Workplace Psychology course 

• Course Fee: €395
• Certification Fee: €60 (fee to cover accreditation body’s certification costs and administration)
• eLearning course with Tutor Support accredited by ABC Awards
• Students have 6 months to work at their own pace and can start at any time of year
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Course Details

This Workplace Psychology Course is designed to provide you with a detailed understanding of Psychology in the workplace. It covers a wide range of workplace people and management issues, exploring each and enabling students to examine practical applications of psychology in the workplace. Students receive a course manual, assignments and study guide, plus tutor support. The course documentation for this ABC Awards accredited course is detailed and easy to read.

Your Tutor will support you throughout the duration of the course. You complete the course by undertaking activities and assignments. You will receive the course manual, assignments and study guide plus tutor support. Our student support team are also available for any other queries that you may have whilst completing your course. You can be assured that support is available for your course, so there is no need to struggle or feel isolated during your studies.

By choosing to study this course with CMIT, Students have 24×7 access to CMIT eLearning for the duration of the course. This includes a comprehensive Course Manual, Video, Quizzes and personalised Tutor Support. The course documentation for this course is detailed and easy to read. You will also be able to upload assessments online and receive online feedback. You can use the eLearning system from any computer that has internet access.

Who should complete this Workplace Psychology Course?

• Anyone responsible for managing people in organisations.
• HR, Personnel Managers and Managers of people in organisations
• People considering a career in Management, HR, or Recruitment.
• People who wish to gain an accredited qualification in Workplace Psychology and wish to study at their own pace, and in their own time.
• This is an ideal course for anyone wishing to improve their skills in understanding and managing staff and understanding how to deal with events and find explanations for workplace psychological problems.

Entry Requirements / Prerequisites

• None.
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Topics covered in this Workplace Psychology Course

Unit 1: Introduction to workplace psychology

• Introduction to workplace psychology
• A study of the individual
• The effects of the environment
• Social effects
• The body as an environment to the mind

Unit 2: The use of sense and perception

• The use of sense and perception
• The environment
• Thinking processes
• A description of imagery and its uses
• Actions
• The power and value of attention
• Intelligence
• Learning
• Memory

Unit 3: Understanding personality concepts

• Personality
• Temperament

Unit 4: Using Psychological Testing

• Using psychological testing
• Selection of psychological tests
• Vocational guidance
• Testing of general intelligence
• Testing for technical ability
• Testing for other qualities and traits
• Vocational selection

Unit 5: Management of the workplace

• Management of the workplace
• Directors
• The importance of managers
• The factors required to achieve success in management
• Choosing executives

Unit 6: The workplace environment

• The workplace environment
• What are accidents?
• Environmental effects
• Accidents and the individual
• Breakages

Unit 7: How to motivate the workforce

• How to motivate the workforce
• Overall incentives
• Workplace incentives
• Incentives external to the working environment
• The relational character of incentives
• Social reinforcers as incentives
• Labour wastage

Unit 8: Recruitment

• Recruitment
• Selection
• The application blank
• Interviews
• Problems with interviews
• Psychological tests
• The use of rating scales

Unit 9: Social psychology

• What is social psychology?
• Organisational groups
• Groupthink
• The characteristics of industrial groups
• Social assumptions
• Problems between groups in organisations
• Reducing the negative influences of intergroup competition
• Preventing inter-group conflict

Unit 10:Dealing with abnormalities

• People’s abnormalities
• Brief classification of mental disorders
• Entry of variants into industry
• The partially disabled

Assessment

• This course is assessed through a series of tutor-marked assignments. There is no exam for this course.

Accreditation

• This course has been endorsed by ABC Awards and Certa Awards. The Quality Licence Scheme endorses high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes.  This course and/or training programme is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. CMIT can advise you on any further recognition, for example, progression routes into further and/or higher education.
• A QLS award at level 3 is roughly equivalent to a Level 5 on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications.
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