Psychology
1636-Organizational Psychology
Professor
Steven Stern-Spring 2010 (2104)
Class
times and location: M W F 11:00-11:50,
Krebs 209
My Office: 116 E&S
Office Hours: Please call for an
appointment.
Phone Numbers: Office-269-2900
Home-255-2147 (please do not call after 10 p.m.)
Internet: sstern@pitt.edu www.pitt.edu/~sstern
For over a
century psychologists have been applying their skills and methods to the
workplace. In this application oriented
course, we have the following goals:
·
Understand the goal of psychologists in the workplace
·
Examine what psychologists have found out about people at
work
·
Examine the methods that psychologists use in organizations
·
Place an emphasis on current perspectives and findings as to
understand how organizational psychology is practiced in organizations on a
daily basis.
Required Text: Spector, P. E. (2008). Industrial and Organizational Psychology:
Research and Practice, 5th ed.
The above text
can be found in the campus bookstore. I
use this text for a couple of reasons.
First, I find it to be more readable and interesting than other texts
that I have taught with. Second, I had
the honor of reviewing the second edition of this text. This gave me the opportunity to become
intimate with the text, and familiar with both its strengths and limitations.
Policies:
Attendance I expect that you will attend all of the
lectures. I expect attendance and active
participation from all students in this class.
Any absence on a test day
needs to be brought to my attention prior to the test. Leave a message for me
if you cannot get in touch with me. I
will not give make up exams for unexcused absences.
Tests Test
questions come from lecture and discussion as well as the text and other
materials presented to you and discussed in class. It is your responsibility to familiarize
yourself with all of the material.
Weekly Assignments
Organizational psychology is a highly applied area of psychology. In order to
familiarize you with how it is used in an everyday business context, you will
need to subscribe to an online magazine, Workforce,
available at www.workforce.com. From this weekly magazine, you will summarize
one article per week and discuss your opinion of it.
Grade Breakdown:
The final
grade breakdown is as follows:
Test 1 100 pts.
Test 2 100 pts.
Test 3 (Final Exam) 100 pts.
Short Papers/Participation
20 pts.
Total 320 pts.
Psychology Department Policy on Cheating: Cheating,
including plagiarism, is completely unacceptable. It will not be tolerated in any psychology
class.
Any student
suspected of cheating will be subjected to the established University
procedures for judgment of the accusation; if the student is found to have
cheated, the professor will recommend either a course grade of F or dismissal
from the University, depending on the student's prior record of cheating.
Students are
responsible for reading and understanding the University guidelines for
academic integrity and procedures. These
are included in the following document available from the dean's office:
If you have a
disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are
encouraged to contact both your instructor and the Office of Disability
Services (ODS), G04 Student Union Building, (814) 269-7062 as early as possible
in the term. ODS will verify your
disability and determine reasonable accommodations for this course.
Withdrawing
from Class:
There are several dates to keep in mind regarding
dropping a class from your schedule. The
first date is 19 January 2010, which marks the end of the Add / Drop period for
classes. The next important date for dropping
classes is 5 March 2010. This is the
last date when you yourself can drop classes.
If you are not performing as well as you would like to be performing,
you may consider dropping the class no later than this date.
Scheduled Topics and Readings (test dates are estimates. Exact
test dates will be given at least a week prior to exam)
Week |
Dates |
Topic(s) |
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1 |
1/ 6,8 |
Introduction
|
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2 |
1/11,13,15 |
Research
Methods in I/O Psychology |
|
3 |
1/20,
22 |
Job
Analysis |
Ch 3 |
4 |
1/25,
27, 29 |
Performance
Appraisal |
|
5 |
2/1,3,5 |
Assessment
for Personnel Decisions |
Ch.5 |
|
|
Exam 1 |
|
6 |
2/8,
10, 12 |
Selecting
Employees |
|
7 |
2/15,17,19 |
Training
Employees |
|
8 |
2/22,
24, 26 |
Employee
Motivation Theories |
|
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EXAM 2 |
|
9 |
3/1,
3, 5 |
Job
Satisfaction/ Feelings about Work SPRING BREAK |
|
10 |
3/15,
17, 19 |
Job
performance: Productive and Counterproductive |
|
11 |
3/22,
24, 26 |
Union Labor/ Technology and Workplace
Environment
|
|
12 |
3/29,
31, 4/2 |
Health
and Safety |
|
13 |
4/5,
7, 9 |
Leadership
and Power |
|
14 |
4/12,
14, 16 |
Organizational
Development |
|
15 |
4/19,
21, 23 |
Loose
ends |
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The final exam will be held in Krebs 209 on Monday, April
26, from 9:00 to 11:00 A.M.