Program Overview

Through practical case studies, you will explore the individual, team and organisational factors that can affect workplace behaviours. These include decision-making, personnel selection, motivation and teamwork, as well as the techniques needed to manage such situations.

• The course aims to provide you with a thorough grounding in the theory and practical skills required to apply psychological research, business tools and methods within a variety of organisational settings and corporate cultures.
• You will explore learning business psychology-related techniques to promote individual workplace wellbeing and organisational success.
• It aims to prepare you for business and organisational psychology roles in management or consultancy, in human resources and the many other occupational functions. These could include learning, training and development, recruitment, health and wellbeing

Why you should study this course

• Accredited by the Association for Business Psychology (ABP).
• Taught by academics, many of whom benefit from practitioner experience either as a Business Psychologist or through consultancy-based work (staff may be subject to change).
• Dedicated consumer psychology module, which provides a critical understanding of consumer behaviour and applied marketing and advertising practice.
• Opportunity to develop an evidence-based practice intervention plan as an outcome of a systematic literature review.
• The opportunity to attend professional business conferences, which have previously included the National Work and Wellbeing Conference or the Workplace Sustainability Conference (subject to availability and additional costs may apply).