Course: Applied research design of organizational psychology

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Course title Applied research design of organizational psychology
Course code PCH/92DON
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 24
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Cakirpaloglu Panajotis, prof. PhDr. DrSc.
  • Kafetsios Konstantinos, prof. Ph.D.
  • Seitl Martin, PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Sulejmanov Filip, Ph.D.
Course content
One block of seminar/lecture is planned for a semester with an expected attendance of all students. The session consists of discussion on applied designs presented by students, sharing of experience among students and presentation of formal requirements for project final report. Further, the course is realized via individual consultations according to the specific need of students with a connection to their project. There are available academics to look after material and non-material equipment as well as academics with specific methodological know-how, who are available for individual consultations with students in the field of: - Development of questionnaires. - Qualitative methodology. - Software for analysis of qualitative data - Atlas.ti - Software for quantitative data analysis and data mining - SPSS Statistics, Modeler and Amos. - Software for development of own tests with on-line administration. - Software for sociomapping (analysis of group dynamics in real-time) - Software for on-line administration of test by Hogrefe (HTS5) - 3D printer - Workcentre and scanners. - Thermovision camera - Eyetracker - Photo and video equipment - Experimental car Persons responsible for equipment and persons with specific know-how are listed for students in the internal learning system. It is recommended to utilize a connection with a dissertation project and practice while student chooses an applied design for innovation development. A student could use outputs from practice and use the object of basic research from the dissertation project in the development of innovation. If a student decides to not utilize connection with dissertation project, a student will choose on from the following scenarios: 1. Development of an intervention program for support of leaders EQ's and evaluation of program effectiveness. 2. Development of a qualitative or a quantitative method for prediction of leader emergence/effectiveness/outcomes. 3. Innovation in diagnostics, analysis, and design of the team development and/or its effectiveness. 4. Intervention against negative psychosocial factors at work (diagnostics, design, and implementation). 5. Analysis of a social-pathological phenomenon (alternatively stressors presence at the workplace), the development of an intervention program and evaluation of the effectiveness of a program. 6. Development of a qualitative or a quantitative method for identification of stressors or/and stress at a workplace, validation of a method. 7. Development of a psychological intervention for decreasment of negative health indicators in an organization, evaluation of program effectiveness. 8. Analysis of psychological links in HMI and in autonomous behavior of environment/machine, development of an intervention/innovation for increasing of organizational outcomes from HMI.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • Attendace - 4 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 500 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 96 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The goal is to a development of own non-technical innovation by a student in the field of organizational psychology. The student acquires competencies for complex solving of applied design. As a part of the applied design project are required: problem analysis, interpretation, a proposal of innovation or intervention, application, and evaluation of impact or effect. The course aim is to provide a comprehensive use of knowledge from project management, organizational psychology, and its background sources, statistics, methodology, technical and laboratory equipment, and soft skills.

Prerequisites
Information sources and technical as well as non-technical equipment are given by individual student project. Lecturers will recommend sources according to the individual needs of the student. In general, students use basic literature for organizational psychology.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
The student will pass an exam on the bases of a successful defense of project final report in front of a commission consisting of academics and specialist from practice. As a supplement of project final report, there will be an evaluation by a responsible person from an organization where innovation was applied.
Recommended literature
  • Armstrong, M. & Stephens, T. (2008). Management a leadership. [Management and leadership].. Praha: Grada.
  • Arnold, J., Silvester, J., Patterson, F., Robertson, I., Cooper, C., & Burnes, B. (2007). Psychologie práce pro manažery a personalisty. [Work psychology for managers and HR specialists].. Brno: Computer Press.
  • Ashkanazy, N., Wilderom, C. P. M., & Peterson, M. F. (Eds.). (2010). The Handbook of Organizational Culture and Climate.. Thoasand Oaks: SagePublications.
  • Bass, B. M. & Bass, R. (2008). The Bass Handbook of Leadership. Theory, Research, & Managerial Applications (4th ed.).. New York: Free Press.
  • Hofstede, G. & Hofstede, G. J. (2006). Kultury a organizace. Software lidské mysli. [Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind].. Praha: Linde.
  • Kozlowski, S. W. J. (2014). Oxford Handbook of Organizational Psychology.. New York: Oxford University Press.
  • Kubátová, J. & Seitlová, K. (2015). Řízení virtuálních týmů. [Management of virtual teams].. Olomouc: VUP.
  • Lukášová, R. (2010). Organizační kultura a její změny. [Organizational culture and its change].. Praha: Grada.
  • Nelson, D. L. & Quick, J. C. (2008). Understanding of Organizational Behavior (3rd ed.).. Mason: South-Western Cengage Learning.
  • Podsakoff, P. M., MacKenzie, S. B. & Podsakoff, N. P. (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Citizenship Behavior.. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • Senge, P. M. (2009). Pátá disciplína. [The Fifth Discipline].. Praha: Management Press.
  • Schein, E. H. (2010). Organizational Culture and Leadership.. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  • Schmitt, N. W., & Highhouse, S. (2013). Industrial and Organizational Psychology. In I. Weiner, Handbook of Psychology (2nd ed., Vol. 12).. Hoboken: Wiley.
  • Schneider, B. & Barbera, K. M. (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Climate and Culture.. New York: Oxford University Press.


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