suggests qualifications that a
particular type of person must possess.
It analyses various elements involved in a particular
type of work.
It also comes up with an ideal person profile that the
organization is looking for.

7. TRAINING
ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN TRAINING:
They design and deliver training courses.
Scientific human learning theories.
Training principles.

8. CAREER DEVELOPMENT
ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN CAREER
DEVELOPMENT:
Determines best career for a person by analyzing his
characters.
It suggests best ways to attain them in future.
It also suggests ways to shine in the present career
by observing the qualities of the job.

9. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN PERFORMANCE
APPRAISAL:
They suggest many methods for performance appraisal.
Determines the errors that may happen.
 suggesting ways to overcome these errors:
1. providing evaluators with proper training.
2. arranging the evaluative format to minimize
errors.
Suggests best rating proceducers.

10. DIAGNOSE ROOT CAUSE OF PROBLEMS
ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN DIAGNOSIS:
Understanding the needs of the employees.
Understanding the problem from their point of view.
Helps in creating a feeling of ownership among
employees.
Helps in creating a high morale among employees.

11. INTERVIEW
PSYCHOLOGY IN INTERVIEW:
Designing standard interview methods.
Helps the HR’s to determine the characters from
their behavior during interview.
To frame suitable questions for various stages of
interview.

12. JOB ANALYSIS
ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN INTERVIEW:
The psychology has given seven methods:
1. Questionnaire.
2.Activity method.
3.Individual psychographic.
4.Time and motion study.
5.Skill analysis.
6.Job psychograph.

13. MOTIVATION
ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN MOTIVATION:
Helps HR to motivate individually by analyzing
everyone's characters.
Helps in designing motivation programmes.
Helps in training the executives to give proper
motivation to their employees.

14. MINIMISING ORGANIZATIONAL STRESS
ROLE OF PSYCHOLOGY IN REDUCING THE
STRESS:
The techniques developed by psychologist are:
1. Cultivate problem solving.
2. Avoid stressful situation.
3. Confront it.
4. Increase physical activity.
5. Find relaxing alternatives.

15. CONCLUSION
These days, various industries give rise. So, now
industrial growth depends completely on psychological
aspects.
The experiments and investigations conducted in the
field of psychology has given out;
1. Conditions of work.
2. Selection of workers.
3. Human elements in industry.
4. Promotions and transfers.
5. Conflicts in industry.

16. BIBILIOGRAPHY
1. Personnel and Organizational Psychology
- Laurence Siegel & Irving M.Lane
2. Psychology, Human Relations and Work Adjustment
- Rene V.Dawis & Rosemary T.Fruehling
3. ABC of Industrial Psychology
- prof. S.P. Chaube.
4. Introduction to Psychology
- Clifford T.Morgan & Richard A.King