positive treatment towards all‚ but considering the diversity of the American people‚ choosing sides was nearly inevitable. Overall‚ the country remained neutral; the US received an economic boost due to trading with either side. People like Hugo Munsterberg‚ a professor at Harvard University‚ insisted that America’s acts were for "the unlimited sale of ammunition to beligerants" in a letter to President Wilson himself a few months after the war began. It was noted that most German-Americans from
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10). In 1913‚ the first I/O textbook was published. “The first psychologists to do I/O work were experimental psychologists who were interested in applying the new principles of psychology to problems in organizations” (Spector‚ 2008‚ p. 9). Hugo Munsterberg and Walter Dill Scott are the two experimental psychologists who were the main founders of I/O psychology. “A major influence on the I/O field was the work of Frederick Winslow Taylor‚ an engineer who studied employee productivity throughout
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9/19/2012 of Management and Management Research History 1-11 Historical Background of Management Example: Weapon Production System in Qin Dynasty 1-12 1 9/19/2012 Scientific Management • Fredrick Winslow Taylor (American 1856-1915) – The “father” of scientific management – An mechanical engineer – Authored 46 patents – A proponent of Efficiency Movement. 1-13 • Pig Iron Experiment: 12 ton->47 ton • • • Better Match Follow Orders Incentives 1-14 2 9/19/2012
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The Allport-Vernon Study of Values (1931) categorizes values into six major types as follows: 1. Theoretical: Interest in the discovery of truth through reasoning and systematic thinking. 2. Economic: Interest in usefulness and practicality‚ including the accumulation of wealth. 3. Aesthetic: Interest in beauty‚ form and artistic harmony. 4. Social: Interest in people and human relationships. 5. Political: Interest in gaining power and influencing other people. 6. Religious:
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Summary: “Preference” a. The selecting of someone or something over another or others. b. Something or someone preferred. c. Someone or something so chosen. “EMPLOYEE PREFERENCES” These are what most people want in a job‚ what job they want to apply to. For men: Security (keeping of one’s job); and advancement (promotion) For women: type of work (those that suits them) nature of the company (refers to working hours‚ work environment‚ pay and training opportunities)
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PIONEERS IN MANAGEMENT: 1. Frederick W. Taylor -Father of Scientific Management 2. Elton Mayo - Father of Human Relations 3. Steven Covey - Principle-Centered Leadership 4. Henri Fayol - Father of the 14 Principle of Mgt. 5. Peter Drucker - Father of Management and formulated the Concept of Mgt. by Objectives (MBO) 6. Fritz J. Roethlisberger
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Contemporary Issues in Psychology 1. Title of occupation: Forensic Psychology 2. History Of the Occupation: -Key figures: J. McKeen Cattell‚ Hugo Munsterberg‚ William Stern‚ William Marston and Alfred Binet. -Use in justice system: Applied psychology to the justice system in 1916 by Binet’s work and developing the Stanford-Binet test‚ which assesses job candidates for positions in law enforcement. Research conducted by William Marston in 1917 led to the development of the polygraph. Marston
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Do you think I/O psychologists should focus primarily on employee skill and aptitude for work? Is Munsterberg’s idea applicable to the conditions of modern organizations? Munsterberg seems to reflect directly upon employee skill and aptitude which I can agree are very important. However I do not believe Munsterberg takes into account how organizational aspects impact possible skill and aptitude on an individual working in a particular workplace. There are many more issues to consider than that
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History of Technology in Higher Education HE 510 September 7‚ 2012 History of Technology in Higher Education We are living in the time of the information boom. Never before has information been so abundant and easy to find. To many students it seems like a hassle to search for information on a computer. Could you imagine finding all of your information by flipping pages of books‚ magazines‚ and news papers in a library? “Technology is treated as a tool to help accomplish a complex task rather
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human abilities and drives. In 1903 Walter Dill Scott wrote a book that was the first to link psychology and business together. Scott has been considered to be the founding father of I/O psychology along with Hugo Munsterberg who was a German psychologist teaching a Harvard University. Munsterberg published a book in 1913 titled “The Psychology of Industrial Efficiency.” However‚ I/O psychology truly came into its own when the United States entered into World War I in 1917. The military convened a committee
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