tue 9/24INTRODUCTIONCH
1
thu 9/26MEASUREMENTpp.
60-66; 94-100
tue 10/2JOB
ANALYSISpp.
66-90
thu 10/4 SELECTIONpp.
100-131; CH 5
tue
10/9SELECTION
thu
10/11SECTION
TEST 1(Introduction through
Job Analysis)
tue 10/16PERFORMANCE
APPRAISALCH
7
thu 10/18TRAININGCH
6
tue 10/23WORK
ATTITUDESpp.
274-275, 281-296
thu 10/25SECTION
TEST 2 (Selection through Training)
tue 10/30WORK
MOTIVATIONCH
11
thu 11/1LEADERSHIPCH
12
tue 11/6WORK
GROUPSpp.
252-255, 258-266
thu 11/8SECTION
TEST 3 (Work Attitudes through Leadership)
tue 11/13ORGANIZATIONSPP.
237-252, 256-258
thu 11/15ORGANIZATIONAL
DEVELOPMENTCH
13
tue 11/20WORK
ENVIRONMENTCHs
15 & 10
thu 11/22NO
CLASS – THANKSGIVING DAY
tue 11/27WORK
ENVIRONMENTLast
day to turn in paper
thu 11/29SECTION TEST 4
TEXT:
Muchinsky, P. M. (2000).Psychology
Applied to Work (6th Ed.).Pacific
Grove: Brooks/Cole.
COURSE GOALS: Provide an overview of psychological research on human behavior in work settings and organizations.
COURSE
FORMAT: The work
of the course involves four section tests.Class
meetings will involve lecture and discussion.Some
material will be covered in class that is not covered in the assigned texts
and vice/versa.
GRADING:Each
of the four tests is worth 40 points and the paper is worth 15.Because
one test will be dropped (see below), final grade is based on 135 total
possible points.[Graduate students
only take two of the tests (they choose which ones) and they write a longer
paper.See below.You
should talk with me at some point about your specific topic.]
Grade
distributions will be based upon the performance of all the students in
the class, excluding grad students (i.e., grades are curved).For
each test, I add up the number of points you accumulated.I
will then drop the lowest test score.From
those totals, I’ll take the class average grade.This
score will be the middle of the B- range (that is, a person whose point
total is at or close to the class average will get a B- for the class).Grades
above the class average will be equivalent to a B or better; grades below
the class average will equivalent to a C+ or worse.(If
you really want to know the details, I calculate the specific grade cutoffs
by, first, taking the highest attained score in the class and making that
the top of the A range.I subtract
the class average grade from that highest score, divide that by 4.5 [since
the A, A-, B+, B, and half of the B- categories should fit into that],
and mark off grade categories using that number, starting at with the top
attained score.)
THE
TESTS:The
tests will be both multiple choice and short answer.Each
test will have approximately 35 multiple choice questions, one point each,
with five points reserved for short answer questions.The
material that will be covered on the test is noted on the syllabus.I
will try to stick to this, but I reserve the right to make changes (which
I will announce in class).As noted
above, your lowest test score will be dropped.TESTS
WILL NOT BE RESCHEDULED, regardless
of excuse (this includes illness, jobs, family reunions, vacation,
car breakdowns, other exams, interviews, etc.).If
you have to miss a test, you get a 0 for it.That
will constitute your low score, which will be dropped.If
you have to miss more than one test, you are missing too much class and
should drop the class.I strongly
suggest that you not miss tests for trivial reasons, especially early in
the term, since something more serious may come up later in the term and
you will have already “burned” your one drop.
Note
that there is no final exam in this class.
CLASS
ATTENDANCE:Class
attendance is the student's responsibility (i.e., not mine). Students are
responsible for everything covered in class.This
includes details about the tests.Therefore,
I strongly advise class attendance. If you have to miss a class, be sure
to get the notes from another class member (i.e., not from me).Please
help each other out!
THE
PAPERS: A paper
is due in class no later than class time, Tuesday, Nov. 27.The
paper is to be relatively brief in that there is a three page limit.DO
NOT write more than three pages!On
the other hand, be sure you adequately address the assignment.Meeting
these two challenges will almost certainly require some planning and some
revision on your part.Papers must
be typed, double space, and readable(i.e., no microscopic type).Although
I won't be formally grading your grammar, writing technique will be important
in that it is your job to communicate your ideas clearly and effectively.
