Syllabus for PSYC 3302 01 BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY PSYC 3302 01 Tuesday and Thursday 8 00 AM 9 20 AM Life Sciences Building Room 102 Damon U Bryant Ph D Visiting Assistant Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Email dbryant uta edu Office Life Sciences Building Room 423A Phone 817 272 0210 Office Hours Tuesday Thursday 9 30 AM 11 30 AM 1 30 PM 5 00 PM or by appointment COURSE OBJECTIVE The purpose of this course is to provide a survey of Industrial and Organizational Psychology focusing on the application of psychological theory to understanding and solving problems in the workplace Topics include but are not limited to the following recruitment employee selection training job and task analysis the effects of attitudes motivation group dynamics leadership job satisfaction productivity and morale TEXTBOOK Aamodt M G Industrial Organizational Psychology An applied approach 6th Edition Pacific Grove CA Wadsworth Publishing Available in the bookstore GRADING SCALE COURSE ACTIVITIES Each student s grade in this course will be determined by a weighted combination of scores on class activities The weights are determined by the following class activities Attendance Class Participation Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Quiz 3 Team and Leadership Project Final Exam The following grading scale will be used A 90 100 B 80 89 C 70 79 D 60 69 F 0 59 25 10 10 10 25 20 Syllabus for PSYC 3302 01 CLASS SCHEDULE Week of 1 19 Class begins 1 19 Week of 1 26 Week of 2 2 Week of 2 9 Week of 2 16 Week of 2 23 Week of 3 2 Week of 3 9 Week of 3 16 Week of 3 23 Week of 3 30 Week of 4 6 Week of 4 13 Week of 4 20 Week of 4 27 Week of 5 4 Week of 5 11 Syllabus and Course Overview Chapter 1 Introduction to I O Psychology Chapter 2 Job Analysis and Evaluation Chapter 3 Legal Issues in Employment Selection Chapter 4 Employee Selection Recruiting and Interviewing Quiz 1 Chapter 4 Employee Selection Recruiting and Interviewing Review Quiz Results Chapter 5 Employee Selection References and Testing Chapter 6 Evaluating Selection Techniques and Decisions Chapter 7 Evaluating Employee Performance Spring Break Chapter 8 Designing and Evaluating Training Systems Quiz 2 Chapter 9 Employee Motivation Review Quiz Results Chapter 10 Employee Satisfaction and Commitment Chapter 11 Organizational Communication Chapter 12 Leadership Quiz 3 Chapter 13 Group Behavior Teams and Conflict Review Quiz Results Group Presentations Final Exam Tuesday May 11 2009 8 00 AM 10 30 AM Denotes a week during which a holiday or break occurs ATTENDANCE AND CLASS PARTICIPATION Each student is expected to be present and contribute to discussions in class To the extent that students attend class regularly and are productive in contributing to class discussion the full points will be given Participation is a subjective component of the course grade and points are awarded at the discretion of the professor This is where you can maintain or increase your class average depending on your participation Syllabus for PSYC 3302 01 QUIZZES EXAMS All students are expected to take quizzes or exams on the scheduled date and time Quizzes will be in the form of multiple choice true false short answer or multiple list i e selecting more than one response from a list The content on each quiz will cover the assigned readings and class lectures discussions There will be no early or make up quizzes exams Exceptions to this rule however will be made only for reasons stated below If involved in university sponsored activities e g athletics and ROTC students should provide sufficient notice prior to the quiz exam Alternative assignments may be given Exceptions are allowed for a Natural acts of nature that humans are unable to control b Tragedy or emergency in the immediate family Documentation is required c Personal illness Professional documentation is required d Incarceration Professional documentation is required If a student does not complete an assignment s he will receive a zero 0 for that activity INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONAL TEAM PROJECT This project will allow you to be actively involved in learning and applying aspects of industrial and organizational psychology There will be three to four organizations in this class each organization will consist of 10 12 members Each organization is required to create 4 products 1 Two written papers 3 5 double spaced pages each describing in detail an industrial and organizational topic covered during the course of the semester and 2 Two multimedia based presentations 10 15 minutes each describing an industrial or organizational topic covered in class along with an application of the same topic in an organization Based upon the interactions in the organization the CEO along with the executive officers will give a presentation on the organizational dynamics including organizational cohesiveness individual and team participation conflict management leader effectiveness and organizational team member satisfaction There will be a President Chief Executive Officer CEO elected post Vice President of Operations VPO elected post two project managers elected posts and project team members No person can serve in more than one role The CEO will be responsible for all aspects of the organization s he bears the ultimate responsibility for all products submitted to the instructor and the class The VPO is responsible for the day to day operations in accomplishing organizational objectives and personnel related issues e g conflict resolution motivation and attendance of team members The project managers are responsible for delegating tasks following schedules and motivating team members to complete each project The way in which the aforementioned tasks are accomplished is up to organization Project team members including project managers are responsible for executing assigned tasks based on their chosen area of expertise e g writing papers speech writing speech giving intelligence gathering web cam recording PowerPoint creation or coaching Each leadership position may be rated by organizational members during the semester Project team members may be rated by leadership at least once Syllabus for PSYC 3302 01 Your grade may be based on a linear combination of organizational performance on each task and evaluation of leader team member performance ratings As with any organization people can be replaced for not performing their duties either because of a lack of technical competence or other job related factors Each organizational member may contact the