Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Industrial psychology (17.IM1916)

Native organizations units: Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Chair of Production Systems, Organization and Management

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Software Engineering and Information Technologies (Year: 2, Semester: Summer)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Ljudski resursi i komunikacije Proizvodni i uslužni sistemi, organizacija i menadžment
ECTS	5

Educational objective: to acquire knowledge of industrial psychology to humanize work, development of competence in the design work, the process of industrialization of employees in order to improve personal performance and increase business efficiency and effectiveness. Industrial psychology points to the importance of achieving optimal effect with maximum adaptation man operation.

Students will be able to: (1) the application of practical techniques of job analysis, job roles of employees in the organization (2) identify indicators of absenteeism and fluctuation (3) gain knowledge about preventive measures of injuries and accidents at work (4) analyze the technical function of man systems (5) adopt the principles of optimization, tools and workplace conditions.

The role of industrial psychology in business: definition, scope and objectives of industrial psychology, historical development, physiological and psychological aspects of work, circadian rhythms, and individual differences. Customizing the work of man: methods of adapting the work of man; analysis based on the adaptation of work-man operation, methods of evaluating workers and jobs, design jobs and work organization, job design, role of absenteeism and fluctuation, job adaptation, working ability of employees: job redesign techniques; pathology work, tiredness and monotony, safety at work, injuries at work, prevention of accidents at work. A man in modern technological systems: the man-machine system, the efficiency of the system, communication system, accuracy, reliability, allocation of roles in the system operator's mental models.

Teaching is implemented through lectures and auditory exercises, agreeing with the theoretical concept of the lectures and exercises in order to have a more realistic and comprehensively examine the possibilities and the role of human resources in an organization

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Coovort, M. Thompson, L.	The Psychology of Workplace Technology	2013		English
Zedeck, S.	APA Handbook of Industrial and Organizational Psychology	2011	American Psychological Association	English
Spector, P.	Industrial&Organizational Psychology	2003	Wiley	English