VŠTE:PSS_a Psychology and Sociology - Course Information
PSS_a Psychology and Sociology
Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovicesummer 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
- Teacher(s)
- Ing. Iveta Kmecová, PhD. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- Ing. Iveta Kmecová, PhD.
Department of Human Resource Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Human Resource Management – Faculty of Corporate Strategy – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice - Timetable of Seminar Groups
- PSS_a/PX01: Tue 11:25–12:55 B5, I. Kmecová
PSS_a/SX01: Tue 13:05–14:35 B5, I. Kmecová - Prerequisites
- FORMA(P)
none - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Business Administration and Management (programme VŠTE, EM)
- Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
- The aim of the course is to get acqainted with the possibilities of using sociological and psychological knowledge in business management, business culture and management. A graduate is able to describe basic social processes, s/he understands the field of institutional issues, s/he can identify with attitudes of an interpreted social group. S/he can design and formulate appropriate methods and techniques of research in sociology and sociometry. These methods and strategies s/he can appropriately implement into practice. Theoretical knowledge s/he practices in managerial, economic and business professions.
- Learning outcomes
- After finishing the subject, the students will be able to:
- use basic concepts from psychology in practice;
- explain mutual relations between concepts from psychology;
- formulate basic issues of work and management psychology;
- apply basic psychological knowledge in a research project;
- assess the results of a research project based on the knowledge of psychology. - Syllabus
- Psychology:
- 1. Principles of general psychology, psychological schools (behaviourism, humane psychology ….)
- 2. Psychology of personality, structure of personality, personality and motivation
- 3. Self-conception, self - esteem, assertive behaviour
- 4. Personality in social relations, socialization, learning process, personality of a manager, a worker.Psychological tests.
- 5. Exacting life situation, conflicts in the workplace, interpersonal terms in working groups
- 6. Work psychology, motivational agents of job performance
- 7. Efficient evaluation and motivation of workers, management styles
- Sociology:
- 8. Principal trends in sociology development
- 9. Social stratification, social status, social role, ritualized behaviour
- 10. Institution and organization, social systems, conception of state, policy, exercise of the authority
- 11. Social Standards, social deviation, social control, its forms
- 12. Social and professional mobility, culture and social development, multiculturalism
- 13. Sociology of economic thinking
- Literature
- required literature
- NAKONEČNÝ, M. Sociální psychologie organizace. Praha : Grada, 2005. 225 s. ISBN 80-247-0577-X.
- HAYESOVÁ, N. Základy sociální psychologie. Praha : Portál, 2008. 166 s. ISBN 978-80-7367-283-6.
- DISMAN, M. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha : Karolinum, 2008. 372 s. ISBN 978-80-246-0139-7.
- MONTOUSSÉ, M. RENOUARD, G. Přehled sociologie. Praha : Portál, 2005. 333 s. ISBN 80-7178-976-3.
- JANDOUREK, J. Úvod do sociologie. Praha : Portál, 2003. 231 s. ISBN 80-7178-749-3.
- PAUKNEROVÁ, D. a kol. Psychologie pro ekonomy a manažery. Praha : Grada, 2006. 254 s. ISBN 8-247-1706-9.
- recommended literature
- MULLER, K. Politická sociologie. Praha : Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-380-2.
- NOVOTNÁ, E. Manažerská sociologie. Praha : Grada, 2008. ISBN 80-245-0928-8.
- MIKULASTIK,M. Manažerská psychologie. Praha : Grada, 2007. ISBN 80-247-1349-7.
- HRČKA, M. Sociální deviace. Praha : Sociologické nakladatelství, 2001. ISBN 80-85850-68-0.
- Forms of Teaching
- Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial - Teaching Methods
- Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
- Student Workload
Activities Number of Hours of Study Workload Daily Study Combined Study Preparation of essay 15 15 Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial 42 56 Preparation for the Final Test 8 28 Attendance on Lectures 26 Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion 13 5 Total: 104 104 - Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
- Essay 30 %
final test through ROPOT 70 % - Exam conditions
- Mid-term grading:
essay – 30 points (30 %)
Final grading:
final test – 70 points (70 %)
Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points under following conditions: Mid-term grading: maximum 30% (0-30 points). Final grading: maximum 70% (0-70 points). Classification: A 100 – 90, B 89,99 – 84, C 83,99 – 77, D 76,99 – 73, E 72,99 – 70, FX 69,99 – 30, F 29,99 – 0.
The students of the full-time form of study are obliged to fulfill the 70% attendance at the seminars. If the attendance is not met, the students will be automatically classified "F".
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
- Teacher's information
- The lectures will take place through MS Teams in real time according to a set timetable, but at the same time they will be recorded and will be available to students of the combined form of study. The seminars will take place through MS Teams in real time according to a set timetable. Attendance at seminars will be monitored.
Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory, except of the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % lesson of the subject in a semester.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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