PTU Advanced Industrial Psychology

I am a student of the MBA course of the Punjab Technical University (PTU). I want to get the syllabus of the III/IV sem Advanced Industrial Psychology course of the university. will you please provide the syllabus of the III/IV sem Advanced Industrial Psychology course syllabus of the MBA program of the PTU .

Can you provide me the syllabus for MBA (Master in Business Administration) Specialization Course Structure – HR - Advanced Industrial Psychology – of PTU (Punjab Technical University)?

[Neelu Bhasin]

The syllabus for MBA (Master in Business Administration) Specialization Course Structure – HR - Advanced Industrial Psychology – of PTU (Punjab Technical University) is as follows:


Max. Marks: 100
External Assessment: 60
Internal Assessment: 40

Introduction: Nature, Scope, and Problems & Objectives.

Individual Differences and their Evaluation, Role of Heredity, Environment, Types of Individual Differences.

Psychological tests in industries, their Utility, Reliability and Validly

Attitudes: Meaning, Characteristics, Factors that Influence Development of Attitudes, Implication for organization.

Industrial Morale : Meaning, Characteristics, Factors that Influence Morale, Measures of Improving Morale.

Monotony: Fatigue and Stress: Meaning, Impact, Causative Factors. Motivation: Meaning, Types, Applications in industry - MBO, Job design.

Work Environment: The Arousal Hypothesis - Noise, Illumination, Color, Vibration, Miscellaneous Factors.

Rewtamended Text Books
S.No Author Title Publisher
1. M.L. Blum & J.C. Industrial Psychology - Its CBS
Naylor Theoretical & Social Foundations
2. Ghosh & Ghorpade Industrial Psychology Himalaya

Reference Books
Sr Author Title Publisher
1. Miner Industrial/Organisation Tata McGraw Psychology Hill
2. Schultz & Schultz Psychology & Work Today Pearson
3. Riggio Industrial/ Organisational Prentice Hall Psychology
4. Dubrin Applying Pschology: Prentice Hall Industrial & Organisation Effectiveness