Objectives of Organizational Psychology

 

Introduction

            The organisational psychology deals with human behaviour in organizational set up. Organizations have certain objectives to achieve. Hence, the workforce employed in organizations is expected to work to achieve the organizational goals. The presence of humans in organizations necessitates the role of psychology. In this context the organizational psychology came into existence and devised its own general objectives.

 

Main Objectives:

1.         Enhance Productivity,

2.         Satisfaction of Employees,

3.         Hiring the Right People,

4.         Leadership and Conflict Resolution,

5.         Team Development and Management,

6.         Psychological Health of Employees,

7.         Conducive Working Conditions,

8.         Humanistic Approach,

9.         Assessment of Psychological Traits, and

10.       Job Analysis and Evaluation.

 

Scope of Objectives

1.         Team and team work,

2.         Leadership,

3.         Decision making,

4.         Coordination among management and workers,

5.         Work place environment,

6.         Job satisfaction and attitude,

7.         Professional ethics,

8.         Work motivation, and

9.         Recruitment & selection.

 

1.         Team and team work - Building appropriate team of people with matching temperaments to ensure high satisfaction level of team members and meet organizational goals/objectives.

2.         Leadership - To select the individuals with leadership traits to provide best leaders to the organization.

3.         Decision making - Helps in finding best possible alternatives to arrive at optimal decisions.

4.         Coordination among management and workers - Maintains cordial relations among all wings of an organization to have conducive work environment.

5.         Work place environment - Provides inputs to improve the work place environment which has direct bearing on the production capacity of an organization.

6.         Job satisfaction and attitude - It ensures that employees have high level of job satisfaction while maintaining favourable attitude towards organization.

7.         Professional ethics - It strives that employees stick to professional ethics within the limits of organizational guidelines. Professional ethics are on of the parameters of organizational goodwill.

8.         Work motivation - It ensures that employees remain motivated towards their work various psychological techniques are employed.

9.         Recruitment and selection - The OP develops recruitment guidelines and help in selection of employees with appropriate traits.

 

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