Dr. Gregory Neidert
PGS 430
INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY
COURSE SYLLABUS
FALL 2012
Instructor: Dr. Gregory Neidert
Classroom: SCOB 316 (Tempe) [SLN 73062]
Meeting Time: M 1:30pm - 4:15pm
Office: PSY B203
Office Hrs.: M by appointment only 11:30am - 1:30pm and 7:30pm - 8:30pm, T by appointment only 11:30am - 1:30pm and 4:30pm - 5:30pm, W - F none
Office Phone: 965-1868
Main Office Phone: 965-3326
E-mail: atgpn@asu.edu
Website 1: www.public.asu.edu/~gneidert
Website 2: www.asu.edu/courses/pgs430
Textbook: (1) Psychology Applied to Work (10th Ed.)
- Muchinsky (2012)
Readings: Any readings will be handed out/assigned 1 week before they are due.
Teaching Assistant: Joseph O'Donnell
Office: SCOB 132
Office Hrs.: W & Th 11:00am to 1:00pm and by appointment
E-mail: JoePGS430@gmail.com
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will address the theoretical and applied issues of Industrial/Organizational Psychology in a survey format. The topics listed below will be addressed in their order of presentation (Note: Some chapters appear under more than one set of topics).
- COURSE OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (Chapter 1)
- TESTING AND MEASUREMENT
(Chapters 2, 4) - ERGONOMICS & WORKING CONDITIONS
(Readings) - WORK-RELATED APTITUDES, PERSONALITY, ATTITUDES, AND MOTIVATION: THEIR NATURE AND IMPACT ON PERSON-JOB FIT
(Chapters 4, 10, 12) - ISSUES OF JOB DESIGN, PERSONNEL SELECTION, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
(Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) - ORGANIZATIONAL SOCIALIZATION, GROUP DYNAMICS, CONFLICT, AND POWER
(Chapters 9, 10) -
LEADERSHIP AND DECISION-MAKING
(Chapters 13) - ORGANIZATIONAL TRAPS & ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT
(Chapters 8)
The purpose of the course is to educate you about and sensitize you to the various mechanisms affecting individuals and groups within organizational contexts.
LECTURE
Before coming to class, I expect students to have read the assigned material. By so doing, it allows a higher and more informed level of discussion to take place. I feel that by waiting until the week before the test to read the material, students are cheating themselves out of their education and are also unable to effectively participate in the class.
I encourage and require your participation in class, because I view you as consumers who pay to have me relate information on this topic to you: And I want you to get as much from this course as you can. Consequently, by providing input during lectures and office hours, I feel you will be able to get the type and level of information from this class that you seek.
TESTS
Four (4) tests will be given. They will be multiple choice tests, with the number of questions per test varying according to the schedule presented below. On the average, about 60% - 70% of the test questions are taken from lecture, while the remainder come from the text. The final test is weighted just as heavily as all of the other tests. No test will be eligible to be dropped and NO MAKE-UP TESTS will be given.
The following represents the tentative test schedule for this semester. I reserve the right to alter the dates as I see fit.
Test # DATE CHAPTERS
Test I 01
Oct. 2012 1,
2, 4
Test II 22 Oct. 2012 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 12
Test III 19 Nov. 2012 9, 10, 13
Test IV 10 Dec. 2012 8, 13
Accommodations for students with disabilities. ASU complies with all federal and state laws regarding discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. Necessary accommodations will be made for any students with disabilities who are registered with Disability Resources. If you have a disability and need reasonable accommodation for equal access to education at ASU and are not yet registered, Disability Resources is located on the first floor of the Matthew's Center Building; their office hours are from 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday (965-1234). Any information about a disability provided to Dr. Neidert or his teaching assistants will remain confidential.
CLASS PAPERS/PROJECTS/EXERCISES
All written assignments will be laser printed, double-spaced, with 1" margins about the papers. They will be written in American Standard English, written in clear typeface, in accordance with the style recommendations advanced by the American Psychological Association. Excessive (more than about 5 - 7) grammatical or typographical errors will result in a grade of F or receive 0 points for the assignment.
Exercises--In addition to papers and projects, there may be some in-class exercises for which you will be graded. Being late for or absent from these exercises will result in the same penalties as handing in papers/projects late (a grade of E or 0 points will be given) [refer to the relevant paragraphs above].
The following represent a partial listing of papers, projects, and exercises for P/F and extra credit points:
Papers, Projects, and Exercises:
Stock Market Research Project Part
I P/F
WOWI Direct Assessment
[Optional: www.wowidirect.com ($25.00 testing fee)] 6 pts
O*Net Organizational Psychologist P/F
SIOP 2003 & 2009 Salary Surveys P/F
Stock Market Research Project Part
II P/F
CLAS Works Projects 2 pts
Credit Report P/F
Behavioral Interviewing Questions P/F
CEO Quiz Fortune Online P/F
Influence Test Project 6 pts
This category of course work is solely for your benefit and has the capacity to reduce your minimum number of total points for your Final Grade by 5% [see the following page for details]. All Papers/Projects/ Exercises which are graded on a Pass/Fail basis must be completed and receive a grade of Pass to be counted toward the reduction in the total points necessary to achieve each grade level for your Final Grade determination. If any does not, then none of the Papers/Projects/Exercises Pass credits count toward a reduction in the total points necessary to achieve each grade level for your Final Grade determination. After grading, papers will not be returned to you. Rather, the grades will be posted on the attendance sheet and the papers will be available in Dr. Neidert's office for review. You may come by during office hours or set an appointment to review and discuss your work.
