Revised Class Schedule (Psych of Work – Fall 2007)
Date Chapter Material Assignments Notes
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Friday Sept. 21 |
Chapter 4 |
Predictors: Psychological Assessments |
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Monday Sept. 24 |
Chapter 4 |
Predictors: Psychological Assessments |
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Wednesday Sept. 26 |
Chapter 4 |
Predictors: Psychological Assessments |
Case study Chapter 4 |
1. Office -drug testing
2. Case study Take home |
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Friday Sept. 28 |
QUIZ 2 chapters 3 and 4 (30 minutes) Chapter 5 |
Personnel Decisions/employment Law |
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Monday Oct. 1 |
Chapter 5 |
Personnel Decisions/employment Law |
1. Case study Chapter 4 due |
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Wednesday Oct. 3 |
Chapter 5 |
Personnel Decisions/employment Law |
Adverse impact |
1. In-class |
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Friday Oct. 5 |
Chapter 5 |
Personnel Decisions/employment Law |
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Monday Oct. 8 |
Chapter 5 |
Personnel Decisions/employment Law |
1. The Office – Email Surveillance |
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Wednesday Oct. 10 |
QUIZ 3 chapter 4 and 5 (30 minutes) |
Organizational Learning |
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Friday Oct. 12 |
Chapter 6 |
Organizational Learning |
9 to 5 (zerox room) video segment – on the job training |
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Monday Oct. 15 |
Chapter 6 |
Organizational Learning |
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Wednesday Oct. 17 |
Chapter 6 |
Organizational Learning
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Harassment video
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1. Reaction paper-relate to current sexual harassment law (Take home) |
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Friday Oct. 19 |
Chapter 6 |
Organizational Learning |
Training evaluation exercise |
1. In class |
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Monday Oct. 22 |
Chapter 7 |
Performance Appraisal |
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Wednesday Oct. 24 |
Chapter 7 |
Performance Appraisal |
BARS scale development exercise (professor) |
1. In class |
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Friday Oct. 26 |
Chapter 7 |
Performance Appraisal |
1. Sexual harassment reaction paper due |
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Monday Oct. 29 |
Chapter 7 |
Performance Appraisal |
Restaurant exercise: Eat at a sit-down restaurant and conduct a performance evaluation of your waiter or waitress. What did he or she do right? Wrong? Write a one page paper summarizing your experience and evaluation using information from your text. Attach your dated restaurant receipt to your paper.
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1. Road trip video segment
2. Take home restaurant exercise |
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Wednesday Oct. 31 |
Quiz 4 chapters 6 and 7 (30 minutes) Chapter 10 |
Organizational Attitudes and Behavior |
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Friday Nov. 2 |
Chapter 10 |
Organizational Attitudes and Behavior |
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Monday Nov. 5 |
Chapter 10 |
Organizational Attitudes and Behavior |
Violence on the job video |
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Wednesday Nov. 7 |
Chapter 10 |
Organizational attitudes and behavior |
Case Study |
1. Restaurant exercise due
2 Case study Chapter 10 – Take-home |
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Friday Nov. 9 |
Chapter 11 |
Occupational Health |
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Monday Nov. 12 |
Chapter 11 |
Occupational Health |
The joy of stress |
1. Case Study chapter 10 due 2. In class |
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Wednesday Nov. 14 |
Chapter 11 |
Occupational Health |
Video – working with stress |
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Friday Nov. 16 |
Quiz 5 chapters 10 & 11 (30 minutes) |
Work Motivation |
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Monday Nov. 19 |
No Class |
Thanksgiving Break |
No Class |
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Wednesday Nov. 21 |
No Class |
Thanksgiving Break |
No Class |
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Friday Nov. 23 |
No Class |
Thanksgiving Break |
No Class |
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Monday Nov. 26 |
Chapter 12 |
Work Motivation |
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Wednesday Nov. 28 |
Chapter 12 |
Work Motivation |
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Friday Nov. 30 |
Chapter 12 |
Work Motivation |
What about Bob exercise |
1. In class |
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Monday Dec. 3 |
Chapter 12 |
Work Motivation |
Motivating Others video
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Wednesday Dec 5 |
Chapter 12 |
Work Motivation |
In class exercise?
Case Study |
1. Take home case study |
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Friday Dec. 7 |
Chapter 12 |
Work motivation |
Dispair.org video “The Art of Demotivation” |
1. Case study Chapter 12 due |
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Monday Dec. 10 1-2:50 (Section 1)
Tuesday Dec. 11 10-11:50 (Section 2) |
Quiz 6 chapter 12 |
FINAL EXAM WEEK |
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Extra Credit Due |