INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Catalog description

Course introduces students to principles, facts and theories of psychology applied to people at work. This course is sometimes called industrial-organizational (I/O) psychology, which is a field that applies psychological principles to the workplace. The focus of this course is developing a conceptual and applied understanding regarding motivation and satisfaction at work, personnel selection and placement, training and development, performance appraisal, organizational development, quality of work life, ergonomics and consumer psychology.