PSY6035 - Business Psychology

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module is designed to chart the timeline of an employee from career counselling to retirement. In doing so, it will consider the influence psychology can have on developing the individual, team and organisation across a selection of the following areas: career counselling; job design, task analysis and person specification; recruitment, selection and assessment; motivation, performance and job satisfaction; teamwork, management and leadership; employee relations; stress management and interventions; ageing workforce, disability, unemployment and retirement. Each area considers relevant history, seminal and contemporary studies/theories, its applied application, international and future issues. Assessed by ‘real world’ case study write up.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Formal scheduled learning and teaching activities
Hours: 25
Intended Group Size: 35

Guided independent study
Hours: 125

Further details relating to assessment
Assessment is a case study involving ‘real world’ consultancy delivery and evidence based write up.

Assessment:

001 Case study; 2,000 words; end of semester 1 100%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Bruce Rainford
Level - 6
Credit Value - 15
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 6S1

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