2017/2018
BA-BPSYV1200U A Psychological perspective
| English Title |
| A Psychological
perspective |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Elective |
| Level |
Bachelor |
| Duration |
One Semester |
| Start time of the course |
Spring |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Max. participants |
50 |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc/MSc in Business Administration and
Psychology, BSc
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| Course
coordinator |
- Elisabeth Naima Mikkelsen - Department of Organization
(IOA)
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- Customer behaviour
- Human resource management
- Business psychology
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Last updated on
22-02-2017
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| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the
following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or
errors: At the end of the course, the student must be able to apply
psychological perspectives, solving problems and make
recommendations on commercial issues. At the exam, the students
should be able to:
- Identify specific phenomena or problems in the context of
business and organisations relevant for a psychological
perspective.
- Create problem statements and select relevant psychological
theory for examining those problem statements.
- Analyze and discuss problem statements using psychological
theory from the course.
- Make recommendations to deal with specific phenomena or
problems in the context of business and organisations relevant for
a psychological perspective.
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| Course prerequisites |
| English skills |
| Examination |
|
A
Psychological Perspective:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Home assignment - written product |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Size of written product |
Max. 5 pages |
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Excl. front page, bibliography and
appendices |
| Assignment type |
Case based assignment |
| Duration |
2 weeks to prepare |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
Summer |
| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary
exam
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| Course content and structure |
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This introductory course examine how psychology has developed
from roots in biology and philosophy to become a science that aims
to describe and explain how we think, feel and act. The course
provides an overview of the theoretical foundations of psychology
and reviews the results of classic studies and current research in
the major areas of the field.
A psychological perspective aims at giving you a broad introduction
to the foundational theories of psychology and to develop your
ability to describe, analyze, understand and reflect upon
psychological issues in the context of business and
organizations.
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| Teaching methods |
| Lectures, exercises, case studies and student
presentations |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
| Feedback is given in connection with the
students' oral presentations. |
| Student workload |
| Teaching |
36 hours |
| Reading/group work/student presentation |
145 hours |
| Exam |
50 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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Henry Gleitman, Daniel Reisberg and James Gross (2011)
Psychology. 8th. Ed. W W Norton & Co Inc.
US.
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Last updated on
22-02-2017
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