Psychology at the Workplace

I/O Psychology it is a branch of applied Psychology concerned with human behaviour in the workplace. It is an application of psychological and scientific principles in the workplace. In addition, this field pursues to understand human behaviour within the occupational settings. This course covers the main concepts of Workplace Psychology, focusing on the techniques of Job Analysis, (which provides information about recruitment, selection and performance appraisal, necessary tools to prepare a job description) and Job Design, (which aims to improve the level of employees’ job satisfaction, to improve quality and to reduce employee problems like grievances and absenteeism).