Study level: Graduate study programme in psychology
Lecturers: Darja Maslić Seršić, Ph.D.
ECTS: 6
Language: Croatian
Status: elective
Form of instruction with class hours: 45 hours of lectures and 30 hours of exercises
Prerequisites: none
Student evaluation: written and oral exam
Course description
Organization and organizational behavior. Organizational theory: classical, neoclassical, and contemporary. Individual in organization: socialization processes and careers in organizations. Organizational attitudes: organizational commitment, the psychological contract. Work group and factors in group productivity: group size, member motivation, cohesiveness and productivity norms, communication structure. Group decision making. Teams and keys to team effectiveness. Organizational climate and culture. Origins, dimensions and outcomes of organizational climate. Organizational socialization and the concept of organizational culture. Managing organizational culture. Organizational change and development. Models of planned changes. Implementing organizational change: main methods of organizational interventions.
Course objective
To provide students with understanding the processes in modern organizations and the application of psychological principles and theories in organizational settings. By the end of the course students will learn basic organizational theories, problems and approaches to enhancing team work, concepts and impacts of organizational climate and culture, and main approaches to organizational diagnosis and development.
Required readings
Bahtijarević-Šiber, F. i sur. (1991). Organizacijska teorija. Zagreb: Informator.
Sušanj, Z. (2005). Organizacijska klima i kultura. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.
Wagner, J.A. & Hollenbeck, J.R. (2002). Organizational behavior. Harcourt Brace, Orlando (FL).
Recommended readings
Argyle, M. (1990). The social psychology of work. London: Penguin Group.
Drenth, P.J.D., Thierry, H., & De Wolff, C.J. (Eds.) (1998). Organizational psychology. Psychology Press Ltd Hove, UK.
Robbins, S. R. (1996). Bitni elementi organizacijskog ponašanja. Zagreb: Mate.
Sorge, A. (Ed.) (2002). Organization. London: Thompson Learning.
Yukl, G. (2008). Rukovođenje u organizacijama. Jastrebarsko: Naklada Slap.