SYLLABUS for
Personnel Psychology
APPL 644.185 (class # 1771) spring 2024
Instructor: Tom Mitchell, Ph.D.
Email: Tmitchell@ubalt.edu
Office / hours: LC 411 / By
appointment
Classes meet: Wednesdays 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Classroom: BC 001
WEB BOARD FOR CLASS IS: Canvas
Schedule of dates and assignments - Overview:
Date |
Session |
Chapter |
Project Due |
Activity |
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Jan 31 |
#1 |
1 Org, Work, & App Psychology |
|
Select
Job |
7-Feb |
#2 |
9 Job Analysis |
|
Confirm
Job |
14-Feb |
#3 |
2 Law and HRM |
|
Tyler Wurtz, DCI |
21-Feb |
#4 |
4: Criteria: Defs, Meas, & Eval |
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28-Feb |
#5 |
5: Performance Appraisal &Mgt |
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6-Mar |
#6 |
6 Measuring & Interpret Ind Diff |
JA report |
Present
JA PA SPSS* |
13-Mar |
#7 |
Midterm
exam |
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20-Mar |
|
** SPRING
BREAK ** No Class |
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27-Mar |
#8 |
7 Validation & Ind Diff Measurement |
|
Peer Leeds (Acuity) |
3-Apr |
#9 |
8 Fairness in Decisions |
PA Draft Report Due |
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10-Apr |
#10 |
12 Selection Methods: |
|
David Hamill |
17-Apr |
#11 |
13 Managerial Selection Methods |
PA
report |
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24-Apr |
#12 |
14 Decision Making for Selection |
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1-May |
#13 |
15 T&D: Design |
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8-May |
#14 |
17: International Dim of Talent Mgt |
Peter
Leeds (SEM) |
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15-May |
#15 |
Final Exam |
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This course will provide a broad overview of industrial psychology & Industrial psychology. It focuses on measuring the characteristics of people and jobs and maximizing the fit between them through the HR functions (e.g., job analysis, recruitment, selection, performance appraisal, and legal issues).
III. Class format:
IV Texts:
V. Course requirements for each student*:
Grade Scale: 90-100 A; 85-89 B+; 80-84 B; 75-79 C+; 70 C
Session / Date / Chapters in texts / Due Dates /Activities
Jan 31 (# 1) Chap 1 Organizations, Work, & Applied Psychology (Rev)
· Select Job for team JA Project
o O*Net
o Example of a JA Report (SAC Software Engineer)
· Kerlinger’s definitions and questions
Feb 7 (#2) Chap
9 Analyzing Jobs and Work
·
Confirm Job Analysis Team Project assignments
Feb 14 (#3) Chap 2 The Law and Human
Resources Management
·
Guest
Speaker: Tyler Wurtz, DCI consulting PPT
·
Example of accommodation of disability for a job
·
Reasonable
Accommodation is Not Enough
Feb 21 (#4)
Chap 4: Criteria: Definitions, Measures, and Evaluation
1. ***** JA Project Reports due next week Feb
28 ***
2. Clarification on the report form and
linkage table.
3.
Chap 2 The Law and Human Resources Management (Continued)
a. Start at slide 25
4. Not
required for exam:
· ASQ Quality Standards – and ISO topics
Feb 28 (#5)
Chap 5 Performance Appraisal and Management
*** Job analysis project due ***
*** Job
Analysis presentations PPT ***
***
discussion of PA Data Analysis Project ***
· Kappa in SPSS to compute agreement for categorical data
Mar 6 (#6) Chap 6 Measuring &
Interpretation of Individual Differences
Schmidt, F., Oh, I., Shaffer, J. (2019). The
validity and utility of selection in personnel psychology: Practical and
theoretical implications of 100 years of research findings. (Working paper)
– Sakai files directory –in “Resources”
· Required reading
Cohen’s d Effect Size (Magnusson)
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Not required:
·
Cognitive
Ability Testing (EF Wonderlic) white ppr
Mar 13 (#7) Midterm Exam RPNow
Mar 20 **** Spring Break ****
Mar
27 (#8) Chap
7 Validation & Use of Individual Differences Measures
· Guest: Dr. Peter Leeds (Acuity theory)
Apr 3 (#9) Chapter 8 Fairness in Employment
Decisions
***PA
Draft Report due *** OPTIONAL!
Not required for exam:
o Articles critical
of the IAT and Implicit Bias (OSFHome)
·
New
York Times Union Finds Racial Disparities in Performance Reviews WSJ
·
NYT
Union Accuses Paper of Systematic Racism in Performance Reviews (Free Beacon)
·
People
of color at ‘NYT” get lower ratings in job interviews, union says (NPR) 8/23/22
Apr 10 (#10) Chap 12 Selection Methods
Guest
speakers: David Hamill, FAA
·
Personnel
Selection Lecture Neil Swartz
Apr 17 (#11) Chap 13 Managerial
Selection Methods
*** PA Project Reports Due ***
SIOP attendees excused—zoom in from Boston to
hear the speakers
Assessment
Centers
Apr 24 (#12) Chap 14 Decision Making for Selection
May 1 (#13) Chap 15 Training and Development: Consideration in Design
May 8 (#14)
Chap 17 International Dimensions of Talent Management
Guest lecturer: Dr. Peter Leeds, Merit Systems
Protection Board - Demo on Structural Equations Modeling (SEM)
May 15 (#15) Final Exam RPNow