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Group and Organisation Analysis and Counselling in Practice
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:15.12.2023 12:50:57
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_285 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology | Target Audience: | Psychology | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ervīns Čukurs | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 32 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 64 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 64 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Organisational psychology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide an opportunity to develop skills in research, analysis, consulting organisations, as well as to develop skills in personnel selection, performance appraisal, talent management, employee development and motivation systems. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Information about the content of training, requirements and evaluation criteria. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Information about goals of supervision, how to write a case analysis and intership diary. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Ethical dilemmas in internship in organisations. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Practice supervision about individual work in organisations. | Classes | 28.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Reflection about individual work in organisations. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Active participation in supervisions. Requirements: The student actively participates in all supervisions, productively participates in the work of the supervision group, discussions on the specific issue, problem. Analysis of the problem identified in the company and its presentation in supervision. Requirements: The student identifies a specific problem in the chosen organisation (for example, in relation to the employee, team work, process efficiency, division of functions, organisational culture), prepares a research plan and coordinates it with the internship mentor, performs psychological research analysis, situation analysis, basic organisational process (e.g. sales, logistics, production, product development, service, etc.) and ancillary processes (e.g. administration, recruitment, management, occupational safety, etc.) research, describes and analyses processes, prepares a description of necessary improvements, prepares a presentation on necessary improvements. Preparation of internship report. Requirements: The student prepares an internship report including information about the internship place, the time spent in it and the tasks performed, observations of the internship mentor's work, as well as a reflection on the tasks performed during the internship. Essay. Requirements: The student writes an essay on the topic "Basic personnel management processes of a modern organisation" and submits it on the specified date. The essay summarizes important information about such personnel management processes, such as personnel selection, performance appraisal, talent management, employee development, development of motivation systems, using appropriate literature sources. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • Active participation in supervisions (20%); • Analysis and presentation of a specific problem identified in the company (20%); • Intership report (20%); • Essay (20%); • Exam (20%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | • Describes the types of consulting in organizations; • Describes the most common problems related to the efficiency of employees, work teams and processes; • Describes the main principles of consulting in organizations; • Describes the methods of psychological research of organizations; • Describes personnel selection methods; • Describes the main principles of talent management. | ||||||||
| Skills: | • Sets and coordinates with the client the goals of providing psychological assistance in accordance with the needs of the organization and the basic principles of psychological science; • Distinguishes and describes different company processes; • Formulates a measurable problem in the context of the organization; • Uses psychological research methods (interviews, tests, surveys, observation); • Processes the obtained materials, draws up protocols, draws conclusions from the obtained data; • Distinguishes between performance appraisal and personnel selection methods; • Distinguishes the basic processes of talent management, employee development and motivation systems. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | • Identifies a specific problem in the organization; • Develops a plan for the analysis of this problem; • Performs problem analysis; • Performs analysis of the organization's basic and auxiliary processes; • Describes the necessary improvements in the organization; • Makes the necessary improvements and presents proposals. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Dessler, G. (2017). Human resource management. Boston: Pearson Higher Education. | ||||||||
| 2 | Chmiel, N. (2008). An introduction to work and organizational psychology. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. | ||||||||
| 3 | Dāvidsone, G. (2008). Organizāciju efektivitātes modelis. Rīga: SIA O.D.A. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ešenvalde, I. (2004). Personāla praktiskā vadība. Rīga: Merkūrijs. | ||||||||
| 5 | Silvester, J. (2008). Organizational psychology. London; New York: Routledge. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mathis, R. L. & Jackson, J. H. (2011). Human resource management. Mason: South-Western Cengage Learning. | ||||||||
| 2 | Aamodt, M. D. (2012). Industrial/Organizational psychology: An applied approach. Belmont: Wadsworth. | ||||||||
| 3 | Reņģe, V. (2007). Mūsdienu organizāciju psiholoģija. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC. | ||||||||
| 4 | Reņģe, V. (2003). Organizāciju psiholoģija. Rīga: Kamene. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology | ||||||||
| 2 | European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology | ||||||||
| 3 | European Work & Organizational Psychologist | ||||||||
| 4 | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | ||||||||
| 5 | International Journal of Industrial Organization | ||||||||
| 6 | International Review of Industrial & Organizational Psychology | ||||||||
