Specialization in occupational psychology
Niveau
Bachelor
Learning outcomes of the courses/module
The students
• understand the definition and significance of job analysis as well as the methods and procedures for determining job requirements.
• can explain personnel selection, including selection, fit, instruments, quality criteria, decision-making, and legal frameworks.
• master the concepts of performance appraisal and behavioral assessment, including appraisal methods, judgment biases, sources of error, and various occasions and levels of performance appraisal.
• understand the basics of personnel development, including corporate planning, potential analysis, diagnosis of development needs, and measures for personnel development.
• are familiar with theories of work motivation and satisfaction as well as methods for measurement and correlation.
• understand the concepts of job analysis and design, their goals, methods, and procedures, as well as the goals and strategies of job design.
• can explain the concept of digitization of the working world and understand its impact on the blurring of work boundaries and digital work quality.
• are familiar with job stress, stress models, consequences of stress, recognition and coping with workplace stress, as well as work-life balance.
• understand the definition and significance of job analysis as well as the methods and procedures for determining job requirements.
• can explain personnel selection, including selection, fit, instruments, quality criteria, decision-making, and legal frameworks.
• master the concepts of performance appraisal and behavioral assessment, including appraisal methods, judgment biases, sources of error, and various occasions and levels of performance appraisal.
• understand the basics of personnel development, including corporate planning, potential analysis, diagnosis of development needs, and measures for personnel development.
• are familiar with theories of work motivation and satisfaction as well as methods for measurement and correlation.
• understand the concepts of job analysis and design, their goals, methods, and procedures, as well as the goals and strategies of job design.
• can explain the concept of digitization of the working world and understand its impact on the blurring of work boundaries and digital work quality.
• are familiar with job stress, stress models, consequences of stress, recognition and coping with workplace stress, as well as work-life balance.
Prerequisites for the course
None
Course content
• Requirement Analysis (Definition, Personal Characteristics, Methods and Procedures of Requirement Determination)
• Personnel Selection (Selection & Fit, Personnel Selection Instruments, Criteria for Validity, Selection Decisions, Ethical and Legal Framework)
• Performance Appraisal (Performance Appraisal and Behavioral Assessment, Appraisal Methods, Judgment Biases, Appraisal Errors, Occasions and Levels of Performance Appraisal)
• Personnel Development (Definition and Differentiation, Corporate Planning, Career Planning, Potential Analysis, Diagnosis of Development Needs, Personnel Development Measures, Transfer Assurance)
• Job Satisfaction & Motivation ((Process) Theories of Motivation, Constructs, Measurement and Correlates of Job Satisfaction; Theories and Constructs of Work Motivation)
• Job Analysis, Evaluation & Design (Terms Job Analysis and Job Design, Objectives and Applications of Job Analysis, Process, Analysis Methods and Procedures of Job Analysis [e.g., VERA, ISTA, JDS or WDQ], Objectives and Strategies of Job Design, Job Design Measures)
• Digitization of the Work Environment (Concept of Digitization, Blurring of Work Boundaries, Digital Work Quality)
• Work & Health (Workload, Model for Explaining the Emergence of Stress, Consequences of Workload in the Workplace, Recognition of Workload in the Workplace, Coping with Workload and Stress in the Workplace, Work-Life Balance)
• Personnel Selection (Selection & Fit, Personnel Selection Instruments, Criteria for Validity, Selection Decisions, Ethical and Legal Framework)
• Performance Appraisal (Performance Appraisal and Behavioral Assessment, Appraisal Methods, Judgment Biases, Appraisal Errors, Occasions and Levels of Performance Appraisal)
• Personnel Development (Definition and Differentiation, Corporate Planning, Career Planning, Potential Analysis, Diagnosis of Development Needs, Personnel Development Measures, Transfer Assurance)
• Job Satisfaction & Motivation ((Process) Theories of Motivation, Constructs, Measurement and Correlates of Job Satisfaction; Theories and Constructs of Work Motivation)
• Job Analysis, Evaluation & Design (Terms Job Analysis and Job Design, Objectives and Applications of Job Analysis, Process, Analysis Methods and Procedures of Job Analysis [e.g., VERA, ISTA, JDS or WDQ], Objectives and Strategies of Job Design, Job Design Measures)
• Digitization of the Work Environment (Concept of Digitization, Blurring of Work Boundaries, Digital Work Quality)
• Work & Health (Workload, Model for Explaining the Emergence of Stress, Consequences of Workload in the Workplace, Recognition of Workload in the Workplace, Coping with Workload and Stress in the Workplace, Work-Life Balance)
Recommended specialist literature
• Kauffeld, S. (2019) (Hrsg.). Arbeits-, Organisations- und Personalpsychologie für Bachelor. Berlin: Springer.
• Kluge, A. (2021). Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer.
• Nerdinger, F. W., Blickle, G., & Schaper, N. (2019). Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie. Berlin: Springer.
• Wiese, B. S., & Stertz, A. M. (2019). Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie: Ein Überblick für Psychologiestudierenden und -interessierte. Berlin: Springer.
• Kluge, A. (2021). Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie. Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer.
• Nerdinger, F. W., Blickle, G., & Schaper, N. (2019). Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie. Berlin: Springer.
• Wiese, B. S., & Stertz, A. M. (2019). Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie: Ein Überblick für Psychologiestudierenden und -interessierte. Berlin: Springer.
Assessment methods and criteria
• Quiz
• Final Exam
• Final Exam
Language
German
Number of ECTS credits awarded
6
Share of e-learning in %
20
Semester hours per week
4.0
Planned teaching and learning method
20% of the course will be covered through eLearning. This will involve a combination of online phases (inductive method for independent acquisition of knowledge and practicing tasks) and face-to-face sessions (deductive method providing assistance in the learning process and imparting knowledge through lectures).
Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered
4
Name of lecturer
STGL
Academic year
Key figure of the course/module
VWP6
Type of course/module
integrated lecture
Type of course
Compulsory
Internship(s)
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