PSYC109 - Psychology of Group Processes and Decision Making (Offered in 2016 - 17, Term 1)
This course is designed to provide a foundation in scientific literature for understanding groups and inter-group processes from an organizational psychological perspective. The current course will be especially concerned with behaviors in groups or teams with specific tasks to perform, like solving a problem, reaching a decision, or resolving a conflict. Examples of key topic areas include social loafing, polarization, groupthink, information sharing, inter-group conflicts, and crowd. This course encourages students to identify and solve practical problems related to work groups and teams in organizations. Throughout the semester, we want to ask the question of how to communicate and present our knowledge to influence policies and practices for effective team process utilization in the real world.
