Students will learn the main principles of psychology that can be applied in everyday practice in management, leadership, and for managerial development. The course will introduce a variety of topics focusing especially on the influence of group dynamics on the functioning of work teams, current personality typologies used in managerial practice, strategies of conflict resolution and effective negotiation, and on theories and practical approaches in workplace motivation. Throughout the course, students will work with case studies, psychodiagnostic methods and team exercises to practice topics introduced in the lectures.

active participation in seminars with at least 70% attendance

oral exam

Obligatory:

• Aamodt, M.G.. Industrial / Organizational Psychology: An Applied Approach (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning, 2015, s. ISBN .
• Cooper, C.. Individual Differences and Personality (3rd ed.).. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, s. ISBN .
• Riggio, R.E.. Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology (6th ed.).. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 2012, s. ISBN .

Recommended:

• Frager, R., & Fadiman, J. . Personality and Personal Growth (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Academic, 2013, s. ISBN .
• Forsyth, D. R. . Group Dynamics (6th ed.). . Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2013, s. ISBN .

1. Introduction to psychology, applied disciplines, managerial psychology

2. Verbal communication

3. Non-verbal communication

4. Deceptive communication and its identification

5. Manager's personality and its diagnostics

6. Methods of psychology for managers - observation, interview, personality and performance tests, creativity, intelligence

7. Attitudes and their influencing

8. Motivation and motivational theories

9. Social group and group phenomena, work teams and team roles

10. Conflicts and their solutions

11. Negotiation - strategies and types

12. Detection of corporate fraud and managerial psychopathology (dark triad)

13. Stress, psychohygiene and workload, coping strategies

14. Negative phenomena in the workplace - aggression, mobbing, bossing