History Flashcards

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birth of organisational psychology

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  • 1888 Wilhelm Wundt
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WWI

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  • boom of organisational psychology

- mainly IQ

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1930s

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  • largely by engineers
  • person-as-machine
  • Hawthorne
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4
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Hawthorne telephone company

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  • how does light affect performance?

- > Hawthorne effect

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5
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Hawthorne effect

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  • increase in performance by mere attention
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6
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Herzberg

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  • two-factor theory

- hygiene vs motivator needs

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7
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Alderfer’s theory

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  • existence
  • relatedness
  • growth
  • > ERG theory
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8
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Taylorism

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  • > work was simple back then
  • only objective measures
  • equity rather than efficient
  • > quantity instead of quality
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