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Psychological Practices in Organisation - PSYC352

Module - I - Introduction

1. Definition of industrial and organisational psychology.


2. Difference between industrial and organisational psychology.
3. Scope/ application of industrial and organisational psychology.
4. History/ Origin / evolution of industrial and organisational psychology.
5. Critical discussion of scientific management/ time and motion study ( include who is
the father and other basic information)
6. Human relationship approach/ Hawthorne Study .
7. Short note on Onboarding or 4Cs of Onboarding.
8. Role of HR in organisational psychology.
9. Future trends of I-O psychology. ( critical explanation of one of the trend with
example)
10.Methods of psychology applicable to I-O psychology ( with pros and cons ).
- case study, experimental, longitudinal, cross sectional, observation,
correlational, interview, survey.
Module - II - Psychological processes in organisation

1. Define motivation. Three components of motivation.

2. Theories of motivation ( include the pros and cons + application )


 Maslow need theory
 Alderfer’s ERG Theory
 McClelland’s theory
 Reinforcement theory
 Goal setting theory
 Herzberg’s Two-factor Theory
 Job characteristics model
 Equity theory
 Expectancy theory / VIE theory
 Porter–Lawler model / Job satisfaction and job relationship

3. Consequences of job satisfaction


- Organizational Commitment
- Employees absenteeism
- Employee turnover
- Organizational citizenship behavior (OCB).

4. Job enrichment vs Job enlargement with examples


5. What is emotional intelligence (four dimensions)? Importance of Emotional
Intelligence over IQ.
6. How to inculcate emotional intelligence at workplace? ( dimension specific)
7. What is emotion? Salient feature of emotion
8. Mood vs Emotion

9. Theories of Emotions ( introduction to psychology book )


 James Lange
 Cannon-Bard theory
 Schachter-Singer two-factor theory
 Cognitive Appraisal ( Richard Lazarus)
Module III - Social Processes in Organisations

1. Definition of leadership.
2. Universalist theory of leadership
3. Behavioural theory of leadership
4. Leadership grid / managerial grid
5. Contingency theory of leadership
6. Charisma, transformational, transcultural
7. Ideal method of problem solving
8. Gestalt psychology
9. Communication ( barriers, network, channel )
Module IV - Working Organisations

1. Define recruitment and selection.


2. Differences between recruitment and selection.
3. ‘Recruitment is a 2 way a process’. Justify
4. Concept of ‘predictors’ and ‘criteria’ in selection.
5. Short note on false positive and false negative error .
6. Short note on true positive and true negative.
7. Define screening. Importance of screening.
8. Areas of training.
9. Designing a successful training programs. (TNA – Evaluation)
10. On the job Training program and Off the job training program.
11. Management/ leadership training methods.

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