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2007 - 2008 / Course descriptions / AL101706 Industrial psychology and human resources management  

AL101706 Industrial psychology and human resources management

Course Code
AL101706

Course Name
Industrial psychology and human resources management

Credits
10.00

Target Audience
Export Marketing, Business Management, Retail Trade and Service Management

Prerequisites

AL 101106 Organization and management

Objectives

The course provides for further studies of central topics within organisation theories and organisation psychology that may be used to analyse, understand and explain organisation behaviour. Through knowledge and insight into use of theories, concepts, models and practical examples the students develop ability to analyse and understand problems connected to organisation theory and discuss possible solutions. The aim is to make the students capable of using the theoretical knowledge in practical situations.

Topics

- Cognitive processes: perception, learning and problem solving
- Social processes: attitude, values an group psychology
- Strategy, alliances, network and organisation relations
- Management development
- Human resources management
- Negotiations and conflict solving
- Organisation development and learning
- Innovation and re-organisation processes
- Hybrid forms of organisation, education and research activity, project organisation and team building
- Ethical and moral problems

Instruction

Lectures and group exercises

Mandatory Assignments

The students do their exercises in groups. Each group presents the result of one of these exercises in plenary during the semester. In addition each group will have to hand in 6 written exercises.

The students will have to be present at least 80% of the lectures and teh group exercises.

Evaluation

One of the written exercises for each group is selected for evaluation. The members of a group will in this way get the same remark. In addition the students attend a 3-hour written examinition test at the end of the semester. The group exercise will count 40% and the individual test 60% of the total grade.

Grades
ABCDEF

Revised date
2007.02.20

Revised by
Steinar Nistad