Business Psychology - I

Paper Code: 
PSY 313
Credits: 
03
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course Objectives (COs):

This course will enable the students to –

 

  1. This course, designed for the students of human behaviour, aims at understanding the behaviour of individuals along with organizational assets.
  2. Students are expected to learn not only the theoretical aspects of the course but also to familiarize themselves with the skills, techniques and their implications.
  3. The course would create an enabling experience in the students to understand the organizational processes and its linkages with the societal contexts.

Course Outcomes (COs):

 

Learning Outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

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PSY 313

 

 

 

 

 

Business Psychology - I

The students will be able to –

CO49: Explain major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in relevant areas of management and psychology.

CO50: Understand and apply the individual, team and organizational mechanisms

CO51: Identify characteristics that affect the primary outcomes of organizational behaviour.

CO52: Differentiate theoretical and empirical frameworks that have defined and shaped these fields through selection, training and evaluation of employees in various work settings.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Simulation, Seminar presentation, Giving tasks, Field practical

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

9.00
Unit I: 
History:
  • Historical Background of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Scope of Industrial Psychology

 

9.00
Unit II: 
The Workplace:
  • Time and Motion Study

 

9.00
Unit III: 
Selection:
  • Principles and Techniques

 

9.00
Unit IV: 
Training:
  • Importance
  • Kinds of Training
  • Steps in Training Programme
  • Improving Effectiveness of Training

 

9.00
Unit V: 
Job Analysis and Job Evaluation:
  • Definitions
  • Uses and Methods
  • Organizational Structure
  • Theory: X,Y,Z
  • Structure - Tall and Flat.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Schultz D.P. and Schultz, S.E. (1998). Psychology and Industry Today: An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology (6th Edition). NY: Mac Millen.
  • Luthans, F. (1998). Organizational Behavior (8th Edition). Irwin. McGraw Hill.

 

References: 
  • Robbins, S. P. (1980). Organizational Behavior: Concepts, Controversies and applications. New Delhi: Prentice Hall.
  • Khandwalla, P. N. (1994). Designing Organizational Effectiveness. New Delhi: Tata McGraw Hill.
  • Hollway, W. (1991). Work Psychology and Organizational Behavior: Managing the Individual at work. New Delhi: Sage.
  • Muchinksy, P. M. 1997). Psychology Applied to Work: An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology. California:  Brooks Cole.
  • Rao, T.V. (1990). Human Resource Development. New Delhi: U.B.S.

 

Academic Year: 
2021-22
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