SYLLABUS for
Personnel Psychology
APPL 644.185 (class # 2560) spring 2022
Instructor: Tom Mitchell, Ph.D.
Email: Tmitchell@ubalt.edu
Office hours: By appointment (ZOOM)
Classes meet: Tuesdays 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Classroom: BC 207
WEB BOARD FOR CLASS IS: Sakai
Schedule of dates and assignments - Overview:
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Meeting |
Chapter |
Project Due |
Activity |
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1 |
Chap 1 Organizations, Work,
& Applied Psychology (Review) |
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Chap 9 Analyzing Jobs and
Work (Rev) |
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Chap 2 The Law and Human Resources Management |
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4 |
Chap 4: Criteria: Definitions, Measures, and Evaluation |
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Chap 5 Performance Appraisal and Management |
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6 |
Chap 6 Measuring & Interpretation of
Individual Differences |
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7 |
Midterm Exam RPNow |
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Mar 24 |
Sp Bk |
*** No Class *** |
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8 |
Chap 7 Validation & Use of Individual Differences
Measures |
JA Team report |
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9 |
Chap 8 Fairness in Employment Decisions |
JA
presentations |
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Chap 12 Selection Methods |
PA report Due |
Bryan Edwards, AOE |
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Chap 13 Managerial Selection Methods |
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Laura Johnson, SIGNA |
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Chap 14 Decision Making for Selection |
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13 |
Chap 15 Training and Development: Consideration in
Design |
Peter
Leeds (SEM) |
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14 |
Chap 17 International Dimensions of Talent Management |
Diann Brady &
Tommy Fiske, Prometric |
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15 |
Final Exam RPNow |
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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
(1)
Feb 1 Chap 1 Organizations, Work, & Applied Psychology (Rev)
Select Job for JA Team
Projects O*Net
· Kerlinger’s definitions and questions
(2) Feb 8 Chap 9 Analyzing Jobs and Work (Rev)
Select
Job for team JA Project Example
of a JA Report (SAC Software
Engineer)
(3)
Feb 15 Chap
2 The Law and Human Resources Management
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Example of accommodation of disability for a job
(4) Feb 22 Chap
4: Criteria: Definitions, Measures, and Evaluation
(5)
Mar 1 Chap
5 Performance Appraisal and Management
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discussion of PA Data Analysis Project ***
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Summated
Ratings text (P. Spector) for individual
PA Project
· Kappa in SPSS to compute agreement for categorical data
(6) Mar 8 Chap 6 Measuring
& Interpretation of Individual Differences
New article
required: 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 “APPL. 185 Sp21 Resources”
·
Cohen’s
d Effect Size (Magnusson) - Required
reading
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Cognitive
Ability Testing (EF Wonderlic) white ppr
Mar 24 **** Spring Break ****
(8) Mar
29 Chap
7 Validation & Use of Individual Differences Measures
*** Job analysis project due ***
(9) Apr 5 Chapter 8 Fairness in Employment
Decisions
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New
York Times Union Finds Racial Disparities in Performance Reviews WSJ
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NYT
Union Accuses Paper of Systematic Racism in Performance Reviews (Free Beacon)
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People
of color at ‘NYT” get lower ratings in job interviews, union says (NPR) 8/23/22
*** PA Project Reports Due ***
(10) Apr 12 Chap
12 Selection Methods
Guest
speakers: Brian Edwards, AOE
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Personnel
Selection Lecture Neil Swartz
(11) Apr 19
Chap 13 Managerial Selection Methods
Guest speaker: Julie Carswell, SIGMA Assessments
(12) Apr 26 Chap 14 Decision Making for Selection
(13) May 3 Chap 15 Training and
Development: Consideration in Design
Guest lecturer: Dr. Peter Leeds, Merit Systems Protection Board - Demo on Structural Equations Modeling (SEM)
(14) May 10 [TM1] Chap
17 International Dimensions of Talent Management
Guest
speakers: Diann Brady & Tommy Fiske, Prometric
(15) May 17 Final Exam RPNow