Compulsory modules
Leadership and Performance Management (15 credits)
The aims of this module are:
- to develop an awareness of the essential theories of leadership including a critical understanding of the quality of research and its implications for leadership development and workplace practices
- to develop an awareness of key features of the performance management process focusing on the application of psychological principles to the measurement, discussion and evaluation of work performance.
Employee Engagement, Motivation and Voice (15 credits)
The aims of this module are:
- to examine and integrate a range of different theories of motivation and the implications of these for different stakeholders in organisations;
- to develop an understanding of how work can be shaped to be engaging and fulfilling including a consideration of employee initiative, participation and voice in motivational processes.
Gathering and Using Evidence in Work Psychology (15 credits)
The aims of this module are:
- to introduce students to the range of data and sources of evidence accessed and used by psychologists in work settings in a way that allows them to identify and use these data to analyse and solve problems;
- to examine the properties of different types of data in a way that allows students to make appropriate and ethical choices when using practical techniques to collect and analyse evidence across the problem-solving cycle.
Psychological Assessment in Organisations (15 credits)
The aims of this module are:
- to introduce to the application of psychological theory to the assessment of people in, or for, work settings from job analysis through to the evaluation of the effectiveness of assessment processes;
- to develop an awareness and clear understanding of best practice in psychological assessment across a range of individual differences including knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes and other work-related competencies.
Learning, Development and Knowledge Management (15 credits)
The aims of this module are:
- to examine a range of individual-, group- and organisational-level theories of learning, development and knowledge management;
- to develop an awareness of the application of theories across from the assessment of needs to the evaluation of interventions.
Empirical Research Project in Work Psychology (60 credits)
The aims of this module are to plan and conduct an original empirical research study utilising knowledge gained from other modules on the MSc Work Psychology and MSc Business Psychology programmes.