Unit 1 Introduction to Industrial Psychology

5 lecture hours

• nature and development of work psychology
• basis of job related behavior - individual and situational variables
• importance of organizational behavior
• organizational behavior models

Unit 2 Individual Behavior

8 lecture hours

• Personality: types
• factors influencing personality
• factors influencing perception
• interpersonal perception
• Motivation: Concepts and their application
• Principles and Theories of motivation- Different Models of Motivation and their effects on work behavior

Unit 3 Human Fatigue

6 lecture hours

• Nature of fatigue
• Fatigue reduction
• Rest Pauses
• Environmental conditions affecting fatigue
• Economic aspects
• Psychological aspects
• Job methods
• Motion study
• Time study
• Hawthorne study

Unit 4 Leadership

• Style & Theories of Leadership - Trait
• Behavioral and Situational Theories
• Vroom-Yetton-Yago Model. 4 9

Unit 5 Work stress

• Understanding Stress and Its Consequences
• Causes of Stress
• Managing Stress. 5 11

Unit 6 Job Redesign and new technologies

• Human factor approach to job design
• Job simplification
• job enrichment
• job enlargement. 5 11

Unit 7 Group Behavior

4 lecture hours

• Analysis of Interpersonal Relationship
• Group Dynamics: Definition
• Stages of Group Development
• Group Cohesiveness
• Formal and Informal Groups
• Group Processes and Decision Making
• Dysfunctional Groups

Unit 8 Dynamics of Organizational Behaviors

45 lecture hours

• Organizational Change: Concept
• Resistance to change
• Managing resistance to change
• Implementing Change
• Kurt Lewin Theory of Change
• Factors affecting organizational 8 18 climate
• Job satisfaction
• Organizational Culture: Concept
• Elements of Culture
• Implications of Organization culture
• Process of Organizational Culture