Publisher's Synopsis
This work, giving an overview of basic psychology and introducing students to personnel management, is suited to first-year studies in Personnel Management at higher education institutions. The first seven chapters deal with the psychology of individual behaviour. Phenomena including individual differences, human abilities, personality, the learning process, etc are covered in depth. Chapters eight to thirteen comment on the socio-psychological aspects of human behaviour, including attitudes, roles and groups. The book ends with a review of the historical development of human resource management, its present status in South Africa and personnel functions.
