Course Outline 2013 Psychology of Social Identity and Oppression (PSY322) Introduction The aim of the Psychology of Social Identity and Oppression course is to facilitate students’ engagement with the social aspects influencing identity construction within a contemporary South Africa. It encourages students to critically examine the social and contextual issues in South African society‚ introducing students to themes and concepts such power‚ oppression‚ ideology‚ racism‚ identities‚ etc
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Organizational Behavior Introduction Organizational Behavior (OB) is the study and application of knowledge about how people‚ individuals‚ and groups act in organizations. It does this by taking a system approach. That is‚ it interprets people-organization relationships in terms of the whole person‚ whole group‚ whole organization‚ and whole social system. Its purpose is to build better relationships by achieving human objectives‚ organizational objectives‚ and social objectives. As you can
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is organisational psychology? APS: the science of people at work What do organisational psychologists do? Org psycs analyse orgs + people + devise strategies = rec‚ motiv‚ dev‚ change + inspire Organisational behaviour v Organisational psychology? Similarities Individual behaviour Macro factors History Differences Psycs ONLY macro factorsbehaviour Behvariety of disci Contribution of Social Sciences to Organisational Behaviour Psychology Social Psychology Sociology Pol Science
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Are you fit to be an Industrial or Organizational Psychologist? Most would say yes in a heartbeat Industrial psychologists associate themselves with people in the workplace. Industrial psychology is often called personnel psychology‚ which is directly related to the field also known as organizational psychology. Usually industrial psychologists evaluate the differences between individual workers and also individual jobs. Organizational psychologists normally seek the understanding of how workers
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Applying Organizational Psychology Diane Redmond Psych/570 4/1/2012 Linda Whinghter Applying Organizational Psychology Organizational psychology principles come into play during the recruitment guiding principle as the top applicant for the position sought after (Jex & Britt‚ 2008). The objective of the recruitment process is to produce a list of candidates to choose from and to decide on the candidate that will socialize effectively into the organization. According to Bauer‚ Bodner
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Descriptive statistics information Descriptive statistics organize‚ summarize‚ and communicate a group of numerical observations and describe large amounts of data in a single number or in just a few numbers Inferential statistics Use samples to draw conclusions about a population Inferential statistical use sample data to make general estimates about the larger population‚ and infer or make an intelligence guess about‚ the population Sample: a set of observations drawn from the population
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Job Satisfaction in Organizational Psychology Job satisfaction can be known to some people as an important element in their lives. If an individual is unhappy with their occupation it may affect other parts of their life. Job satisfaction can be seen in what one wants in a job as to what one has in their current job. Definition of Job Satisfaction Job satisfaction can be defined as an attitude or feeling one can have toward ones job. Job satisfaction is "the extent to which people like (satisfaction)
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Applying Organizational Psychology Scientific methodology is used in the field of organizational psychology. When people are happier in their work environment a company is more successful than having unhappy and less fulfilled employees. The objective of this paper is to achieve a better understanding of what organizational psychology is. It will discuss the issues and methods involved in the recruitment process for an organizational and applicant perspective. Finally‚ it will describe the
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Statistics can be defined as the method of collection and analysis of data in such a way as to minimize any uncertainty in the conclusion drawn from the data so as to be able to assess the degree of such uncertainty. It could be observed from the above definition that statistical analysis‚ error could arise but statisticians need to minimize such errors so as to be able to achieve a desirable result. Also statistics can be said to be; a branch of mathematics that deals with the collection‚ organization
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The Role of the Organizational Development Practitioner Timothy Jenkins Herzing University Organization development is a systematic approach or process for implementing organizational change that is effective. This process is an ongoing process. One of the primary functions of organization development is to focus attention on understanding and managing change within an organization. Organization encompasses several fields of study such as psychology‚ sociology‚ theories of motivation
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