Revised Class Schedule (Psych of Work – Fall 2007)

 

Date                 Chapter                                    Material                    Assignments                     Notes

Friday

Sept. 21

Chapter 4

Predictors:

Psychological Assessments

 

 

 

Monday

 Sept. 24

 

 

Chapter 4

 

 

Predictors:

Psychological Assessments

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

Sept. 26

Chapter 4

Predictors:

Psychological Assessments

 Case study

Chapter 4

 1. Office -drug testing

 

 2. Case study Take home

 Friday

Sept. 28

 

QUIZ 2 chapters 3 and 4 (30 minutes)

Chapter 5

 

Personnel Decisions/employment Law

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday

Oct. 1

Chapter 5

Personnel Decisions/employment Law

 

 1. Case study Chapter 4 due

Wednesday

Oct. 3

Chapter 5

Personnel Decisions/employment Law

 

Adverse impact

 

 1. In-class

Friday

Oct. 5

Chapter 5

Personnel Decisions/employment Law

 

 

Monday

Oct. 8

Chapter 5

Personnel Decisions/employment Law

 

 1. The Office – Email Surveillance

Wednesday

Oct. 10

QUIZ 3 chapter 4 and 5 (30 minutes)

Organizational Learning

   

 

 

Friday

Oct. 12

 

 

Chapter 6

 

 

Organizational Learning

 

 

 9 to 5 (zerox room) video segment – on the job training

 

Monday

Oct. 15

Chapter 6

Organizational Learning

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

Oct. 17

 

 

Chapter 6

 

 

Organizational Learning

 

 

 

 

 

Harassment video

 

 1. Reaction paper-relate to current sexual harassment law (Take home)

 

Friday

Oct. 19

 

Chapter 6

 

Organizational Learning

 

Training evaluation exercise

 

1. In class

Monday

Oct. 22

Chapter 7

Performance Appraisal

 

 

 

Wednesday

Oct. 24

Chapter 7

Performance Appraisal

BARS scale development exercise (professor)

 

1. In class

 Friday

Oct. 26

Chapter 7

Performance Appraisal

 

1. Sexual harassment reaction paper due

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.

 

 1. Road trip video segment

 

2. Take home restaurant exercise

Wednesday

Oct. 31

Quiz 4 chapters 6 and 7 (30 minutes)

Chapter 10

Organizational Attitudes and Behavior

 

 

Friday

Nov. 2

Chapter 10

Organizational Attitudes and Behavior

 

 

Monday

Nov. 5

Chapter 10

Organizational Attitudes and Behavior

Violence on the job video

 

 

 

Wednesday

Nov. 7

 

 

Chapter 10

 

 

Organizational attitudes and behavior

 

 

Case Study

 

1. Restaurant exercise due

 

2  Case study Chapter 10 – Take-home

Friday

Nov. 9

Chapter 11

 Occupational Health

 

 

 

Monday

Nov. 12

 

 

 Chapter 11

 

 

 Occupational Health

 

 

 The joy of stress

1. Case Study chapter 10 due

2. In class

Wednesday

Nov. 14

Chapter 11

Occupational Health

 Video – working with stress

 

Friday

Nov. 16

Quiz 5 chapters 10 & 11 (30 minutes)

 

 Work Motivation

 

 

Monday

Nov. 19

No Class

Thanksgiving Break

No Class

 

Wednesday

Nov. 21

No Class

Thanksgiving Break

 No Class

 

Friday

Nov. 23

No Class

Thanksgiving Break

No Class

 

Monday

Nov. 26

Chapter 12

Work Motivation

 

 

Wednesday

Nov. 28

Chapter 12

 Work Motivation

 

 

Friday

Nov. 30

Chapter 12

 Work Motivation

 What about Bob exercise

1. In class

 

 

Monday

Dec. 3

 

 

Chapter 12

 

 

Work Motivation

 

 

Motivating Others video

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

Dec 5

  Chapter 12

Work Motivation

In class exercise? 

 

Case Study

 1. Take home case study

Friday

Dec. 7

Chapter 12

Work motivation

 Dispair.org video

“The Art of Demotivation”

 1. Case study Chapter 12 due

Monday

Dec. 10

1-2:50 (Section 1)

 

Tuesday

Dec. 11

10-11:50

(Section 2)

Quiz 6 chapter 12

 FINAL EXAM WEEK

 

Extra Credit Due