PSYC 361 Survey of Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Winter Term 2016
January 3-22
MTuWThF 1:00pm - 4:00pm BPS 1238
https://ntst.umd.edu/soc/201512/PSYC
Survey of Industrial/Organizational Psychology is designed to introduce you to a variety of topics, concepts, and principles relevant to understanding and improving people at work from the time they enter the labor force until retirement as well as the organizations in which they work. This course focuses both on understanding the psychological bases of work behaviors, cognitions, and emotions and practices that can be implemented to create a good fit between employees’ characteristics and work demands. A number of topics will be addressed during this class which include the structure/characteristics of jobs, techniques for assessing and supporting employee performance, selecting and training a workforce, and the various mechanisms that influence employee motivation and attitudes, among other areas.
