Psychology for Work II: Organizational Behaviour

Course Coordinator: Dr Tess Pak, BA (CUHK), PCPsych MPhil PhD (HKU), CPsychol (BPS), Registered industrial-organizational psychologist (DIOP, HKPS)

Aims
The course aims to develop students' understanding of psychological influences on workplace behaviour and group dynamics. Students would benefit from the course's comprehensive coverage of essential topics in organizational psychology.

Contents

• Introduction to applied psychology for organizational behaviour
• Work motivation: Classical theories and modern approach
• Attitudes, emotions and job satisfaction
• Leadership: Theories, new approaches and challenges
• Teams, fairness and diversity
• Power, conflict and negotiation
• Job stress management

Learning Support
Lectures and interactive discussions. Weekly lectures of a total of 25 hours will be conducted to achieve the learning outcomes of this one-semester course. Whilst lectures can impart the perspectives, concepts, theories and new research findings systematically to students, students are encouraged to participate actively in class discussions to consolidate and critically evaluate the materials.

Online Learning Environment (OLE). The OLE supports the students' learning with its resourceful library of lecture notes, supplementary readings and hyperlinks to useful websites. The Discussion Board on the platform also facilitates the communication among students and instructors about their ideas, reflections, difficulties and solutions.

Assessment
Course assessment is made by continuous assessment (50%) and final examination (50%). Students are required to submit assignments via the Online Learning Environment (OLE).