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HRM 330 Personnel and Industrial Psychology

This course focuses on principles and techniques of personnel and industrial psychology and applications of scientific psychology to business and industrial settings. Topics include: psychology as a science and professional practice issues; employee selection, psychological testing, performance appraisal, and training and development; leadership in organizations; motivation, job satisfaction and job involvement; organizational structure; work conditions, engineering psychology, employee safety and health, and work stress; and consumer psychology. This course is appropriate for general management, business administration and psychology students in addition to human resource management professionals.

Special information

Recommended: MGMT 310 Principles of Management or MGMT 320 Organizational Behavior Note: This course is recommended for general management and business administration students in addition to human resource management professionals. Overlap: PSYC 344 Industrial-Organizational Psychology, has the same content as HRM 330, therefore you cannot receive credit for both courses.
4 Undergraduate credits

Effective August 1, 1998 to present

Meets graduation requirements for

Learning outcomes

General

  • Knows the basic principles and techniques in the study of personnel and industrial psychology, including: psychology as a science and professional practice issues; human resource development; organizational psychology; the workplace; engineering psychology; and consumer psychology.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum

Goal 5: History and the Social and Behavioral Sciences

  • Employ the methods and data that historians and social and behavioral scientists use to investigate the human condition.
  • Examine social institutions and processes across a range of historical periods and cultures.
  • Use and critique alternative explanatory systems or theories.
  • Develop and communicate alternative explanations or solutions for contemporary social issues.