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TEXTBOOK

Module 1: Introduction to course.

Module 2: The History of I/O Psychology

Module 3: Research Methods in I/O Psychology

Module 4: Work Motivation

Module 5: Attitudes Toward Work and Organizations

Module 6: Work Stress

Module 7: Social Process, Structure, and Groups in Organizations

Module 8: Leadership in Organizations

Module 9: Work Analysis

Module 10: Criterion Development, Performance Appraisal, and Feedback

Module 11: Employee Training

Module 12: Principles of Employee Selection

Module 13: Constructs and Methods in Employee Selection

Industrial and organizational psychology (also called Work and Organizational Psychology or just plain Organizational Psychology) is the fastest growing occupation in the United States according to a U. S. Labor Department report: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/americas-20-fastest-growing-jobs-surprise/story?id=22364716. This course surveys the research and theory in this exciting field as well as the applications of the science to the practical problems of managing people in organizations.