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Special arrention to measurement procedures
involved in personnel selection and
performance appraisal. Equal employment
opporrunity laws and their effect on personnel
practices are discussed. Prerequisite:
for non-psychology majors. permission ofthe
instructor. Lab fee may be required.
APPL 645 Personnel Assessment (3)
Application of the technical material
learned in Personnel Psychology related ro
assessment techniques used ro select, promote,
and evaluate personnel. Hands-on
experience with these methods, including
development of the most common ones.
Assessment techniques discussed may
include ability tests. personality and honesty
tests, drug testing, work samples, interviews.
training and evaluation forms,
performance appraisals, etc. Students go
through the process of developing surveys
for arritude assessment. Prerequisite: APPL
644 or permission ofinstructor. Lab fee may
be required.
APPL 646 Employment Law in Human
Resource Management (3) Review and
analysis of federal laws and their application
to human resource management
(including employee selection, promotion.
performance appraisals, discipline, termination,
compensation, benefits, and safety).
Covers EEO, Affirmative Action, Civil
Rights Acts, Americans with Disabilities
Act and other anti-discriminatory legislation,
as well as FLSA and OSHA; and legal
issues such as privacy, sexual harassment,
drug testing, and employees' rights versus
employers' rights. Addresses strategies for
creating policy and legal concerns in a context
of organizational behavior and motivation
theories.
APPL 647 Training and Organizational
Development (3) Theory, findings. and
methods relating ro how an organization
ensures that its employees are equipped to
accomplish its mission. Students learn
about techniques to assess and implement
organizational change. Through hands-on
activities, they learn ro develop and imple­
ment programs such as skills training, team
building, and management development.
Prerequisite: APPL 644.
APPL 648 Employee Selection (3)
Examines testing and decision theory, legality,
and societal issues involved in matching
individual knowledge, skills, abilities, and
other characteristics with organizational
needs. Discussions include employment
interviews. cognitive abilities testing,
integrity and substance abuse testing, personality
measures, biographical data, and
other procedures. Prerequisite: APPL 644.
Lab fee may be required.
APPL 649 Special Topics:
Industrial/Organizational Psychology
(3) Studies a topic of industrial/organizational
psychology of mutual interest ro Students
and faculty that is not currently part
of course offerings. Topic may vary. May be
repeatedfor credit as course topic changes.
Prerequisites: determined by the instructor.
Lab fee may be required.
APPL 650 Work Groups in
Organizations (3) A study of group
dynamics in the COntext of organizations,
focusing on the predominant psychological
theories and research findings that explain
the formation and development of work
groups. Emphasis on learning how effective
strategies and techniques can be used ro
enhance teamwork in organizations.
APPL 651 Job Analysis (3) A survey of
job analysis methodology and issues, using
experiential projects. Includes rools used in
conducting a job analysis: data gathering
techniques, legal and technical standards,
and the Occupational Information
Network. Emphasis is on variation in
approach dependent on subsequent application
of the results.
APPL 655 Practical Applications in 110
Psychology (3) An opporrunity to practice
real-world application ofthe competencies
acquired in the degree program. Students
propose solutions to simulated or actual
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