Personnel Psychology Syllabus

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
S. P. PUNE UNIVERSITY, PUNE
SEMESTER-III

EP 320: PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY
MAJOR CORE PAPER (SPECIALIZATION)
(Credits: 04)

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

To acquaint students with:
1. The basic concepts in Personnel Psychology
2. The importance of job analysis and competency mapping in organization
3. The process of recruitment and selection
4. The performance of performance management

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Students will be able to:
1. Apply theoretical concepts of personnel psychology to real-world organizational situations.
2. Conduct job analyses and develop competency frameworks for various positions within an organization.
3. Design and implement effective recruitment, selection processes and performance appraisal systems.
4. Understand the upcoming trends of recruitment and application of the same.

1.0. INTRODUCTION TO PERSONNEL PSYCHOLOGY [15]

1.1. Nature, scope and functions of personnel psychology
1.2. Utility theory and System view of personnel psychology
1.3. Personnel psychology: Current practices and emerging trends
1.4. Concepts of equal employment opportunity

2.0. JOB ANALYSIS, COMPETENCY MAPPING, AND EVALUATION [15]

2.1. Job Analysis: Meaning, purpose, importance and methods of job analysis
2.2. Job evaluation
2.3. Competency Mapping Approach
2.4. Strategic Workforce Planning.

3. 0. RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND COMPENSATION [15]

3.1. Recruitment Planning and Methods of recruitment
3.2. Selection Methods: Interview, psychological tests, references, bio-data, assessment Center. Role of artificial intelligence (AI) in workplace.
3.3. Managerial Selection: Criteria of managerial effectiveness and selection instruments (Personality and interest inventories), Evaluating selection procedure and techniques.
3.4. Maintenance of Human Resources: Incentive, Compensation plan, Benefits & Services.

4. 0. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT [15]

4.1. Performance Appraisal System: Purpose, Barriers to Implementation, Determining who should evaluate performance, Benefits and limitations.
4.2. Methods of Performance Appraisal: Objective and Subjective measures, Errors/ biases in rating.
4.3. Multi-rater /360 Degree Feedback: Objectives, Advantages and Prerequisites.
4.4 Communicating Appraisal Results: The post-appraisal interview

Books for Reading

1. Aamodt, M. G. (2015). Industrial/organizational psychology: An applied approach. Cengage Learning.
2. Cascio, W. F., & Aguinis, H. (2018). Applied psychology in human resource management. Pearson.
3. Cascio, W.F. (2010). Managing human resources; Productivity, quality of work life profits. McGraw-Hill Education
4. DeCenzo, D. A. & Robbins, S. P. (2008). Personnel/ human resource management New Delhi: Prentice- Hall Pvt. Ltd.
5. DeCenzo, D. A., Robbins, S. P., & Verhulst, S. L. (2016). Fundamentals of human resource management. John Wiley & Sons.
6. Dessler, G. (2020). Human resource management. 16th ed. Pearson Education India.
7. Ivancevich, J.M. & Gluek, W.F. (1983). Foundation of personnel/human resource management. Plane Texas: U.S.A. Business Pub.Inc.
8. K. Ashwathapa (2013). Human resource management. (7th Ed.) New Delhi: McGraw-Hill Education
9. McCormic, E.J. & Ilgen, D. (1980). Industrial psychology (7th Ed). London: George Allen and Unwin
10. Miner, J.B. (1992). Industrial and organizational psychology. McGraw-Hill.
11. Noe, R.A., Hollenbeck, J.R., Gerhart, B., & Wright, P.M. (2021). Human resource management (12th Ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
12. Pareek, U. and Rao, T.V. (2003). Designing and managing human resource systems. N.D.: Oxford & IBH.
13. Pattanayak, B. (2014) Human resource management. PHI Learning Private Limited, Delhi.
14. Sanghi, S. (2016). The handbook of competency mapping: understanding, designing and implementing competency models in organizations 3e. Sage Publication
15. Schultz, D. and Schultz, S.E. (2006). Psychology and work today. (8th Ed.). N.D.: Pearson Edu.
16. Truss, C., Mankin, D., & Kelliher, C. (2022). Strategic human resource management (2nd Ed.). Oxford University Press.
17. Truxillo, D. M., Bauer, T. N., & Erdogan, B. (2021). Psychology and work: An introduction to industrial and organizational psychology. Routledge.
18. Wilton, N. (2022). An introduction to human resource management. Sage Publication