BUSI48A15: MANAGERIAL PSYCHOLOGY (FT)

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• In today's business environment, where projects are increasingly done in teams and almost all business is cooperative, psychology has become an important management tool. This Elective explores managerial psychology, an area of applied psychology that engages in the systematic study of management behaviour in organisational settings. Adopting a broadly evolutionary perspective, the nature of the management role is examined in depth, together with all those individual, interpersonal and environmental factors that may enhance or impede individual performance, efficiency and job satisfaction. Whilst one outcome of the elective is that participants will come to better understand themselves in the roles of both manager and 'managed', the primary goal is to illustrate how a grounded understanding of human behaviour can contribute to the development of a more effective managerial style.

• Psychology and Management.
• Motivating People.
• Attitudes and Job Satisfaction.
• Personality and its Measurement.
• Learning.
• Leaders and Leadership.
• The Psychology of Careers.
• The Psychology of Stress.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Upon successful completion of the module, the students will:
• understand individual behaviour in management situations and the role of applied psychology as a managerial tool.

Subject-specific Skills:

• Upon successful completion of the module, the students will:
• be able to analyse and interpret a range of managerial styles, together with individual and group responses to those managerial styles.
• have acquired the skills needed to design and implement managerial psychology research projects.

Key Skills:

• Written communication; planning, organising and time management; problem solving and analysis; using initiative; computer literacy.

• Learning outcomes will be met through a combination of lectures, groupwork, case studies and discussion, supported by guided reading. The written assignment will test students' understanding of relevant concepts and their ability to apply and interpret what they have learned to the analysis of a particular issue in depth.

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