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This is a 6 page paper that provides an overview of organizational psychology. The use of the discipline in various contexts is explored using Google, Wegman's, and DreamWorks as examples. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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is that psychology is ultimately a human discipline and as such has many intimately human applications. For example, psychology is often used to great success within an industrial or organizational
context. This is because any context which deals with humans ultimately falls under the scope of psychological exploration due to the fundamental fact that psychology takes as its essence the
understanding of human personality, behavior, and development. With that in mind, it is easy to see how psychology might be a useful tool to employ in helping organizations, ultimately driven
by human employees and leaders, more effectively achieve success. This paper will explore the phenomenon of organizational psychology in three successful businesses taken from the Fortune Top 100: Google, Wegmans
Food Markets, and DreamWorks Animation studios. This paragraph helps the student explore the use of organizational psychology in selection and training at Google. Organizational psychology has two main aspects
which are the core of its application in a business context: selecting employees and then training those employees. Psychological considerations are often used when selecting employees during the application and
interview process, in order to profile and identify employees whose personality suggests they would be a good cultural and behavioral fit with the organization in question. In the context of
training, employees are better able to learn and master new skills when those skills are presented in a manner which takes the employees psychology and learning styles into question. For
instance, when selecting employees through the use of organizational psychology, one might identify several criteria that would define the "ideal employee" for the organizational context, as well as personality-based predictors
of the types of personalities that are likely to be associated with the identified criteria necessary for successful employee selection (Spector, 2005). At Google, employees are often selected not just
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