Course description:
In this course participants are taught how to understand, criticize and apply the concepts and tools developed in the mainstream literature from industrial & organizational psychology (I-O) in the context of an organization. Leadership is discussed as part of this literature. At the same time, understanding I-O literature is considered an essential skill for today’s leaders.
The literature in this course is a combination of overview articles and in-depth studies, providing the tools to understand related literature on the course topics and encourage further reading.

Course Objectives:
To understand how academic literature may inform the decisions of leaders of organizations
To evaluate and critique some of the mainstream academic literature in industrial & organizational psychology on the topics of ethics and leadership
To evaluate and apply some of the concepts developed in the literature in particular for improving leadership practices
To have a basic understanding on how to find and use survey tools for management purposes