Entry requirements
Only open to Master’s students Psychology with specialisation Social and Organisational Psychology or Occupational Health Psychology or Research master track Social and Organisational Psychology
This course is offered twice a year
Description
Organisational management involves the coordination and facilitation of organisational processes to accomplish core organisational goals. The primary aim of this course is to familiarise students with some of the key topics in the domain of organisational management, and to train them in applying this knowledge to organisational practice. These key topics include human resource management, personnel selection, effective communication with both internal (e.g., employees) and external (e.g., clients) stakeholders, managing the organisation’s identity, corporate social responsibility, and corporate restructures such as mergers and strategic alliances. These topics will be approached by integrating conceptual, empirical and case methods.
Course objectives
At the end of the course students can:
Describe the theoretical underpinnings of some of the key topics in organisational management;
Apply their theoretical knowledge to organisational problems and generate theory-based solutions to these problems;
Clearly communicate their analyses and solutions to colleagues and potential clients during oral presentations as well in the form of a written report;
Reflect critically on the ethical aspects of professional conduct as an organisational advisor.
Timetable
For the timetable of this course please refer to MyTimetable
Registration
Education
Students must register themselves for all course components (lectures, tutorials and practicals) they wish to follow. You can register up to 5 days prior to the start of the course.
Exams
You must register for each exam in My Studymap at least 10 days before the exam date. You cannot take an exam without a valid registration in My Studymap. Carefully read all information about the procedures and deadlines for registering for courses and exams.
Exchange students and external guest students will be informed by the education administration about the current registration procedure.
Mode of instruction
The course is given in 6 interactive meetings of 2 hours each.
Attendance at the workgroup sessions is mandatory. See Brightspace for more information.
In the first meeting (workgroup meeting), students will learn how to apply scientific theories to analyse organisational problems and develop intervention plans. Meeting 2 is a plenary meeting (lecture) with a guest speaker from the field. The purpose of the meeting is to demonstrate elements of the work field of organisational psychologists, and in particular how practitioners handle organisational problems.
The remaining four meetings (meetings 4 - 6) are workgroup meetings in small groups of (max.) 15 students. In the workgroup meetings, we will discuss relevant literature and present and discuss students' intervention plans for specific organisational problems.
Language (meetings and assignments): English
Assessment method
The final course grade will be the weighted average of the following components:
Oral presentation (group assessment): 40%
Paper (individual assessment): 40%
Meeting assignments (individual assessment): 20%
ad 1. Oral presentation. Presentations are graded on a scale from 1 - 10. Group assignments will result in the same grade for each individual group member, unless there is good reason to deviate from this rule. Students cannot retake their presentation in case of an insufficient grade or absence for this part.
ad 2. Paper. Papers are graded on a scale from 1 - 10. The paper needs to be graded a 5 or higher in order to pass the course. Papers graded lower than a 5 will be sent back to students with feedback, and students subsequently have 2 weeks from that point onwards to improve their paper and resubmit it. A resubmitted paper can receive a maximum grade of 6. If the resubmitted paper is still insufficient (< 5), or if the overall course grade is insufficient (< 6), the student has failed the course.
ad 3. Meeting assignments. The meeting assignments grade will be reflected in a single grade (0-10). Students who fail to timely submit a set of discussion topics or their guest lecture report cannot retake these assignments.
Please note that submitting text created by chatbots as if you wrote it yourself is a form of fraud. So is unauthorised copying the work of another person or unauthorised exchanging of information with another person.
The Institute of Psychology follows the policy of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences to systematically check student papers for plagiarism with the help of software. All students are required to take and pass the Scientific Integrity Test with a score of 100% in order to learn about the practice of integrity in scientific writing. Students are given access to the quiz via a module on Brightspace. Disciplinary measures will be taken when fraud is detected. Students are expected to be familiar with and understand the implications of this fraud policy.
Reading list
Approximately 19 readings (available from the library or on Brightspace; a complete list will be provided in the course syllabus in due course), among which:
Tyler, T. R., & Blader, S. L. (2003). The group engagement model: Procedural justice, social identity, and cooperative behavior. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 7, 349–361. doi:10.1207/S15327957PSPR0704.
Van Dierendonck, D., & Jacobs, G. (2012). Survivors and victims, a meta-analytical review of fairness and organizational commitment after downsizing. British Journal of Management, 23, 96–109. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8551.2010.00724.
Bauman, C. W., & Skitka, L. J. (2012). Corporate social responsibility as a source of employee satisfaction. Research in Organizational Behavior, 32, 63–86. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2008.05.007
Hertel, G., Geister, S., & Konradt, U. (2005). Managing virtual teams: A review of current empirical research. Human Resource Management Review, 15, 69–95. doi:10.1016/j.hrmr.2005.01.002.
Contact information
Dr. Ambra Brizi a.brizi@fsw.leidenuniv.nl