Using a developmental approach, this volume integrates the career counselling process into the life span, ranging from early childhood through to older adulthood. The stages explored include: years of identification and differentiation; years of growth and searching; and years of compromise and commitment to a lifestyle.
Psychoanalyst and organizational consultant Czander asserts the importance of applying in-depth psychology to the organization and its employees by adding to a deeper understanding of the workplace than traditional industrial psychology has offered. He further details a means of intervention in the
This volume provides a precise and comprehensive description of human motivation. Drawing on psychology, education and management, Ford integrates classic and contemporary motivation theory into a unified framework - Motivational Systems Theory - from which he derives 17 principles for motivating people. The book provides concrete examples throughout and includes a chapter on practical applications such as: promoting social responsibility in young people; increasing motivation for learning and school achievement; increasing work productivity and job satisfaction; and helping people lead emotionally healthy lives.
What makes a good, committed teacher, one who comes up with new teaching strategies, ideas and programmes that improve the way children learn? This volume considers this question and such issues as minimum performance standards for teachers, ways of encouraging teachers to do more and whether a radical increase in salary will improve their performance. Contributors examine the how and why of current school standards, with suggestions for future research and, importantly, potential solutions to current problems.
Looking at the various reactions people have to the pace and pervasiveness of new technology in their lives, this book, the product of the 1989 Claremont Symposium on applied social psychology, focuses on computerization of offices, use of robots in factories, and advanced technology in the aerospace industry. Perspectives on how technology infiltrates every day life are provided, as well as stimulating reports on the latest research in this rapidly changing field.
Looking at the various reactions people have to the pace and pervasiveness of new technology in their lives, this book, the product of the 1989 Claremont Symposium on applied social psychology, focuses on computerization of offices, use of robots in factories, and advanced technology in the aerospace industry. Perspectives on how technology infiltrates every day life are provided, as well as stimulating reports on the latest research in this rapidly changing field.
