Organisational Psychology
Organisational Psychology is the study of people’s wellbeing, management and performance in the workplace. This type of psychology can significantly help industries and organisations to improve/solve administration, management, sales, and marketing problems. Activities may include policy planning; employee testing and selection, training and development; and organizational development and analysis.
Attending this course will help trainees to realise the potential of human power, gain an excellent understanding of how to apply psychological theories and skills in the workplace and how to improve employees’ wellbeing, management and productivity.
Who is it for?
This course is for managers, team leaders, project leaders, administrators, internal & external consultants and, in general, participants from various levels within organisations who seek to broaden their understanding of employees’ behaviour within organisations and the link between psychology, management and high efficiency.
Course outlines:
Day one
- What is Organisational Psychology?
- Understanding individuals’ behaviour
- Behaviour in the workplace and its link with performance/productivity
- The changing “psychological contract” and implications for organisations today
Day two
- Positive institutions and organisations
- The person-organisation fit
- Managing work relationships
- Understanding teams
- Understanding organisations
Day three
- Organisational culture & leadership
- Managing change; the best approach
- Role of a strengths-based approach in selection, development, evaluation and strategic organisational change
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:
- Understand and appreciate the contribution, strengths and happiness make to a wide variety of measurable outcomes at work
- Know your own strengths and how to utilise them to enhance your own effectiveness
- Match team members’ strengths to roles, thereby improving your team’s happiness, productivity and cohesion
- Appreciate the role of a strengths-based approach in selection, development, evaluation and strategic organisational change
Trainer: Dr. Aiman AL-Asem
- Lecturer and senior researcher at Kingston University- London.
- Former researcher in Manchester Metropolitan University, Bolton University.
- Research project manager with Qatar University for studying students behaviour and reaction toward school bullying
- Area of experience: Social Sciences, Psychology, Research Methods, Statistics and Business data analysis.
Training location
London – Russell Hotel
Certificate:
This course will be delivered and certified by Kingston University – London