Introduction to industrial/organizational psychology

Introduction -- Introduction: definitions and history -- Research methods in industrial/organizational psychology -- Personnel issues -- Job analysis : understanding work and work tasks -- Employee recruitment, selection, and placement -- Methods for assessing and selecting employees -- Evaluating employee performance -- Employee training and development -- Worker issues -- Motivation -- Positive employee attitudes and behaviors -- Worker stress, negative employee attitudes and behaviors -- Work group and organizational issues -- Communication in the workplace -- Group processes in work organizations -- Leadership -- Influence, power, and politics -- Organizational structure, culture, and development