Trends in work and organizational psychology (WP)*

1st cycle Master

Participants
- are familiar with trends and developments in work and organisational psychology
- analyse the various images of people and evaluate their implications for modern working environments, including Industry 4.0, platform economies, agility and artificial intelligence.
- understand trends based on classical and newer organisational theories, analyse the dynamics of organisational structures, networks, cultures and climates and draw interdisciplinary connections, e.g. to sociology and economics.
- are able to apply advanced theories and practices to manage organisational change, including the analysis of complex change processes such as digital transformation and sustainability as well as critical reflection on approaches such as transformational leadership.
- analyse and evaluate work processes and their impact on individual and team performance, understand the role of socio-digital systems, health management and occupational safety.

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Work psychology
Models and trends of work behaviour (behavioural approaches; cognitive psychology/theoretical approaches; action theory approaches; activity theory approaches)
Work psychology & socio-digital systems (definition of work & work 4. 0, analysis; evaluation & design of work; impact of work; health promotion & occupational health management; occupational safety & safety management)
Work performance (determinants of individual performance; influence of personal & non-personal leadership on performance; personnel psychology, team performance & development)

Organisational psychology
Development and trends in work & organisational psychology (images of man [e.g. economic man; social man; complex man; etc.]; modern working environments [e.g. industrial revolution; work 4.0.; agility; etc.])
Organisation theories (concept of organisation; classical & newer organisation theories: Industrialisation & machine mass production; human relations movement; high reliability organisations & cyber-physical systems; organisational structure; networks; organisational culture & climate)
Theories of change in organisations (theories of change [e.g. episodic/revolutionary & continuous/evolutionary change; field theory; etc.], change through organisational learning; active management of change in organisations; participation & communication in change processes)

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. (). Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie: Ein Überblick für Psychologiestudierenden und -interessierte. Berlin: Springer.
Schiersmann, C./ Thiel, H-U (2018): Organisationsentwicklung: Prinzipien und Strategien von Veränderungsprozessen, 5. Aufl., Springer VS.
Schuler, H. (2014): Psychologische Personalauswahl: Eignungsdiagnostik für Personalentscheidungen und Berufsberatung (Wirtschaftspsychologie), 4. Aufl., Hogrefe.
Riedel, T. (2017): Agile Personalauswahl - inkl. Arbeitshilfen online: Erfolgreiche Vorstellungsgespräche im Kontext von Innovation und Vielfalt, Lexware.

Portfolio

German

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ILV (Blended Learning, Inverted Classroom)

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