Course detail

Psychology in Business

ÚSI-2FCPPAcad. year: 2012/2013

The course focuses on the knowledge and use of psychological knowledge in business. It focuses on the organization and the human factor in terms of behavior, motivation, corporate culture and ethics and to all processes influenced by man and his behavior. From the perspective of business and business is subject deals with the importance of leadership and job performance factors affecting the performance of a company's prosperity.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. PhDr. Hana Vykopalová, CSc.

Department

Institute of Forensic Engineering (ÚSI)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

applicable knowledge of psychology in business

Prerequisites

No special requirements

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.The use of e-learning supports.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Seminar processing tasks, the final test

Course curriculum

1.The importance of psychology and psychology in business
2. Personality, personality traits and performance
3. The importance of motivation and motivation to work
4. Effective working group and leadership
5. Human adaptation to work and working conditions
6. Work stress, job requirements and work space.
7. Corporate Culture and Ethics
8. Social interaction and communication in the organization
9. Social pathological aspects of work behavior
10. The status of women in the workforce
11. Introduction to Mental Health at Work, stress, burnout
12. Personal career and personal potential

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

Psychology and business factors affecting the positive and negative work performance

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Bedrnová, E., Nový, I. a kol.: Psychologie a sociologie v řízení firmy. Praha, Prospektrum 1994¨
Bedrnová,E. a kol.: Duševní hygiena a sebeřízení. Praha, VŠE 1996
Bělohlávek, F.: Organizační chování. Olomouc, Rubicon 1996
Bělohlávek, F.: Osobní kariéra. Praha, Grada 1994
Čakrt, M.: Typologie osobnosti pro manažery. Praha, Management Press 1996
Hayesová, N.: Základy sociální psychologie. Praha, Portál 2000
Khelerová, V.: Komunikační dovednosti manažera. Praha, Grada Publishing 1995
Plamínek, J.: Řešení konfliktů s umění rozhodovat. Praha, Argo 1994
Praško, J., Prašková, H.: Asertivně proti stresu. Praha, Grada 1996
Vykopalová, H.: Sociální psychologie v kontextu komunikace. UP,Olomouc 2000

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MRzI Master's

    branch RFI , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. PhDr. Hana Vykopalová, CSc.