Industrial / Organizational Psychology
PSY 4930
Fall 2015
Instructor:
Office:
Office Phone:
Email:
Lecture:
Office Hours:
Ryne Sherman, Ph. D.
Behavioral Sciences 203
7-3382
rsherm13@fau.edu
T & R 8:00–9:20, General Classroom North, Room 102 (GN-102)
F 9:00-11:00 and by appointment
Teaching Assistant:
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Michele Stoehr
Behavioral Sciences 227
mstoehr2014@fau.edu
T & R 9:30-10:30 and by appointment
Course Units and Prerequisites
This course is valued at 3 units and the only prerequisite is general psychology. This course
involves 50 minutes of in class instruction for each credit hour per week, and a minimum of two
hours of out of class assignments each week for 15 weeks. To master the material covered in this
course it is expected that the student will spend a minimum of two hours per week per credit hour
on the out of classroom assignments.
Required Course Text
No Book – Readings will be assigned periodically; see Course Schedule
Course Description
Industrial / Organizational Psychology concerns the study of human behavior as it is related to
work. This course will cover personnel issues (e.g., job analysis, employee selection, performance
evaluation, and employee training/development), worker issues (e.g., motivations, attitudes, and
stress), and organizational issues (e.g., communication, group processes, and leadership). This
class is recommended for anyone who aspires to work in management, but anyone who plans on
working (like, ever, in your life) will benefit from this course.
Course Format
The lectures will follow the outline at the end of this document. Occasional pop quizzes in class
will yield extra credit points toward exams. Class time will consist primarily of lectures and
discussions. Because of the extensive in-class involvement, class attendance is strongly
encouraged and expected. If you are unable to attend class you should not take this course.
Textbook and Assignments
Your assignment will be to master the material presented in the assigned readings and the
lectures. The lectures are intended to supplement the material presented in the readings. Thus
students are responsible for all reading material whether it is discussed in class or not. Students
are also expected to attend class regularly and are responsible for material covered in lecture
whether it is covered in the readings or not. You will be tested on the readings and the lecture
material on three midterm exams and one final exam.
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Grading
Course grades will be based upon scores on three midterms and one final exam. Each midterm
will contain 50 multiple choice questions and the comprehensive final will contain 100 multiple
choice questions. The total score in the course will be out of these 250 possible points. The
following grading rubric is strictly used for the assignment of a final course letter grade:
A = 90%+
A- = 86-89%
B+ = 82-85%
B = 78-81%
B- = 74-77%
C+ = 70-73%
C = 66-69%
C- = 62-65%
D+ = 58-61%
D = 54-57%
D- = 51-53%
F = 50% or less
Course Policies
1. Students are expected to attend class on a regular basis and to be responsible for material
presented in class, whether or not this material is covered in the readings.
2. Make-up exams will only be given for documented medical or emergency reasons, or for prior
scheduled FAU athletic contests or religious observances. For medical or emergency reasons, the
student must make every effort to contact the instructor as soon as possible with an explanation.
Delays in contacting the instructor or a lack of medical documentation will result in no possibility
of a make-up exam (see policy 4).
3. If a student misses a midterm exam for reasons other than confirmed medical reasons, the
missing score will be assigned the average score of his or her two other exams minus (-) 10%. If a
student misses more than one midterm exam, a score of 0 points will be assigned, regardless of
prior course performance. If the midterm is missed for a confirmed medical reason it may be
made-up (see policy 3) or may be scored as the average of the other two midterms at the
instructor’s discretion. This policy does not apply to the Final Exam which must be taken to pass
the course.
4. Occasional in-class extra credit quizzes will be added as whole percentage points to the
student’s score on a subsequent exam (after the exam score).
Academic Integrity
Plagiarism, cheating and other violations will not be tolerated. Violations will be subject to severe
penalties in accordance with FAU procedures (e.g., receiving an “F” for the course and/or
expulsion from the University). Please see http://www.fau.edu/ctl/AcademicIntegrity.php for
more information including the FAU code of academic integrity:
http://www.fau.edu/ctl/4.001_Code_of_Academic_Integrity.pdf.
Students with Disabilities
It is the responsibility of students with disabilities to inform the instructor within the first week of
the session of the need for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. Students are advised to
seek assistance from the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) on campus (see
http://www.osd.fau.edu/ for more information). As soon as the need for accommodation is
determined by OSD and the need is communicated to the instructor by OSD, reasonable
accommodations will be made.
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Lecture Schedule*
Week
Date
Topic
8/18
Overview of Course
8/20
What is I/O Psychology?
8/25
People
2
8/27
Personality 101
9/1
Job Analysis
3
9/3
Vocations, Interests, & Values
9/8
Assessing & Selecting Employees I – Methods
4
9/10
Assessing & Selecting Employees II – Validity
9/15
Assessing & Selecting Employees III – Practice
5
9/17
Midterm 1
9/22
Evaluating Employee Performance
6
9/24
Evaluating Employee Performance
9/29
Employee Training & Development
7
10/1
Personal Training & Development
10/6
Compensation, Attrition, & Worker Well-being
8
10/8
Worker Stress & Negative Employee Behavior
10/13
Teams & Group Processes
9
10/15
Personality & Team Performance
10/20
Midterm 2
10
10/22
Organizational Communication
10/27
Organizational Theory
11
10/29
Leadership
11/3
The Dark Side of Leadership
12
11/5
Assessing and Developing Leadership
11/10
Versatile Leadership
13
11/12
Ulzana’s Raid
11/17
Discussion of Ulzana’s Raid
14
11/19
Midterm 3
11/24
Final Exam Review
15
11/26
Thanksgiving – No Class Meeting
12/8
16
Final Exam (7:45AM to 10:15AM)
(Tuesday)
*Subject to change at instructor’s discretion.
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Assignment
Syllabus
Values Test
Personality Test
Job Analysis Ch.
Garret (2015)
Riggio Ch 5
Jones Ch 9
Hogan 2005
Riggio Ch 6
Development Test
Riggio Ch 7
Riggio Ch 9
Riggio Ch 10
Riggio Ch 12
Hogan Ch 4
Riggio Ch 11
Hogan Ch 5
Hogan Ch 3
Hogan (1994)
Hogan Ch 7
Kaiser
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