Business Psychology Psychology 3302 Section 001 SPRING 2011 TTH 8 00 9 20am Room LS 100 Instructor William David Rigdon M S Office LS 100 Office hours after class Tuesdays Thursdays or by appointment Phone 817 925 2376 E mail rigdon uta edu Student Learning Objectives This course will cover a wide range of Industrial Organizational I O Psychology topics such as selection training performance appraisal work motivation and organizational theories The outcomes of this course are a students will be able to describe and integrate the basic theories of I O psychology b students will be able to identify and apply the techniques and methods used by I O psychologists and c students will be able to explain the application of I O psychology in today s workplace It is critical that students read the assigned material before coming to class Discussions and lectures will be based on the assigned readings Please make sure that you budget enough time during the week to read the material from the text Required Text TITLE Industrial Organizational Psychology AUTHOR Aamodt EDITION 6th COPYRIGHT YEAR 2010 PUBLISHER Cengage Learning ISBN 9780495601067 Communications When communicating with faculty members and other professionals all students are expected to communicate in a professional and formal manner regardless of the communications media phone e mail face to face etc Thus I expect students to communicate professionally when sending e mail communications to me UT Arlington provides all students with an official UT Arlington electronic mail e mail address UT Arlington and this instructor will use students UT Arlington e mail accounts for official communication with students All communications regarding this course will be sent to students UT Arlington e mail accounts Evaluation Grading is based on a mastery model There is NO curve You may all get A s you may all fail or you may sort yourselves out across a normal distribution of grades It depends on the time and effort you put in to mastering the material The course grades will be assigned as follows A 450 500 points B 400 449 C 350 399 D 300 349 F 299 points There will be 4 Exams worth 100 points each and a set of 4 Mastery Assessments worth 50 points each for 200 total The lowest exam score will be dropped giving a total potential Exam points of 300 Students will also be graded on class participation see below worth 30 points This gives a total potential of 530 points for the course 4 Exams drop the lowest score The exam will cover material from lectures assignments discussions videos presentations additional readings and the corresponding readings in the textbook All of the exams will consist of multiple choice items A student arriving late after the scheduled class start time on an exam date will not be allowed to take the exam after the first exam is returned The lowest exam score will be dropped If an exam is missed that will be the score that is dropped Any additional exams missed will result in 0 points for the grade Students are not exempt from any exams There are a total of 60 points to be earned through exam performance If an exam is canceled due to inclement weather or other unexpected reasons it will take place in the subsequent scheduled class time and at the same place as originally scheduled Because the lowest exam score is dropped this instructor will only give makeup exams due to extraordinary circumstances and when official paper documentation is provided Class Participation Class Participation includes attendance contributing to class discussions in class exercises or out of class assignments Class attendance and participation are mandatory Psychology is all about human interactions and the best way to learn the material is to interact and apply it personally If a student has difficulty speaking up in class see me to address the issue and we will work out a solution Students get points for coming to class asking questions making comments or taking an informed stand and disagreeing with the instructor Student Mastery Assessment At the end of the semester the degree to which students have mastered the material will be assessed Students will not receive credit for assessments that do not demonstrate a substantive understanding of the material Failure to be in class for the Student Mastery Assessments will result in a zero 0 points for that assessment No make up times will be allowed for Student Learning Outcomes assessments More information regarding the Student Mastery Assessment will be provided in class Tentative Class Schedule for Spring 2011 JAN JAN FEB FEB FEB FEB MAR MAR MAR MAR MAR APR APR APR APR MAY MAY 18 20 25 27 01 03 08 10 15 17 22 24 01 03 08 10 15 17 22 24 29 31 05 07 12 14 19 21 26 28 03 05 10 12 Syllabus Orientation Introduction Job Analysis and Evaluation Legal Issues Employee Selection Recruiting Interviewing Testing Review EXAM 1 Evaluating Selection Techniques Performance Designing and Evaluating Training Systems Employee Motivation Satisfaction Commitment Review EXAM 2 SPRING BREAK Organizational Communication Leadership Leadership Group Behavior Teams and Conflict Organization Development Stress Review EXAM 3 Mastery Assessments Mastery Assessments Review FINAL EXAM Chapter 1 Chapter 2 3 Chapter 4 5 Chapters 1 5 Chapter 6 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 10 Chapters 6 10 SPRING BREAK Chapter 11 12 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 15 Chapters 11 15 Chapters 1 15 Library Information Helen Hough is the Psychology Librarian She can be reached at 817 272 7429 and by email at hough uta edu Students will find useful research information at http library uta edu Class Attendance Attendance is mandatory and promptness is expected The instructor reserves the right to deny entrance into the class if students are late The instructor also reserves the right to remove any student that disrupts the learning process Attendance will be periodically monitored The Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs provides lists of students who have absences authorized by the University e g participation in athletic events or scholastic activities that are officially sponsored University functions These are primarily activities that are funded by the University The student must contact the instructor one week in advance of the excused absence and arrange with the instructor to make up missed work or missed examinations Instructors will provide those students an opportunity to make up the work or otherwise adjust the grading to ensure