BKH_PSMA Psychology in management

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Mgr. Jakub Procházka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Mgr. Jakub Procházka, Ph.D.
Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Vlasta Radová
Supplier department: Department of Business Management – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Timetable
Fri 21. 10. 12:00–15:50 P104, 16:00–19:50 P104, Fri 9. 12. 16:00–19:50 P104
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course deals with three areas: 1. Theories of motivation and their application in management, goal setting, evaluation and remuneration of employees; 2. leadership and team work theories and their application in team building and management; 3. fundamentals of psychodiagnostics and their application in personnel selection, evaluation and development of employees. Students will gain an overview of the most influential theories and approaches in the above mentioned areas and learn how to use them in managerial practice.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to: - Recognize suitable and unsuitable methods of employee selection, asses quality of personnel selection. - Ask questions in the selection interview that allow assessing competencies of the candidate. - Set measurable performance targets and use them to manage employee performance. - Set up an employee evaluation system so that employees have good feedback on their work and have relevant development goals. - Set the basic parameters of the remuneration system to be perceived as fair and to increase employee motivation. - Set up the tasks, rights and responsibilities of employees and the management system so that employees have the highest internal motivation for working in the organization and have a positive attitude towards the manager and the organization as a whole. - Assess team strengths and reserves related to team size and dynamics, team relationships and role division within the team. - Assess his/her own leadership style and be aware of limitations of this style.
Syllabus
  • 1. Theories of motivation and their application in management, goal setting, evaluation and remuneration of employees; 2. leadership and team work theories and their application in team building and management; 3. fundamentals of psychodiagnostics and their application in personnel selection, evaluation and development of employees.
Literature
    required literature
  • PROCHÁZKA, Jakub, Martin VACULÍK and Petr SMUTNÝ. Psychologie efektivního leadershipu (The Psychology of Effective Leadership). Praha: Grada, 2013, 152 pp. Psyché. ISBN 978-80-247-4646-3. URL info
  • SEITL, Martin. Testové psychodiagnostické metody pro výběr zaměstnanců. Online. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2016. URL info
  • PAUKNEROVÁ, Daniela. Psychologie pro ekonomy a manažery. 3., aktualiz. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2012, 259 s. ISBN 9788024738093. URL info
    recommended literature
  • ARNOLD, John, Ray RANDALL, Fiona PATTERSON, Jo SILVESTER, Ivan T. ROBERTSON, Cary L. COOPER, Bernard BURNES, Don HARRIS and Carolyn AXTELL. Work psychology : understanding human behaviour in the workplace. Sixth edition. Harlow, England: Pearson, 2016, xix, 783. ISBN 9781292063409. info
  • KULHAVÝ, Viktor and Jakub PROCHÁZKA. Cvičebnice pro předmět Řízení lidských zdrojů. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015, 186 pp. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures, discussions, model situations, reflexion and self-reflexion
Assessment methods
short test, final test, team project, bonus points for active participation at tutorials Evaluation: A = 87 and more, B = 80-86%, C = 74-79%, D = 67-73%, E = 60-66% F = less than 60% points in total, less then 50% points in final test, less then 50% in team project
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: tutorial 12 hodin.
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