Organizational psychology and work place safety

The course provides in-depth knowledge of a preventive perspective on organization, management, control and performance of operations in relation to safety and safety behaviors in organizations.
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The course deals with the interaction between man-technology-organization (MTO) in the light of organizational psychological aspects of business management, such as organizational culture / safety culture, decision-making, risk and event analysis, leadership. The course also addresses individual factors in relation to safety and safety behaviors.

As a registered student on this course you will find detailed course instructions and communication in the learning platform Athena. Login with your university account.

This course will be given in the second half of the autumn semester, half-time studies.


Teaching Format

Compulsory elements may occur in the course. These are stated in the schedule and explained in more detail in the course instructions.

Detailed information can be found in the current syllabus and the course instructions for the course. A link to the syllabus can be found here on the page and the course instructions are posted on the course website in the university's learning platform no later than the start of the course.

Expected learning outcomes

The learning outcomes for this course are listed in the syllabus.

Assessment

Information about the forms of assessments for this course are listed in the syllabus and explained in detail in the course instructions.

You will find the dates for the examinations in the schedule.

The schedule will be available no later than one month before the start of the course. We do not recommend print-outs as changes can occur. At the start of the course, your department will advise where you can find your schedule during the course.


Note that the course literature can be changed up to two months before the start of the course.

In case the course literature list is missing, please check with the course leader before buying any expensive books etc.

Course reports are displayed for the three most recent course instances.


This course is compulsory for the Master's programme in Personnel, Work, and Organisation, 120 credits, and offered as an elective course, with limited admission, in the International two-year master’s program in psychology, 120 credits.






Course leader/examiner
Johnny Hellgren, jhn@psychology.su.se

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