Course: Psychology of Work

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Course title Psychology of Work
Course code KVV/PSPR
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Křišťálová Jana, PhDr.
Course content
The current fields of the psychology of work and organization. Personal psychology; the system of personal management; the methods in personal psychology. Engineering psychology; systems and simulators; methods. Psychology of an organization and management; management processes, methods, and modeling. The psychology of transport; transport systems and their reliability; methods. The psychology of a market; factors of consumer behaviour; methods. Economic psychology; the methodical point of views of economic psychology. Work and its conditions; working output; training; burden. Motivation and attitudes to work, work satisfaction, career, work problems. Work and a group; culture of a company; loss of work.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
The objective of this course is to introduce to students the basic knowledge of the psychology of work and organization.
The students will gain the basic knowledge of various fields concerning practice in which it is possible to use the knowledge of this discipline when judging an individual, working groups, and working conditions.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Credit is based on active participation and a written final test.
Recommended literature
  • CAUNT, J.; JUNGMANN, V. Time management jak hospodařit s časem: jak si stanovit priority, časové plánování, práce s informacemi a jejich archivace, efektivní čtení, delegování pravomocí, úprava pracovního prostředí, práce s počítačem, e-mailem a Internetem.. Praha, Computer Press, 2001.
  • KAMENÍČEK, J. Lidský kapitál: úvod do ekonomie chování.. Praha,Karolinum, 2003.
  • KOPŘIVA, K. Lidský vztah jako součást profese: psychoterapeutické kapitoly pro sociální, pedagogické a zdravotnické profese.. Praha, Portál, 1997.
  • MAYEROVÁ, M.; RŮŽIČKA, J. Psychologie v hospodářské praxi.. Plzeň, Západočeská univerzita, 2001.
  • ROVAZNÍK, V. Psychologie pro ekonomy a manažery.. Praha,Grada, 2002.
  • ŠTIKAR, J.; HOSKOVEC, J.; Stříženec, M. Inženýrská psychologie.. Státní pedagogické nakladatelství,, 1982.
  • ŠTIKAR, J. Metody psychologie práce a organizace.. Praha,Karolinum,, 2000.
  • ŠTIKAR, J. Pychologie ve světě práce.. Praha, Karolinum, 2003.
  • ŠTIKAR, J. Základy psychologie práce a organizace.. Praha,Karolinum, 1996.
  • ULICH, E. Arbeitspsychologie.. Stuttgart, Poeschel, 1991.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English for Business (2016) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): German for Business (2014) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): German for Business (2013) Category: Philological sciences 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): English for Business (2013) Category: Philological sciences 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer