Work and Organizational Psychology - Practical training
Course content
The practice class will explain, introduce and provide opportunities for reflection on various work and organisational psychological methods, theories and tools used in practice. The students will work in a practice-oriented way to develop, implement and analyse intervention programmes based on work and organisational psychological theories and forms of intervention. They will reflect upon the role of psychologists in these interventions as well as on ethical issues associated with interventions. Specifically, this course centers around talent management, with a particular focus on talent management intervention. Organizations have begun to place greater emphasis on talent management that covers the topic area on recruiting and selecting, developing and retaining talents. After giving an overview of talent management in organisations, it will provide students with opportunities to develop, implement, experience, and evaluate talent management interventions. Students will develop talent management interventions in teams, involve their peer students in parts of the intervention in class, and receive feedback on their interventions from their peers. In addition, students will discuss the general potential and drawbacks of talent management in organizations, addressing issues such as how to define talents, and consequences of (not) being identified as a talent, fairness and diversity in talent management.
The students will form teams to
- Develop a talent management intervention including intervention materials
- Present the overall intervention and involve their peer students in parts of the intervention
- Analyse and provide feedback on the intervention from their peer students
After completing the course, the student is expected to be able to:
Knowledge:
- Explain selected work and organisational psychological issues related to selected practice material, e.g. a case.
Skills:
- Apply selected theory and empirical evidence to demonstrate the application of intervention programmes, forms of intervention, assessment and evaluation methods.
Competences:
- Frequently analyse and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of intervention programmes, interventions, screening and evaluation methods.
- Critically reflect on the scope and limitations of selected interventions.
Classes
Syllabus cf. curriculum: 500 standard pages of compulsory literature and 200 standard pages of literature chosen by the student.
A current syllabus list and lecture plan will be available in the course room on Absalon immediately before the start of the semester.
Previous syllabus lists can be found here: Absalon
When registered you will be signed up for exam.
- Full-degree students – sign up at Selfservice on KUnet
The dates for the exams are found here Exams – Faculty of Social Sciences - University of Copenhagen (ku.dk)
Please note that it is your own responsibility to check for overlapping exam dates.
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
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Home assignment
- Type of assessment details
- Final written assignment reflecting on an issue relevant to the practice team drawing from the literature. A minimum of 75% attendance is a prerequisite for submitting assignments.
- Examination prerequisites
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This course requires attendance at at least 75% of the class sessions and active participation in class.
- Teaching will be based on 100% attendance.
- The active participation involves team work to design an intervention and present this intervention in class, as well as analysing and providing feedback to peer students´ interventions individually.
- Aid
- All aids allowed
Unless otherwise specified, the Department of Psychology prohibits the use of generative AI software and large language models (AI/LLMs), such as ChatGPT, for generating novel and creative content in written exams. However, students may use AI/LLMs to enhance the presentation of their own original work, such as text editing, argument validation, or improving statistical programming code. Students must disclose in an appendix if and how AI/LLMs were used; this appendix will not count toward the page limit of the exam. This policy is in place to ensure that students’ written exams accurately reflect their own knowledge and understanding of the material.
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
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Exam information:
The examination date can be found in the exam schedule here
The exact time and place will be available in Digital Exam from the middle of the semester.
- Re-exam
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Same as the ordinary exam.
Reexam information:
The reexamination date/period can be found in the reexam schedule here
Criteria for exam assessment
Students are assessed on the extent to which they master the learning outcome for the course.
- Category
- Hours
- Class Instruction
- 42
- English
- 42
Kursusinformation
- Language
- English
- Course number
- APSK15150U
- ECTS
- 7,5 ECTS
- Programme level
- Full Degree Master
- Duration
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1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedulegroup
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B
- Capacity
- ca. 25 stud.
- Studyboard
- Department of Psychology, Study Council
Contracting department
- Department of Psychology
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Social Sciences
Course Coordinator
- Pia Ingold (10-726b63306b7069716e664272757b306d7730666d)
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