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Einführung in die Arbeitspsychologie (iversity)

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Einführung in die Arbeitspsychologie (iversity)

Der Kurs "Einführung in die Arbeitspsychologie" vermittelt dir das Grundwissen und die wichtigsten Konzepte der Arbeitspsychologie.

Der Kurs führt ein in die Fragestellungen der modernen Arbeitspsychologie. Er vermittelt das Grundwissen und die wichtigsten Konzepte und Interventionsmethoden der Arbeitspsychologie. Am Anfang steht die Klärung der wichtigsten Begriffe: Was ist Psychologie bzw. Arbeitspsychologie? Was unterscheidet bedingungs- von personenbezogenen Ansätzen? Welche Menschenbilder, Bilder der Arbeit, Organisationsmetaphern und Technikverständnisse liegen der Arbeitspsychologie zu Grunde? Es folgt die Erläuterung vier grundlegender Paradigmen der Arbeitsgestaltung und des Betriebsmanagements. In den folgenden Kapiteln werden Einzelthemen wie Zielvereinbarung und Mitarbeitergespräche, Arbeit und Gesundheit - speziell Ermüdung, Stress und Bewältigung, Burnout, Arbeitszufriedenheit und Arbeitsmotivation, Arbeitsgruppen und Gruppenarbeit erklärt. Der Kurs schliesst ab mit einem Kapitel zur Methodik der Analyse, Bewertung und Gestaltung von Arbeit.

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