Industrial & Organizational Psychology & its Application in Pakistan

1. Industrial & Organizational
Psychology & its Application in
Pakistan

2. Group Members
Bilal Murtaza UW-14-ME-BSc-063
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3. Psychology
 The term psychology comes from the Greek roots. It literally means “the
study of mind”.
 According to modern psychologists, the science of behavior and mental
processes is called psychology.
 Psychology seeks to understand our thoughts, feelings and action.
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4. Industrial & Organizational Psychology
 It is the branch of psychology that is concerned with study of behavior in
work settings and the application of psychological principles to change
work behavior.
 It applies psychological knowledge and skills to the workplace, with the
aim of improving organizational effectiveness and the quality of work life.
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5. Industrial Psychology
 Employee recruitment.
 Selection.
 Cover job analysis.
 Training.
 Compensation.
 Performance appraisal.
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6. Organizational Psychology
 Socialization.
 Motivation.
 Occupational stress.
 Leadership.
 Group performances.
 Worker attitude.
 Safety & well-being.
 Organizational Development.
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7. Application in Pakistan
 In Pakistan awareness towards various fields of psychology including
educational and organizational psychology developed recently.
 Psychologists are now offered jobs in hospitals and armed forces for
psychotherapy of patients and psychological assessment for selection and
recruitment of soldiers.
 Educational institutions and corporate sector both government and private
have also started to hire psychologists with specialization in the relevant
fields.
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8. Application in Pakistan
 In educational institutions responsibilities of the incumbent(officer)
includes student assessment, guidance and counseling, while industrial
psychologists are often hired for employee recruitment/selection and
personality assessment.
 Organizational psychologists frequently work on contract basis or as
outsourced consultants for specific projects or functions.
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9. MS in Industrial/ Organizational
Psychology
 The Department of Psychology is now introducing MS in
Industrial/Organizational psychology for the first time in Pakistan.
 Pakistan has seen considerable growth in a wide range of industry and
financial institutions.
 There is a great need for psychologists in the industry, to help in product
design, effective marketing, ensuring productivity, enhancing motivation,
providing counseling and support, and conflict resolution.
 The program in I/O Psychology will be a two year professional training
program with an emphasis on hands on experience.
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10. Issues
 The profession of industrial/organizational psychology is faced with major
hurdles in Pakistan. Some of these are individualistic trends while others
are systematic lacking.
 Financial Constraints.
 Qualification.
 Quality of psychological instruments.
 Unethical practices.
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11. Future Challenges
 Professional psychologist and faculty members together have to look into
the issue to ensure ethical use of instruments.
 In order to strengthen the specialization in organizational psychology in
the country it is the need of the hour that our universities initiate a
unanimous effort to introduce necessary qualifying diplomas and degrees
in organizational psychology to fill the existing gap in the field.
 Increasing collaboration between local researchers and original authors of
imported tests also has raised standards governing test adaptation and
validation practices.
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12. THANK YOU
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