Industrial & Org Psychology

Catalog description

This course examines both sides of industrial and organizational psychology to include an overview of legal issues in employee selection, job analysis, research design, selection tools, performance evaluation, designing and evaluating training, employee motivation and satisfaction as well as leadership and other organizational development issues. Because of the nature of the topic, this class will be more methodological than the average psychology class. Group discussion and activities focusing upon application of social psychology, personality psychology, psychological assessment, and experimental methods are critical to success in the course.