Sylabus
Introduction to personal psychology (definition of the field, its historical context, multidisciplinary overlap, the role of personal psychology in a modern organization, the cycle of an employee in an organization from the perspective of psychology)
Selection of employees and creation of a working group (job analysis, job description, selection and adaptation of workers, functioning and optimization of work group activities, working group in demanding conditions)
Overview of psychodiagnostic methods in contemporary personal psychology (selection and application of the method, correct definition of criteria, advantages and weaknesses of individual methods: questionnaires, performance tests, job interview, assessment center, analysis of documentation)
Motivation and evaluation of employees (employee performance management, evaluation - systematic and fairness, motivation and job satisfaction, benefits system from the point of view of psychology, building loyalty)
Career and development (development and education of employees, development center, career management, adaptation to change and dismissal, change management from the point of view of psychology)
Working conditions and care for workers (workload and stress, health psychology in the context of personal psychology, psychological causes of increased absence, well-being, methodology of high performing teams)
Selected topics of contemporary personal psychology (psychopathology in the workplace, gender issues, personnel marketing, work in multinational corporations and in a multicultural environment)
Anotace
The course presents standard and selected current topics of personal psychology in the context of work, organization, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary. The course provides an overview of selected concepts and application options.