The purpose of this advanced graduate study program is to identity interview and testing procedures to help organizations select new employees, develop programs to train and retrain employeees, and learn about market research. The coursework in Industrial/Organizational Psychology will provide an overview of human resourse issues, consulting in business, education, and mental health, and leadership in organizations.

IOP6006 - Organizational/Industrial Psychology

This course focuses on how successful managers and employees apply human concepts to resolve problems and issues. These processes include exploring personality and group dynamics that affect attitudes and behaviors.

IOP6007 - Consulting in Business, Education and Mental Health

This course provides the basics of the consultation process and provides models for consulting in the organizational, mental health and educational settings.

IOP6008 - Survey Research Methods

This course is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the survey research process, and the practical application of survey methods as used in psychological, educational and social science research. Major topics include the development of research questions and hypotheses, sampling procedures, questionnaire design, survey administration, data processing analysis and reporting.

HRM5000 - Human Resources Management

This course focuses on the understanding and management of human behavior in organizations for optimal organizational effectiveness and individual outcomes. Managing the dynamics of individual, group, and system relationships to achieve organizational goals is recognized.

MGT5006 - Organizational Behavior

Managers need to develop their interpersonal or people skills if they are going to be effective in their jobs. Organizational behavior (OB) is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behavior within an organization, then applies that knowledge to make organizations work more effectively. Specifically, OB focuses on how to improve productivity, reduce absenteeism and turnover, and increase employee citizenship and job satisfaction. As managers accomplish their work through others, OB provides the tools for guiding the productivity of others, predicting human behavior at work and the perspectives needed to manage individuals from diverse backgrounds.

MGT5010 - Leadership in Organizations

Investigation of leadership roles, styles, philosophy, and behavior in organizations are components of this course. It also explores the qualities of leadership through the presentation of new models dealing with high performance leadership. This course presents a broad survey of theory and research on leadership in formal organizations. The key question to be answered after the completion of this course is; What makes a person an effective leader?