Lectures

Introduction to Work Psychology (winter semester)

Influence of work on personality; local value of work for the human being

Deprivation of work: psychosocial censequences of unemployment

Thinking and work: On the theory of action of working

Learning of skills and training

Errors, safety, accidents and prevention of accidents

Deformation of personality: stress at workplace and psychosocial health

Consequences of shift work and configuration of labor time

Work-motivation

Analysis of work & analysis of work-situation

Work-design

Work-design: applied examples

New technologies and work

Introduction to Organizational Psychology (summer semester)

Structure and dynamics of organizations

Scientific-management-approach

Classical theory of organization by Weber

Human-relations-approach

Consensus-model

Behavioral-scientific model

A global theory of organization: systems theory by Katz and Kahn

Dimensions of description of organizations

The Individual and the Organization

Selection and positioning of members of an organization

Personnel appraisal of an individual within organizations: Personnel appraisals and measurement of performance

Organizational entry and socialisation within the organization

Connection between the individual and the organization: attachment, identification with the company, fluctuation, absenteeism, commitment, alienation

Ownership-relations and their influences

Power, participation

Micro-politics

Employee ownership

Applied organizational goals

Customer focus (Peters & Waterman)

Newer management-models: lean production

Value shift

Culture and Organization

Organizational culture

Differences in cultures and organizations (e.g. Japan, problems in Third World)

Group

Norms and cohesiveness

Advantages and disadvantages of group performance, problem solving and innovation

Teamwork, quality circle

Conflicts and negotiation, minorities, innovation

Leadership in Organizations

Changes within Organizations: Organizational Development

Diagnostics of organizations

Personnelistic approach

Situative approach

The lectures are provided in english and german alternately. It is possible to acquire a certificate of participation in the english presentation of the lecture, preconditioned that you participate constantly.