Social and Management Psychology

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:6.00

Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:50

Study Course Information
Course Code:		KSK_062		LQF level:		Level 7
Credit Points:		4.00		ECTS:		6.00
Branch of Science:		Psychology; Social Psychology		Target Audience:		Communication Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Ivans Jānis Mihailovs
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		6	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		12
Classes (count)		4	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		8
Total Contact Hours								20
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Bachelor level education.
Objective:
To create an idea of social and management psychology as sciences and their practical use in own profession. To develop knowledge of students about the most popular management psychology theories, understanding management as a social correlation process. To create students’ understanding about management and social processes. To provide an insight into an organisation as a system. To foster improvement of management skills.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Problems and main achievements of modern social psychology. Social psychology as a science. The beginning of social psychology. Research methods in social psychology. Experiments in social psychology.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
2	Personality, its shaping in the social context. Different personality theories. Social impact. Power. Conformism. Decision-making. Syndromes, effects and phenomena in psychology.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
3	Stereotypes, social prejudices and discrimination. Their differences, motivation and reasons of creation. Differences between cultures. Non-verbal communication. Its manifestations. Formation of an impression.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
4	Stress in social psychology. Stress states. Its diagnostics. Self-cognition. Stress management. Methods and techniques. Practical application in complicated situations.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
5	Management in an organisation. Management process. The beginning of management psychology. Organisation and manager’s functions. Management theories. Development of management theories.			Classes		2.00	auditorium
6	Manager and leader. Classification of managers. Manager’s skills. Power, its manifestations. Management styles. Theory of Adizes management styles. Different motivation theories.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
7	Theory of conflict resolution studies. Types of conflicts. Development of a conflict. Conflictogens. Conflict management options.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
8	Seminar. Syndromes, effects and phenomena in psychology.			Classes		2.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
In coordination with the university lecturer – to prepare a presentation. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal.
Assessment Criteria:
Assessment using a 10-point grading system. Requirements: participation in a seminar (previously prepared work presentation) and diploma paper – analysis, evaluation of a challenge related to management processes, and vision of several alternative solutions. Assessment Criteria: 10 (with distinction): Free orientation in regularities of social and management psychology, ability to independently analyse management as a process of forecasting, planning, organisation of systems to be managed, motivation of activity and control. The overview of the challenge should include a rationale related psychological considerations of management, including a description of organisation management methods. Ability to anticipate alternatives for resolution of a situation, as well as to choose the most appropriate one in the student’s opinion, substantiating social and psychological functions of a manager in the respective group. 9 (excellent): Free orientation in regularities of social and management psychology, ability to independently analyse management as a process of forecasting, planning, organisation of systems to be managed, motivation of activity and control. The overview of the challenge should include a rationale related psychological considerations of management, including an overview of organisation management methods. Ability to anticipate alternatives for resolution of a specific situation, as well as to choose the most appropriate one in the student’s opinion. 8 (very good): Orientation in regularities of social and management psychology, ability to independently analyse management as a process of forecasting, planning, organisation of systems to be managed, motivation of activity and control. The overview of the challenge should include a rationale related psychological considerations of management, including an overview of organisation management methods. Ability to anticipate other option for resolution of a specific situation, as well as to choose the most appropriate one in the student’s opinion. 7 (good): Orientation in regularities of social and management psychology, ability to independently analyse management as a process of forecasting, planning, organisation of systems to be managed, motivation of activity and control. The overview of the challenge should include a rationale related psychological considerations of management. Ability to anticipate other option for resolution of a specific situation. 6 (almost good): Knowledge about regularities of social and management psychology. The overview of the challenge should include a rationale related psychological considerations of management. Ability to anticipate other option for resolution of a specific situation. 5 (satisfactory): Knowledge about regularities of social and management psychology. The overview of the challenge should include a rationale related psychological considerations of management. 4 (almost satisfactory): Knowledge about regularities of social and management psychology. Overview of the challenge.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		To develop an idea of social and management psychology as sciences and their practical use in own profession. To deepen knowledge about the most important theories of management psychology.
Skills:		To confirm understanding about manifestations of management processes. To confirm in practice the idea about dynamic management processes.
Competencies:		To foster improvement of abilities and skills of students in the area of management matters, as well as to foster the ability to evaluate management processes within the scope of wider social processes
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Boxal P., Purcell J. (2011) Strategy and Human Resource Management. UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
2	Brooks I. (2009) Organisational Behaviour Individuals, groups and organisation. London: Pearson Education Limited, 355.
3	Doppler K., Lauterburg Ch. (2002) Change Management. Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag.
4	Garleja R. (2003) Darbs, organizācija un psiholoģija. Rīga: RaKa.
5	Garleja R. (2007) Cilvēkpotenciāls sociālā vidē. Rīga: J.Rozes apgāds.
6	Gratone L. (2004) Cilvēkresursu stratēģija. Rīga: Jumava.
7	Hilb M. (2005) Integriertes Personal – Management. Ziele – Strategien – Instrumente. Luchterhand Verlag.
8	Krīgers V. (2003) Komandas vadība. Rīga: Novo.
9	Ķēniņš Kings G. (2002) Amerikas pieredze uzņēmuma vadībai. Izlase. Rīga: Biznesa partneri.
10	Lindner-Lohmann D., Lohmann F., Schirmer U. (2008) Personalmanagement. Leopzig: Physica-Verlag.
11	MacDonald I., Burke C., Stewart K. (2006) Systems Leadership: Creating Positive Organisations. Burlington: Gower Publishing Company.
12	Neuburger R. (2006) Compact Büro-Spicker Office Management. München: Compact Verlag.
13	Ozoliņa A.Nucho, Vidnere M. (2003) Intervēšanas prasme. Rīga: RaKa.
14	Reņģe V. (1999) Organizāciju psiholoģija. Rīga: Kamene.
15	Schreuőgg G. (2008) Organisation: Grundlagen moderner Organisationgestaltung. Wiesbaden: Gabler/GWV Fachverlag GmbH.
16	Tafinders P. (2004) Intensīvais līdervadības kurss. Rīga: Pētergailis.
17	Torrington D., Hall J., Taylor S., Atkinson C. (2011) Human Resource Management. UK: Pearson Education Limited.
18	Wichel-Kirsch, Janusch M., Knorr E. (2008) Personalwirtschaf. Wiesbaden: Fachverlag.
19	Spector, P. E. (2017) Industrial and organizational psychology: Research and practice. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
20	Truxillo, D. M., Bauer, T. N., & Erdogan, B. (2016). Psychology and work: Perspectives on industrial and organizational psychology. New York: Routledge.
Additional Reading
1	Gaile A., Pavlova M. (2017). Efektīva vadītāja rokasgrāmata. Rīga: Valsts kanceleja.
2	Джуэлл Л. (2001). Индустриально – организационная психология. Санкт-Петербург: Питер.