Module 1: History and Overview of SHRM Flashcards
An engineer and management consultant that conducted time and motion studies. Known for the Principles of Scientific Management.
Fredrick Taylor
This period saw the application of the psychological tools and techniques developed for the military to private industries.
World War 1 to the Great Depression
During World War I, the U.S. Army created ____ for recruits, which prompted focus on screening and selection
Intelligence / mental ability tests
During these years, psychologists began working directly with industries, and consulting organizations were formed
1920s
The development of the human relations movement can be traced from the work of ___ in the 1930’s
Elton Mayo
Elton Mayo is famous for which studies?
The Hawthorne Studies
What did Elton Mayo find in his studies involving workers and lighting?
That workers were being affected not by their environment, but the fact that they were being studied and that their expectations of improvements in the workplace enhanced their performance
The Hawthorne Studies highlighted?
The importance of social factors and worker morale in influencing productivity
This German-American experimental psychologist was interested in the design of work and personnel selection for jobs such as streetcar operators
Hugo Munsterberger
This American experimental psychologist studied salespersons and the psychology of advertising. He was also the first professor in Industrial Psych. and began a consulting company
Walter Dill Scott
This American mechanical engineer’s time-and-motion studies paved the way for scientific management.
Frederick Taylor
What did Taylor, Frank, and Lilibeth Gilbraith’s time-and-motion studies do?
Broke down a job into measurable component movements and recording the time needed to perform each movement
This American psychologist studied elements of human motion with husband Frank, and was among the first to recognize effect of stress and fatigue to workers
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
This American psychologist worked with a group of psychologists under the APA to create intelligence tests for Army recruitment. He contributed to the first mass testing effort and recruitment selection. Moreover, he paved the way for screening applicants and placement of people in industry involving psychologists
Robert Yerkes
This French industrialist defined the universal functions of managers and identified principles of good management
Henri Fayol
Max Weber was the first to first?
To view organizational behavior from a structural perspective
What two centers were created to help the development of IO Psych in the PH?
Philippine Institute of Applied Behavioral Sciences and Ateneo Human Resources Center
The first Psychologist to focus on the practice of IO Psych in the PH was?
Mariano Obias
Mariano Obias graduated from which university and headed the Personnel department at what company?
Stanford ; Caltex PH
The teaching of IO Psych in the PH began when?
1960s
He established the Ateneo Department of Psychology and introduced the science of group process and started IO Psych as an academic field
Jaime Bulatao S.J.
The creation of ___ in 1962 led to the birth of ___
Psychological Association of the Philippines; Philippine Journal of Psychology
IO Psych uses what approach?
Scientist-practitioner Model
What does the Scientist-Practitioner Model implicate?
- Scientific research on human work behavior aimed to increase knowledge and understanding, 2. Application to the world of work to help improve work behavior, work environment, and psychological conditions of employees
