ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE, MANAGERIAL TOOL OR NEITHER? DISCUSSION AND EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT CLASSICAL THEORIES

This paper will attempt to examine whether Organisational Psychology is a science and the extent to which its findings are of practical use to the managers. As it will be seen, the answer to the second half of this question depends on the answer given to the first one. For this reason, the analysis will present different views concerning what a ‘scientific discipline' is.