Organizational psychology and work place safety

About this programme

The course provides in-depth knowledge of a preventive perspective on organisation, management, governance and the conduct of operations in relation to safety and safety behaviour in organisations. The course deals with the interaction between people, technology and organisations (PTO) in light of organisational psychological aspects of operational management, such as organisational culture/safety culture, decision-making, risk and incident analysis, and leadership. The course also addresses individual factors in relation to safety and safety behaviour. As a registered student on this course you will find detailed course information and communication in the learning platform Canvas . Compulsory elements may occur in the course. These are stated in the schedule and explained in more detail in the course instructions. Detailed information can be found in the current syllabus and the course instructions for the course. A link to the syllabus can be found here on the page and the course instructions are posted on the course website in the university's learning platform no later than the start of the course. Information about the forms of assessments for this course are listed in the syllabus and explained in detail in the course instructions. In case the course literature list is missing, please check with the course leader before buying any expensive books etc. This course is compulsory for the Master's programme in Personnel, Work, and Organisation, 120 credits , and offered as an elective course, with limited admission, in the International two-year master’s program i