Laura Taylor - Instructional Design E-Portfolio

The programme in Psychology with Management has provided me with a rounded understanding of human behaviour in the society, community, relationships, groups, and organisational settings. It has grounded my understanding of the linkages between people and their organisations.

 

Major tenets of the programme in Psychology include how individuals and groups learn with an examination of different styles, preferences, and theories of learning; how they are motivated; how they behave and perform in certain settings; and how human behaviour can be influenced to achieved desired results.

 

The Management section of the course provided a foundational knowledge of how managers and leaders function; how they relate to employees and stakeholders, utilise a purpose, vision, and set goals for the organisation. An emphasis was placed on leadership, and management; employee and organisational behaviour; market research and assessing an organisation's viability through the analysis of its immediate, internal, and external environments, in relation to the global community.

 

Research, and the analysis and presentation of findings were major components in each programme through written submissions, experimental designs, data collection, and creative individual/group live presentations. 

 

My final research paper was completed on Trust and the (employee/employer) Psychological Contract that facilitates mutual benefits and exchanges for commitment, teamwork, and productivity in the organisation. In retrospect, this topic choice reflects my budding interest in human performance and those mediating and contributing factors to individual and or organisational success. 

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Courses studied included:

Management Courses

1. Cost and Financial Accounting

2. Financial Accounting

3. Principles of Management

4. Management Information Systems I

5. Principles of Marketing

6. Human Resource Management

7. Organisational Behaviour

8. Financial Management

 

Psychology Courses

1. Human Behaviour

2. Physiological Psychology

3. Introduction to Research Methods

4. Communications Psychology

5. Abnormal Psychology

6. Industrial and Organisational Psychology

7. Cognitive Psychology

8. Forensics Psychology

9. Clinical and Counselling Psychology

10. Developmental Psychology

11. Personality Theory

12. Qualitative Research Methods

 

Other Courses Included:

1. Essentials of English Grammar

2. Writing for Academic Purposes

3. Science, Medicine, Technology

4. Rhetoric - The Writing Process