Okay, since this is a school-related blog for Lang, AND we're working on our career presentations for that class right now, I figured I'd write about the same thing. Which just so happens to be a form of psychology.
Business Psychology, to be exact. So imagine the following situation, if you will:
You are a CEO of a company that is halfway decent, but you can't quite seem to make it in the big business. You think it's the way your company is being handled, or maybe its the way your employees treat their clients. So what do you want? You want help that will fix your company! Who ya gonna call? GHOST BUSTERS! No but seriously, that's what business psychologists do.
According to Wikipedia (I know, really reliable, give me as much grief as you want) it is described as the scientific study of employees, workplaces, and organizations. Now to me that means studying working people and places, and how to make them work more efficiently. Maybe I just like making people think the way I do (Teaching, being a Psychologist...) but that sounds kind of appealing. What if Apple was going down the drain before they were a successful company and, because of you, they're where they are today? I know I'd feel like some pretty hot stuff.
Being a Business Psychologist, also called an Industrial-Organizational Psychologist because those are the two psychological fields that you study to make it to Business status, is beneficial for a lot of reasons. First, if you develop your own company you can create your own work schedule. Also, you can hire people that aren't total losers and a pain to work with (you know they're out there). They make around 59,000 a year, which is a little disappointing- my mom wants me making 200,000... eek!-so I am not quite sure if this is the area for me. Nonetheless, I was really interested in this field and it is keeping my eyes open to opportunities. It's always a possibility.
