PSY 505: Human Resources and Personnel Management

Goal: To develop student ability to use industrial psychology theory, research, and practices that drive the human resource management function within work organizations.
Content: A survey of industrial psychology theory, research, and practices and how they impact recruitment, selection, development, and management of personnel in work organizations. Students will utilize job analysis methods to describe critical job tasks, design performance assessments, and identify empirically valid predictors of performance. Also, students will determine how worker oriented analysis methods can be used to identify employee knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as guide future employee performance and development. Students will investigate how competency models are used to develop talented personnel throughout the organization and drive organizational success.
Prerequisite(s): Admission into the graduate program.
Credit: 3
Degree Level: Graduate