The
grading for the paper will roughly follow this simple scale:You
get 15 points if you turn the paper in on time and address the topic in
an understandable, appropriate way.You
get 10 points if you turn the paper in on time and attempt to address the
topic but your explanation is inadequate, in the sense that you profoundly
misinterpret a major theory or apply course concepts in a trivial way (see
below).Also, you will also get this
grade (at best) if you do not cite appropriately (see below).You
get 5 points if you turn in the paper on time but don't do the assignment
appropriately (i.e., you don't attempt to use industrial psychology in
any meaningful way, or you don't do what is asked in the assignment).You
get 0 if you turn nothing in.In
addition, you lose 5 points per 24-hour period the paper is late, starting
at the beginning of class the day it is due (i.e., if you turn it in at
9:00am on Wednesday, November 28 you lose 5 points, if you turn it in at
4:30pm on Wednesday you lose 10 points, etc.).I
encourage you to turn them in early to avoid losing points due to printer
problems, flat tires, illness, etc.YOU
SHOULD TREAT THE NOV. 27TH DEADLINE AS A “LAST-RESORT” DAY,
NOT A TARGET DATE.TURN IT IN BEFORE
THEN!
Paper topic and some helpful
material
PAPER TOPIC: A fast-food chain noticed a considerable drop in the number of customers at restaurants located near competing restaurants.The company conducted a series of marketing studies to determine the reason for the decline.The results of these studies indicated that customers perceived the chain as having the least friendly employees and that customers preferred to patronize friendlier establishments.You are in charge of fixing this.Using course material, describe how you might go about fixing the problem.
Grad students only: Rather than the above, you are to write a paper describing how the principles of industrial psychology might be useful in your particular field or area.I will give you some leeway on this in deciding what you want to focus on with regards to your field.It can be a speculative paper, but it must be essentially based on material from this course.You get 15 pages for this.You might want to talk to me for additional guidance.
HOW
TO WRITE THE PAPER (adapted
in part from class materials for Psychology 367.01, Ohio State University):Papers
should be written in a "short essay" format.That
is, these papers are not exercises in creative writing, but are exercises
in clearly communicating ideas and arguments.Your
ideas should be presented in a clear enough manner for a typical college
student to understand them.This
means that you must DEFINE YOUR TERMS and DESCRIBE THE THEORIES you use
in your papers, because the average college student won't be familiar with
the material presented in this class.In
other words, explain fully what you have learned from class.
Writing
brief essays is challenging.Try
to write as efficiently as possible.You
want to be clear, but at the same time don't waste space by using unnecessary
words to make a point or by talking about something that isn't relevant
to your argument.Doing so will prevent
you from making important arguments or describing something more fully
in another section of the paper, and thereby hurt your grade.Similarly,
you don’t want to attempt to rehash every detail that was discussed in
class.Instead, focus on those things
relevant to your topic.The best
way to accomplish these things is to write
a draft and then revise it repeatedly, editing it until it is concisely
and clearly written.
One
purpose of the paper assignments is for your instructor to see how well
you understand material from lecture and readings and how well you can
apply that material.Therefore, the
information from class and from the book represents the "building blocks"
that you should use in constructing your paper.In
other words, BUILD YOUR PAPER AROUND COURSE MATERIAL!Use
the paper to demonstrate that you have understood the lectures, read the
text, and can effectively apply the material to a problem.
PERSONAL
EXPERIENCES.One
mistake that students often make in writing psychology papers is to cite
their personal experience as evidence for some idea or argument.Psychology
is a science, so you want to draw on the theories and research associated
with this science.Avoid using your
intuition or personal experiences as "proof".
WRITE
IN YOUR OWN WORDS.Don't
copy material from books, even relatively small amounts of material.Don't
plagiarize.You will get in
loads of trouble.I will address
this more fully in class.In the
rare instance where you want to quote a source, put the quoted
material in quotation marks and cite (i.e., tell where you got it from).However,
generally speaking, try to avoid direct quotes. Use of lengthy quotes,
even if properly punctuated & cited, will hurt your grade. I want to
see what YOU know - I already know that book authors know their stuff.Generally,
I will simply ignore the material in lengthy quotes, meaning that I will
treat your paper as though it did not contain the material in the quotes.For
this paper, you don’t need to cite ideas from your book or lecture, but
you do need to cite ideas that you have gotten from sources other than
these, using APA style.
OUT-OF-CLASS
SOURCES.You
can use material other than the book or lecture from this class if you
wish.However, a mistake that students
sometimes make is to draw on material that is not related to the subject
matter of the course.Such sources
can include "pop" or self-help psychology books, tv documentaries, or books
from other fields such as political science, business-related books for
the general public, women studies, etc.Although
such material may have its uses in understanding or explaining behavior
and thought, the purpose of the class (and therefore the papers) is to
cover the ideas and research traditionally associated with industrial/organizational
psychology.Therefore, stick to that
material when writing your papers.If
you use material from sources other than the book and lecture from this
class, be sure it is "industrial psychology".If
you aren't sure, ask me.
FORMAT.Papers must be typed and double-spaced.Try to keep your fonts at 10 point or bigger so I can keep my eyesight as I grow older.Please allow one-inch margins at the top, bottom, and sides of each page so I can write comments if necessary.