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Objectives
The participants will:
- get an overview of the key issues in occupational and organizational psychology,
- analyze selected psychological aspects of behavior in the context of the individual, the group and the organization system,
- be aware of the problem of generalizing behavioral aspects,
- investigate organization related behavior from both micro and macro perspectives,
- recognize the links with other research fields and a huge relevance of psychological behavior patterns for the success of a project or company, and
- get incentives for dealing with theoretical questions of behavior and their practical implementation in their own project or company.
Target Attendees / Participants
This module is targeted to current master of engineering students who are going to be involved in strategic decision-making and implementation
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Course Content by Units
Overview of the topics organizational and human psychology
Study of human behavior in organizations - interdisciplinary aspects
Work Psychology - the individual level
- Working staff
- Work design
- Work motivation
- Job satisfaction
- Workload
Psychology of the organization - group, team and organization
- Organizational framework
- Organizational Groups
- Organizational power
- Organizational Conflicts
- Organizational management
- Organizational change
Teaching Methods
Classical lecturing
Free and interactive class discussion
Work in small groups
Case study
Literature
Robbins, S. P. / Judge, T. A. (2006): Organizational Behavior, 12th Edition, Prentice Hall International
Von Rosenstiel, L. (2007): Grundlagen der Organisationspsychologie. Basiswissen und Anwendungshinweise, 6.überarbeitete Auflage, Schaffer-Poeschel
Von Rosenstiel, L. / Molt, W. / Ruttinger, B. (2005): Organisationspsychologie. 9. vollständig überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, Kohlhammer
Weinert, A. B. (2004): Organisations- und Personalpsychologie, 5. vollständige überarbeitete Auflage, BeltzPVU
Wiswede, G. (2007): Einführung in die Wirtschaftspsychologie, 4. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, UTB
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