Psychology - organisational psychology
Mr Rob Curnow
6 points * Two 1-hour lectures, one 1-hour tutorial and one 2-hour workshop per week * Second semester * Caulfield/Peninsula * Prerequisites: APY2020
Objectives On the completion of this subject students will understand the processes of group behaviour and communication in organisations, including job satisfaction, morale, leadership styles and authority structures; appreciate the effects of different styles of management and different types of organisation on corporate effectiveness; understand theories of vocational development and vocational choice, and the use of measuring instruments derived from them.
Synopsis Central theme: applied psychology. The person and the organisation. Theories of organisation; group behaviour and communication; job satisfaction and morale; status and authority in organisations; styles of leadership; motivation; organisational culture; conflict in organisations. Vocational development; theories of vocational development; personal growth; the value of psychological tests in vocational guidance. Personnel psychology: performance evaluation; the management of personnel; the contribution of personnel management to productivity; organisation development and action research; problems confronting the change agent.
Assessment Tutorial presentation: 15% * Two tests: 45% * Organisational report or literature review: 40%.
Prescribed texts
Robbins S P and others Organisational behaviour: Concepts, controversies and applications Prentice-Hall, 1994
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