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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code: | PSI451 | ||||||||
Course Name: | Selected Topics in Industrial Psychology | ||||||||
Course Semester: |
Fall |
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Course Credits: |
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Language of instruction: | TR-EN | ||||||||
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Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||||||
Type of course: | University / Foreign Language | ||||||||
Course Level: |
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Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
Course Coordinator : | Dr.Öğr.Üyesi ZEYNEP HALE AKSUNA | ||||||||
Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr. BİLİNMİYOR BEKLER |
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Course Objectives: | The purpose of this course is to teach the students the basic principles of Industrial and Organizational Psychology and how the psychological and psychometrical theories are applied at work and organizational settings. It is also aimed to enable students for gaining the necessary competencies for understanding the workplace problems from psychological point of view in a way that at least they can make basic suggestions on the solutions of behavior related problems. Moreover they are informed in detail with the necessary psychometric properties of the Psychological Assessment tools that are used in work settings and the ethical issues related with these tools. |
Course Content: | This course is to teach students the basic principles of Industrial and Organizational Psychology and how psychological and psychometric theories are applied in business and organizational settings. In addition, it is also aimed that students gain the necessary competencies to understand workplace problems from a psychological perspective, at least in a way that they can make basic suggestions for the solution of behavioral problems. It also includes the necessary psychometric properties of Psychological Assessment tools used in the business environment and ethical issues related to these tools. |
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
2) | Classical Management Approach: Taylorism and Fordism and important scholars like Fayol, Bernard etc. and development of Human Relations Approach from Hawthorne Studies to Maslow and Lewin | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
3) | System Approach, Contingency Theories, Quality of Work Life Movement, Total Quality Management, Learning Organizations | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
4) | The importance of Person-Job and Person-Organization Fit The importance of job analysis Unstandardized methods of job analysis Standardized methods of job analysis What is competency modeling? The differences and similarities between competency modeling and job analysis Writing job descriptions | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
5) | All topics studied through 4 weeks | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
6) | Internal and external recruitment Cognitive Ability Tests, Physical Ability Tests, Psychomotor and Perceptual Ability Tests Big Five model and Personality Inventories | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
7) | The importance of employee motivation Need theories (Maslow, Alderfer, McClelland) Two Factor Theory, Reinforcement Theory, Equity Theory | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
8) | Expectancy Theory Cognitive Evaluation Theory Goal Setting Theory Control Theories (Sybernetic and Rational Control Theories) Bandura's Social Cognive Theory (Social Learning Theory), different forms of efficacy beliefs | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
9) | All topics studied through 8 weeks | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
10) | Participation and Empowerment Job Enrichment Job enlargement Job Rotation Flextime job arrangements/schedules Enabling Work-Life Balance and quality of life Measuring job satisfaction through surveys | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
11) | The importance of employee training Methods of needs analysis Different training methods and evaluating pre and cons of these metods Training Evaluation Methods Kirkpatrick and Philips' studies | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
12) | The importance of Performance Management Methods of appraisals Selecting criteria for performance appraisal Criterion Contamination, Criterion Deficiency, Criterion Relevancy Different scales and methods Behavioraly oriented scales (BARS, BOS, BSS, MSS) | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
13) | Trait theories Behavior Theories Contingency Theories Power and Influence Theories GLOBE study | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
14) | Stage theories of organizational change Learning Organizations Mergers and Acquisitions | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
15) | All topics studied through 14 weeks | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Öğretim görevlisinin notları ve ilgili makaleler |
References: | Lecturer's notes and related articles |
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Program Outcomes |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |
Expression | |
Brainstorming/ Six tihnking hats | |
Individual study and homework | |
Lesson | |
Q&A / Discussion |
Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing) | |
Homework | |
Presentation | |
Reporting |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Midterms | 2 | % 50 |
Final | 1 | % 50 |
total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 50 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 50 | |
total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 16 | 48 |
Total Workload | 48 |