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Environmental and Occupational Psychology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:24.01.2023 15:04:47
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | VPUPK_176 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Psychology; Social Psychology | Target Audience: | Pharmacy; Political Science; Law; Sociology; Medical Services; Management Science; Dentistry; Life Science; Health Management; Nursing Science; Rehabilitation; Psychology; Pedagogy; Medical Technologies; Information and Communication Science; Communication Science; Juridical Science; Civil and Military Defense; Social Welfare and Social Work; Marketing and Advertising; Social Anthropology; Person and Property Defence; Medicine; Sports Trainer; Biology; Business Management; Clinical Pharmacy; Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Sandra Dzilna | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Health Psychology and Paedagogy | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 5 J. Asara Street, vppk rsu[pnkts]lv, +37167061587 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Not required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop students' knowledge about occupational and environmental psychology, the most significant theories, basic concepts, as well as the skills in the practical usage of the knowledge about occupational and environmental psychology in organisations. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Work and environmental psychology as branches of psychology. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | Organisation: structures, types, models, culture. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Levels of responsibility, distribution in different ways in organizations. Decision-making. At work productivity: groups and teams. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | Personnel management: meaning, development, processes. Personnel selection: process, types, methods. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 5 | Conflicts and their settlement in the organisation. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 6 | Labor protection legislation, risk assessment | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 7 | Organizational culture, personnel management and selection. Responsibility at work and its limits. Stress and work environment. Conflicts and their resolution in the organization. | Classes | 6.00 | other | |||||
| 8 | Labor protection. Work environment risk factors. Workplace risk factors. Environmental perception, personal space, territory, crowd, overcrowding. | Classes | 4.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students independently read the indicated sources and literature, making summaries, main conclusions, prepare a presentation with other participants on the indicated and agreed topic. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 10% Attendance. 10% Active participation in seminars. 10% Systematic, independent study of the theoretical literature indicated above. 20% Presentation of independently developed work. 50% Exam. Requirements: Actively participate in all lessons, productively engage in discussions about the specific question, problem, justifying and defending your opinion, use appropriate terminology in discussions, refer to the read literature sources for arguments. Independently read the indicated literature sources and prepare a presentation on the specific topic. Independently read educational literature, find and get acquainted with scientific studies on the given topic, present the main conclusions. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Defines the terminology of environment and work psychology (an individual, a group, an organisation, environment, etc.). Characterises the process and methods of human resources recruitment. Describes management functions, theoretical aspects of decision-making, models of conflict settlement, ways of motivation. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Elaborates employees' motivation methods and guidelines, analyse the already adopted motivation programmes. In the given situation examples evaluates employee's compliance with the type of work to be performed and gives recommendations and possible predictions. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Discusses the change of values and attitudes in the alternating circumstances of the labour market. Connects the environment and working conditions (the style of management, motivation programmes, psycho-social working conditions, etc.) with different health outcomes. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone, K., Sudraba, V. (red.). (2016). Veselības psiholoģija. Rīga: RSU. | ||||||||
| 2 | Friend, M. A., Kohn, J. P. (2018). Fundamentals of occupational safety and health. Lanham: Government Institutes, an imprint of the Scarecrow Press. | ||||||||
| 3 | Bechtel, R. B., & Churchman, A. (2002). Handbook of environmental psychology. New York: John Wiley & Sons. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Kamerāde, D. (2015). Cilvēks organizācijā. Organizāciju psiholoģija. No: Mārtinsone, K., Miltuze, A. (red.), Psiholoģija. 3. grāmata (9.-31.lpp). Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC. | ||||||||
| 5 | Reņģe, V. (2007). Mūsdienu organizāciju psiholoģija. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | Saeima. Darba aizsardzības likums. Stājas spēkā:01.01.2002. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Ferret, E. (2021). Health and safety at work revision guide: for the NEBOSH national general certificate in occupational health and safety. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. | ||||||||
| 2 | Snashall, D. & Patel, D. (2012). ABC of occupational and environmental medicine. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell. | ||||||||
| 3 | Vorončuka, I. (2009). Personāla vadība: teorija un prakse. Rīga: Latvijas Universitāte. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ešenvalde, I. (2004). Personāla praktiskā vadība. Rīga: Merkūrijs LAT. | ||||||||
| 5 | Boitmane, I. (2008). Personāla atlase un novērtēšana. Rīga: Lietišķās informācijas dienests. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology | ||||||||
| 2 | Industrial and Organizational Psychology | ||||||||
| 3 | European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology | ||||||||
