Organisational Psychology

Organisational Psychology is a specialised field of professional psychology that seeks to optimise human performance in the workplace. I call it fancy Human Resources.

Because this is my primary field of work, you’ll find an increasing number of articles on Shrink Wrap with this tag (or its synonym Workplace Psychology) below.

The field embraces topics such as psychometrics (measuring human traits and predicting behaviour), executive coaching and performance, recruitment technologies and processes, stress resolution, organisational culture, and behavioural problem-solving.

The field goes by a multitude of alternative names. Don’t be confused because they are essentially the same thing, though some may have slightly different qualification requirements depending where you live:

• Organisational Psychology (or Organizational for those who prefer that spelling)
• Industrial Psychology
• Occupational Psychology
• Industrial & Organisational/Occupational Psychology or I/O Psychology for short
• Corporate Psychology
• Business Psychology
• Workplace Psychology

To see what kinds of services these Psychologists provide, check out the Insight Matters web site.

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