COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SPECIAL TOPICS IN INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY*

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
PSI 4023 SPECIAL TOPICS IN INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY* ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Psychology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR GÜLAY DIRIK

Offered to

Psychology

Course Objective

To contribute to the scientific research on the relationship between the employees and the work settings

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Define the basic concepts in I/O psychology like performance, satisfaction, safety, employees' well-being.
2   Understand how to contribute to an arganization's success by improving performance, satisfaction, safety, employees' well-being.
3   Plan a scientific study on the topics of performance, satisfaction, safety, employees' well-being.
4   Conduct a research in real work settings
5   Analyse the data from the research.
6   Report the applied research.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduce the course content
2 Research methods
3 Work analysis
4 Personnel selection
5 Personnel selection
6 Trainings and training evaluation
7 Motivation in workplaces
8 Job satisfaction and commitment
9 Safety in workplaces and health
10 Productivity and counterproductive behaviors
11 Leadership
12 Change in organizations
13 Organizational merging
14 General Overview

Recomended or Required Reading

Chimiel, N. (2000). History and context for work and organizational psychology. In N.
Chmiel (Ed.), Introduction to work and organizational psychology :A European
Perspective. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Shimmin, S., & van Strien, P. J. (1998). History of the psychology of work andorganization. In P. J. D. Drenth, H. Thierry, & C. J. de Wolff (Eds.), Handbook of work
and organizational psychology (pp. 71-99). Hove, U.K.: Psychology Press.
Pitariu, H. D. (19912). I/O Psychology in Romania: Past, present and intentions. The
Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, 29(4), 29-33.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, discussing, assignments

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + FN * 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu VZ * 0.30 + ODV * 0.30 + BUT * 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-6: They will be evaluated by questions in the midterm and final examination

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

70% attendance to the courses is compulsory

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

gulay.dirik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday 13:30 - 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 134

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.15544455
LO.2554545
LO.3554545
LO.4545455
LO.554455
LO.6555555

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