Organization research

 Industrial/Organisational Psychology

            The application or extension of psychological facts and principles to the problems concerning human beings operating within business and industry. This subfield of psychology is defined as applying psychological principles and theories in industry and organisations.

            Organisational psychology may be defined as “the study of the structure of an organisation and the ways in which the people in it interact, usually undertaken to improve the organisation”.

Broad Scope for Psychologists in Industry and Organisations.

Ø  Selection and testing

Ø  Personnel development: training, performance appraisal, attitude measurement, employee counselling, career planning

Ø  Human engineering: Equipment and product design

Ø  Productivity study: worker fatigue, monotony, absenteeism, physical aspects of work environment, for e.g. lighting and temperature

Ø  Human relations: relations between supervisor and subordinates and of a labour union to management

Ø  Marketing research, accidents and safety, etc.

Major fields for Psychologists in Industry and Organisation.

	Organisational research  Organisational research is a branch of psychology that studies human behaviour in the workplace and applies psychological principles to improve organisational effectiveness, employee well-being, and overall work environments. The research is conducted at the workplace to address real-life challenges and specific issues. Five Basic Steps of Organisational Research Statement of the problem, Design of the research study, Measurement of variables, Analysis of data, and Conclusions from research Objective of Organisational Research To understand various aspects of work, such as employee motivation, job satisfaction, interpersonal relations among employees and management, performance, leadership, teamwork, organisational culture, and the selection and training of personnel. Researchers collaborate with organisations to address real-world challenges, suggest optimal strategies and develop evidence-based interventions. Some Major Areas of Organisational Research 1.         Employee selection and assessment 2.         Training and development 3.         Leadership and management 4.         Job satisfaction and well-being 5.         Organisational culture and climate 6.         Work motivation and performance 7.         Occupational stress 8.         Ergonomics Major Organisational Research Methods 1.         Quantitative, and 2.         Qualitative. 1.         Quantitative – In these methods, the researcher manipulates or systematically changes one or more factors (the independent variable) to study its effect on one or more other factors (dependent variable), in controlled conditions. Some of them are: Experimental, exploratory, descriptive, survey, correlational, quasi-experimental, empirical and comparative. 2.         Qualitative – Qualitative research is employed when the primary concern is to retain the natural quality of the situation: the naturalness of the behaviour, the setting and the treatment. Some of them are: Physical and electronic interviews, Life histories, Critical incident techniques, Cognitive mapping, research diaries, pictorial representation, participant observation, Analytic induction, hermeneutic understanding, Discourse analysis, conversation analysis, Grounded theory, Attributional coding, Ethnography, Case study.     ********