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What are the objectives of Industrial Psychology?
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The main aim of Industrial Psychology is to study the human behaviour and to suggest various ways and means lo improve the efficiency of workers in industries. The important objectives of industrial psychology are as under:
(1) Selection of proper man—By the use of systematic depth interviews and psychological tests such as intelligence, aptitude, skills, abilities and interest tests, the personnel characteristics of the persons are measured and proper man is selected for and placed on the job.
(2) Proper distribution of work—Another aim of industrial psychology is the proper distribution of work, according to the ability and aptitude of the employees so that they feel themselves satisfied and the employer may also get higher production at minimum cost.
(3) Minimising the wastage of human force—Industrial psychology aims at minimising the wastage of human power due to fatigue, illness, accidents etc. It studies several psychological factors causing fatigue or accidents and suggests measures for preventing the accidents or minimising fatigue. The techniques of motivation and morale are used for this purpose.
(4) Promoting labour welfare—Industrial Psychology promotes labour welfare through job satisfaction, increase in labour efficiency, health and incentive provisions.
(5) Improvement in human relations—The main aim of Industrial Psychology is to improve the human relations in industry. It is believed that if the individual employee is taken care of problems of motivation, productivity will be automatically settled. Human relation may be described as the relations or contracts among individuals in an organisation and the group behaviour that emerges from these relationships and Industrial Psychology has made significant contribution to the sphere of industrial management by developing concepts and techniques of leadership, supervision, communication and employee participation in management.
(6) Improvement in Industrial Relations—Industrial Psychology studies the attitude of employers and employees and offers suggestion to improve the labour relations in industries. It assumes that all individuals differ from each other in degree though not in kind and, therefore, different measures are adopted in solving the problems like bringing promotions, transfers etc. relating to each individual.
(7) Maximum production—The chief aim of an organisation is to get the best results from the available resources. Industrial Psychology helps in achieving the target. The production is automatically increased if proper selection is made; the work is distributed properly; industrial relations are improved and human relations are promoted.
