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Applied Work of Early Industrial Psychologists
In addition to their academic roles, the pioneering researchers in industrial psychology were also practitioners who worked as consultants for businesses, applying their scientific findings to real-world problems.
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A manufacturing company is facing two major challenges: 1) improving the accuracy of its hiring process for new managers, and 2) increasing the physical efficiency of its assembly line workers by optimizing their movements. Which pair of early psychologists' work would be most directly applicable to addressing these two distinct problems, respectively?