CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Psychology is the study of human behavior and it has two faces.One is through research of  information about human behavior sometimes called the SCIENCE of psychology and the other face is the application of such knowledge to various practical problems sometimes called the  PROFESSION of psychology. Industrial Psychology includes both these faces and  to give the basis for minimizing some of the human problems in industry.

The Industrial psychology is able to provide this structure by evaluating employee behavior for the good of the company. It is often referred to as organizational psychology because of its emphasis on analyzing individuals who work for various organizations.

The Method of Operating in Industrial Psychology has four  phases.

1. The identification of the Problems to be treated.( e.g dissatisfaction,controversy and conflict .)

2. The use of various methods of collection and  analysis of relevant data.(e.g experimental design,data collection, and statistical analysis methods.)

3. The findings resulting from these methods and associated analyses.(e.g Theories and Generalization,empirical derived research findings.)

4.The application of such findings to the problems at hand. ( The adoption of certain practices,procedures,policies or action predicated on the findings in question.)