Applied Psychology in HR

Psychology had always been an extremely useful branch of study that has successfully
found its application in various fields .However the most influential and useful impact of
psychology in recent times had been on the emerging trends on human resource
management.
Human resource management is the branch that has emerged out of the older concept of
personnel management. From the bureaucratic system of wage administration to the labor
relation and trade unionism and subsequently to the concept of personnel management
and finally evolving as the human resource management, the study has developed in a
mammoth way .At present human resource is still in the process of development as
complete scientific function immensely dependent on the subject of psychology. Most
importantly organizations are increasingly dependent upon skilled workers who could
Service sector development: The service sector in recent times had seen a massive
growth in recent times both in developed and developing countries like India and U.S.A.
Service sector like IT, telecom and IT related services it is extremely important to groom
them and motivate them to get the best out of them. The in-depth study of psychology is
required for the execution of the same.
Performance expectation::
Modern organizations are developing and implementing their sophisticated tools to
coordinate individual and the performance of a team as a whole. Instruments as
development centers are increasing rapidly .In such a scenario some mock tasks are given
to the teams or individuals to be handled and finally the areas of strength and weaknesses
are pointed out to them. The areas of development are also shown to the individual
.Every organization needs to develop through its employees who must know there
strengths and weaknesses. This is where psychology comes into play in a major way
because in order to map the performance of the employees they need to be motivated,
mentored and coached .The application of all these require the in-depth study of
psychology.
Employer Branding
Modern recently had been paying immense amount of attention to become employee
friendly. An organization tries hard these days to reflect themselves as the best in their
human resource policies. There are numerous research organizations who conduct their
research to rate the best organizations to work in almost every country. Organizations
take the help of psychologists to conduct job interviews and this increasing emphasis on
employer branding is a reason that Human resource and psychology has come so close to
each other.
Change in human behaviour:
There is a notable change in the behavioral pattern of the employees over generations.
The urban generation of today that forms the young workforce of every organization is
changing with every era. The young workforce is usually potential ,energetic but often
they are demotivated or misguided .There passion is usually more directed towards quick
money and enjoyment .Psychology plays a major role to motivate this section of
employees and direct them towards proper productive work oriented.
Psychology thus can be seen to be having an immense amount of impact on human
resource management. Psychologists are being appointed to motivate and even
understand the mind set of an employee. While conducting interviews things are made
sure through the application of psychological tools that only right and job fit people enter
an organization and no right person is rejected. Psychology, spirituality and anthropology
are leading disciplines that help an organization to keep a proper working atmosphere and
employer employee relationship that increases the quality of production within it.