COURSE TITLE APPLIED INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY (Psikologi ...

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COURSE TITLE
COURSE CODE
APPLIED INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY
(Psikologi Industri Gunaan)
SSB3063
CREDIT 3
PREREQUISITE/S
SYNOPSIS
SSF1023 (Contemporary Psychology)
The course provides a broad understanding of the topics
industrial and organizational study, their research methods and
theories, as well as real-world applications. Students will learn
how employers recruit applicants, make hiring decisions, decide
who needs training and on what topics, and how employers
evaluate their employees' performance. Issues behind employee
motivation, leadership, organizational culture, the value of
employee attitudes and behaviors, the importance of legal issues
in organizations for both employee and employer, as well as
information about human factors and system design will be
examined.
(Kursus ini menyediakan pemahaman yang luas tentang
topik-topik dalam bidang berkaitan industri dan organisasi,
kaedah penyelidikan dan teorinya, termasuklah aplikasi di dunia
nyata. Para pelajar akan belajar bagaimana majikan menrekrut
calon, membuat keputusan menawarkan kerja, menentukan siapa
yang perlu, and bagaimana majikan menilai prestasi para
pekerja mereka. Isu-isu di sebalik motivasi pekerja,
kepemimpinan, budaya organisasi, dan nilai sikap dan
tingkahlaku kedua-dua pekerja dan majikan, termasuklah
maklumat tentang faktor-faktor manusia dan rekabentuk sistem
akan diteliti. )
LEARNING
OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
o Describe major concepts and perspectives in the field of
applied industrial psychology (C1)
o Analyze industrial psychology and how it relates to
employment
(C4)
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Apply industrial psychology knowledge to workplace
(A3)
Understand one's own and others' behaviour in the contexts
of work (CS, CT, EM)
STUDENT
LEARNING
HOURS
Lectures
Tutorials
Student-Centered Learning
Self-Study
Quizzes, Tests, & Examinations
Total
32 Hour/s
5 Hour/s
6 Hour/s
85 Hour/s
5 Hour/s
133 Hour/s
LEARNING
UNITS
Supervised
Learning Hours
1. Introduction to Industrial Psychology
- What is industrial/organizational psychology
3
- History of industrial/organizational psychology
- Research methods in industrial/organizational
psychology
2. Job Analysis and Evaluation
- What is job analysis
- Job analysis methods
- Job evaluation and comparable worth
3
3. Employee Selection
- Model and steps in employee selection process
- Employee recruitment
- Employee screening, selection and placement
3
4. Evaluating Employee Performance
- Job performance and performance appraisal
- Methods of rating performance
- Problems and pitfalls in performance appraisals
3
5. Employee Training and Development
- Areas of employee training
- Fundamental issues in employee training
- A model of successful training programs
3
6. Motivation
3
- Definition of motivation
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- Theories of motivation
- Motivation and job performance
7. Job Satisfaction and Employee Attitudes and
Behaviors
- Job satisfaction
- Organizational commitment
- Positive employee attitudes and behaviors
3
8. Stress and Negative Employee Attitudes and
Behaviors
- Definition of worker stress
- Sources of worker stress
- Measurement of worker stress
- Effects of worker stress
3
9. Communication in the Workplace
- Communication process
- Flow of communication in the workplace
- Organizational communication and work outcomes
3
10. Group Process in Work Organization
- Definition of work groups
- Basic group processes
- Group decision-making processes
- Teams and teamwork
3
11. Leadership
- What is leadership
- Theories of leadership
- Applications of leadership theories
3
12. Influence, Power and Politics
- Definitions of inluence, power, and politics
- Inluence
- Organizational politics
3
13. Organizational Structure, Culture and Development
- Organizational structure
- Organizational culture
- Organizational development
3
14. Human Factors and Occupational Health Psychology 3
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- Human factors
- Occupational health pscyhology
ASSESSMENT Indivdivual Article Preview/Presentation 1 10 %
Indivdivual Article Preview/Presentation 2 10 %
Group Presentation
10 %
Job Analysis
30 %
Final Examination
40 %
Total
100 %
REFERENCES 1. Aamodt, M.G. (2007). Industrial/Organizational
Psychology: An Applied Approach. Singapore: Wadsworth
Cengage Learning.
2. Riggio, R.E. (2009). Introduction to
Industrial/Organizational Psychology. 5th edition.
Malaysia: Pearson Education Pte. Ltd.
3. Cooper, C.L. & Robertson, I.T. (2000). International
review of industrial and organizational psychology. Vol.
15. UK: John WIley and Sons.
4. Muchinsky, P.M. (1997). Psychology applied at work.
California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.
5. Dipboye, R.L., Smith, C.S. & Howell, W.C. (1994).
Understanding industrial psychology: An integrated
approach. FL: Harcourt Brace Colege Publishers.
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