Attendance Policy-- Attendance throughout each entire class period is required & will be taken by Dr. Neidert every class period via a sign-in sheet. Individuals who arrive late or leave early, without prior permission of the instructor (for a verifiable and unavoidable reason), will be counted as absent, even if they signed-in on the sheet.
If a you are not present when attendance is taken for two (2) class periods, your final grade will be reduced by one full grade level. If a you are not present when attendance is taken for three (3) or more class periods, you will receive a final grade of E for the course.
Only absences preapproved by the instructor, or those for which there is a verifiable and unavoidable reason, will be excused. Individuals missing four (4) or more classes for verifiable and unavoidable reasons may submit appropriate documentation to receive a grade of I or W for the course. If the appropriate documentation is not submitted, the student will receive an E for the course.
Finally, only students registered for the course are allowed in the class. Visitors are allowed to attend only with prior permission from Dr. Neidert. Individuals not enrolled in the course will be referred to the Dean of Students for appropriate University disciplinary action.
GRADING
The exact numerical value/point scheme for tests is listed below. Your grades will be based on your performance on the assignments & exercises and tests. I grade strictly on a 90% (A), 80% (B), 70% (C), 60% (D), 50% and below (E) scale. Contributions to class will be duly noted and will help you if you are on the (exact) borderline of a grade at the end of the semester. You can examine the GRADING SCHEDULE for the exact point requirements for each grade level. If the number of Total Test Points/Total Possible Course Points varies from 300, then the cut-off scores for each grade level will be proportionately adjusted to compensate for that variation.
GRADING SCHEDULE
TESTS 300 - 450
POINTS
Test I
60 - 100
pts.
Test II 90 - 125
pts.
Test III 60 - 100
pts.
Test IV 90 - 125
pts.
PAPERS/PROJECTS/EXERCISES Pass/Fail
(All of the following must be completed with a grade of Pass, or none count toward your Final Grade)Stock Market Research Project Part I P/F
O*Net Organizational Psychologist P/F
SIOP 2003 & 2009 Salary Surveys P/F
Stock Market Research Project Part II P/F
Credit Report P/F
Behavioral Interviewing Questions P/F
CEO Quiz Fortune Online P/F
TOTAL POSSIBLE COURSE POINTS: 300 POINTS [FOR EXAMPLE]
Cut-off scores for each grade level:
A = 270 pts. or 255 pts. with grades of Pass on all Papers/Projects
B = 240 pts. or 225 pts. with grades of Pass on all Papers/Projects
C = 210 pts. or 195 pts. with grades of Pass on all Papers/Projects
D = 180 pts. or 165 pts. with grades of Pass on all Papers/Projects
E < 180 pts. or <165 pts. with grades of Pass on all Papers/Projects
POLICY ON FINAL GRADES
If, in fact, you missed a grade level by one point, then you missed that grade level. Please do not call or visit after the last Test to try and extract one point from one of your tests or papers. If you want to do that, do it after each Test or paper is handed back. Attempts after the last Test will be in vain.
*COPYRIGHT NOTICE
All rights reserved. No part of my lectures, lecture outlines, syllabus or any other course materials may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transcribed, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the author, Gregory P.M. Neidert, Ph.D.
Infringement of this copyright, in any form, by any party, will result in, but will not be limited to, legal remedies as provided under the Copyright Act of 1976 (Title 17 of the United States Code).
[cf. U.S.C.A. 102(a)(1)].
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*DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY POLICY STATEMENT OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY
Preamble: Academic dishonesty is both detrimental to the goals of education and scholarship and demoralizing to the spirit of learning and teaching. Students, together with faculty, assume as part of their obligation to themselves, other students, and the University the responsibility to encourage qualities of honesty and integrity. The following statement represents the official policy on academic dishonesty of the Department of Psychology.
Definition of Academic Dishonesty: Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, acts of fraud or deception on an examination, laboratory work, or class assignments; acts of forgery or unauthorized alteration of any academic record or document; and attempts to gain credit for work which the student has either not actually performed or has plagiarized from another person's work.
Plagiarism is characterized as the act of taking ideas and writings from another person and passing them off as his/her own work. Quotation marks, page number, and author reference are required for adequate acknowledgement of word-for-word copying of another's work. An author reference is sufficient acknowledgement for the rephrasing in your own words of the work of another person. Other forms of plagiarism include reproducing a friend's paper and obtaining a paper from a paper preparation service. Furthermore, submitting the same paper for academic credit in two or more courses is considered an act of academic dishonesty, except in those rare instances in which the instructor is informed and gives prior approval.
Reporting and Investigation of Academic Dishonesty: The reporting of suspect incidents of academic dishonesty is the responsibility of all members of the University community. Academic dishonesty is of special concern to honest students since they may be deprived of receiving higher earned grades because of artificially elevated grade distributions and inflated grade levels. Apparent instances of academic dishonesty are to be reported to the course instructor who will conduct an investigation in a manner than protects the individual rights of the persons involved.
Sanctions for Academic Dishonesty: When concluding that an incident of academic dishonesty has occurred, the course instructor may apply sanctions ranging from discussion and/or verbal reprimand of the student to more concrete actions. These actions include but are not limited to lowering credit for the assignment, giving a failing grade for either the assignment or the entire course, recommendation to the chairperson of suspension and/or dismissal of the student from the Psychology Program, and/or a recommendation to the Dean of Students to deal with the incident of academic dishonesty.
Student Appeal of Sanction: A student may appeal sanctions imposed for alleged dishonesty by preparing a written report which both disclaims the charge of academic dishonesty and presents alternative information and/or arguments defending against this charge. Appeal shall be made first to the instructor of the course in which the incident occurred, second to the Chairperson of the Department of Psychology, and third to the office of the Dean.
The policy for this course will be discussed in class.