MSc Business Psychology / Course details

The nature of workplace relationships

Affect and workplace relationships

Performance appraisal and attribution processes in leader-employee relationships

Employee relations

Discrimination

Managing Diversity

Bullying

Violence in the workplace

To enable students to examine a variety of contemporary issues concerning employee relationships at work. To provide up-to-date coverage of contemporary topics in organisational psychology such as the nature of work place relationships, affect and relationships, leadership, teamwork, and violence and bullying.

At the end of the course students will be able to:
Give a critical analysis of the research and theory relevant to a number of contemporary issues in organisational psychology.
Explain the extent to which the relevant research and theory influence practices in organisations.
Identify the strengths and limitations of current research, theory and practice in the topic areas covered during the course.

Examination 100%

Informal advice and discussion during a lecture, seminar, workshop or lab. Written and/or verbal comments on assessed or non-assessed coursework.
Generic feedback posted on Blackboard regarding overall examination performance.

To be distributed prior to lectures and additional references/handouts from visiting speakers