PSYC 84.06 Organizational Psychology
How do some organizations unleash remarkable creativity, teamwork, job satisfaction, and performance, while others struggle, stagnate, become toxic and/or fail? Through active engagement with case studies, simulation challenges, external experts, and project-based learning we will find out. This seminar will explore how the attitudes, motivations and behavior of individuals and groups affect organizational performance, and the psychological science that helps explain why. We will discover how the best leaders use their power and influence to shape their organization’s culture and build organizational systems that place the right talent in the right roles, empower high-performing teams, improve processes, develop capabilities, and reward the right behaviors. Students will derive practical science-based insights they can use to strengthen the teams, clubs, and organizations to which they belong.
Instructor
Jordan
Prerequisite
PSYC 1 or
PSYC 6; and one of the following:
PSYC 23 or 28 or 53.12 or 54.08; and Instructor Permission via the Department Website