ABSTRACT

The first jigsaw puzzle was constructed around 1760 by the London-based cartographer John Spilsbury. He took one of his world maps, pasted it to a sheet of wood and carved out each country to create a "dissected map'. This chapter discusses psychological perspectives on finding the right person for a particular position in the organization. Hugo Munsterberg's contributions to industrial psychology are most important. An ardent admirer of Frederick Taylor, Munsterberg aimed to "sketch the outlines of a new science which is to intermediate between the modern laboratory psychology and the problems of economics: the psychological experiment is systematically to be placed at the service of commerce and industry". Hugo Munsterberg passed away in 1916 at age 53, in the midst of delivering a lecture. However, during his relatively short life span, he profoundly changed the face of psychology. Lay people are sometimes surprised to learn that intelligence is a major determinant of job performance.