http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/605/tasnim-b-kazi Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:41:09 -0400 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:41:09 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1685/a-brief-history-of-industrial-psychology By Tasnim B. Kazi - Industrial Psychology is almost as old as Psychology itself. Psychology came about in 1879 in the laboratory of Wilhelm Wundt in Germany and William James at Harvard. Both of them were philosophers and physicians fascinated with the mind-body debate. The older discipline of philosophy could not alone deal with this debate, more room and new tools were needed, giving way to Psychology. Texts applying psychology to business first appeared in 1903; the first Industrial-Organizational (I/O) psychology text appeared in 1910 (Landy, 1997). It is believed that four men developed the ‘tone&rsquo... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:05 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1685/a-brief-history-of-industrial-psychology http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/604/superbrands-globalization-and-neoliberalism-exploring-causes-and-consequences-of-the-nike-superbrand By Tasnim B. Kazi - The rise of superbrands has many implications for the nature of work, workers, and organizations. This paper explores superbrands and their impact in three ways. First, the dynamics of the superbrand Nike, along with the implications of Nike as a superbrand, are explored. Second, globalization is discussed as a phenomenon affecting the global balance of power. Finally, the paper explores the effects of neoliberal policy on the growth and dominance of superbrands. In particular, the discussion on globalization and neoliberalism illuminate the various ways in which these phenomena facilitate and... Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:36 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/604/superbrands-globalization-and-neoliberalism-exploring-causes-and-consequences-of-the-nike-superbrand http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1693/effects-of-globalization-on-work-and-organizations-exploring-post-industrialism-post-fordism-work-and-management-in-the-global-era By Tasnim B. Kazi - Thomas (2000) most aptly describes this: “The corporation ‘delayered’, throwing off entire levels of management; it ‘disaggregated’, ridding itself of its extraneous operations; it embraced ‘flexibility’, making it easier to replace career employees with (zero-benefit) temps; it ‘outsourced’ every possible piece of work to the lowest bidder; it ‘reengineered’ its various processes in a less labor-intensive way; it ‘disintermediated’, using new technology to cut out middle-men and move back-office jobs to wherever wages... Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:47 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1693/effects-of-globalization-on-work-and-organizations-exploring-post-industrialism-post-fordism-work-and-management-in-the-global-era