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INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Industrial and Organisational Psychology Combinations for the Bachelor of Arts (General)
NQF Level 5: IOP1501, IOP1601
NQF Level 6: IOP2601, IOP2602 & any TWO of IOP2603, IOP2605, IOP2607
NQF Level 3: IOP3701, IOP3702, IOP3703, IOP3706 & any ONE of IOP3704, IOP3705, IOP3707

Personnel Psychology: Employee Retention - IOP3706
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: IOP2601 & IOP2602
Purpose: The purpose of learning in this module is to enable students to develop a well-rounded knowledge base of the principles, theories and practices pertaining to the retention and development of human and social capital for the purpose of improving organisational effectiveness. The qualifying student will be able to: critically evaluate the psychological principles and practices related to employee retention; analyse the principles and procedures related to employee reward and remuneration; juxtapose the difference between performance evaluation methods and procedures; critically evaluate the training and development system, including its elements, characteristics and methods; analyse the characteristics of career development in the organisational context; and critically reflect on the dynamics of employment relations in employee retention.
Change Management - IOP4867
Post Graduate Diploma Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module is intended for all people who are pursuing a career in the field of Organisation Development (OD), including practitioners who elect to specialise as professional OD practitioners or consultants. The purpose of the module is to gain comprehensive and specialised knowledge, critical reasoning ability and applied competence in change management. The module outcomes describe competencies aimed at deepening students' and practitioners' knowledge, understanding and critical reasoning and functional competence about complex real-world problems related to the field of OD in the South African organisational context.
Workforce Diversity - IOP1504
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: The purpose of learning in this module is to enable students to develop a fundamental Afrocentric knowledge base, skills and values in the field of managing workforce diversity and transformation for the purpose of promoting and managing diversity in a personal and organisational setting. The qualifying student will be able to discuss the need for managing diversity in the Afrocentric workplace; evaluate different development paradigms in the context of promoting diversity within African organisations; explain in detail diversity dynamics as manifested at individual, group and organisational level whilst promoting transformation; develop a strategic management diversity plan for an organisation in a South African or African context.
Psychology of Leadership - IOP3707
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: IOP2601 & IOP2602
Purpose: The purpose of learning in this module is to enable students to apply well-rounded and detailed knowledge about relevant principles and theories of leader behaviour in a local and global industrial and organisational context to address complex problems in a reflective, evidence-based and theory-driven manner. Students will be able to evaluate and developing various levels of leader behaviour according to ethical and professional standards to develop appropriate insights for responsible leadership in service of improved organisational effectiveness.
Personality in Work Context - IOP1601
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: IOP1501
Purpose: To introduce students to the nature of personality with regard to the psychodynamic, behaviouristic, dimensional, humanistic/phenomenological and cognitive perspectives, psychological wellbeing,
Investor Psychology - IOP3708
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: To introduce students to the recently developed field of investor psychology. Students will be exposed to the cognitive and emotional weaknesses of the efficient market hypothesis. Students will discuss and explain established key psychological terms, principles, concepts and theories that affect investment decisions taken by individual investors, analysts, strategists, brokers, portfolio managers, options traders, currency traders, futures traders and commentators. This unit is related to behavioural finance and deals with prospect theory, efficient market theory from a psychological perspective, heuristics and framing.
Organisational Research Methodology - IOP2601
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module is intended for all people who are pursuing a career in the field of Industrial and Organisational Psychology or practitioners in the field of human resources. The purpose of this module is to enable students to calculate and interpret basic descriptive and inferential statistics as part of a research project in an organisational context. Qualifying students are able to demonstrate solid knowledge and a sound understanding of the key terms and terminology as well as rules and principles that apply to basic descriptive and inferential statistics in Industrial Psychology. They are also able to effectively select and apply appropriate descriptive and inferential statistical techniques that are commonly used in Industrial Psychology.
Research Methodology - HMEMS80
Honours,Post Graduate Diploma Semester module NQF level: 8 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to expose students to the research process and become familiar with the terminology, approaches and methods of scientific research on postgraduate level. The module also enables students to apply the planning and process of research in a research proposal of limited scope, based on given topics.
Organisational Psychology - IOP2602
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: IOP1601
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to provide students with knowledge and insights so that they can understand human behavior in the workplace from an Afrocentric perspective. It contributes to the better management of people from an Afrocentric perspective and will help individuals to develop their full potential in the world of work as managers and employees, which will contribute towards their employability in organisations in Africa. IOP2602 is one of the compulsory modules for a degree in Industrial and Organisational Psychology, because it provides students with the necessary background to allow them to continue with their studies up to master's level.
Research Report in Employee and Consumer Behaviour - HRIOP87
Honours Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 36
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: HMEMS80
Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip students with the competencies required to plan, execute and write an acceptable academic research report on the employee and consumer behaviour topics of either employee wellness, or employment relations, or consumer psychology. Students will be able to critically interrogate, analyse and evaluate the credibility and usefulness of information and data from multiple sources in a globalised world with its ever-increasing information and data flows and competing worldviews. Students will be able to apply their knowledge of employee and consumer behaviour pertaining to wellness, employment relations and consumer psychology competently, ethically and creatively to solve real-life problems. Students will be able to interrogate and critically review existing research on the topics of wellness, employment relations and consumer psychology, and apply, integrate and communicate appropriate research methodologies relevant to the chosen research topic.
Ergonomics - IOP2603
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: IOP1601
Purpose: This module is intended for all people who are pursuing a career in the field of industrial and organisational psychology, including practitioners in the field of human resources. The purpose of learning in this module is to enable students to develop a solid knowledge base and sound understanding of the theory and practical implications of human factors and ergonomics in workplace design to improve employee productivity. The qualifying student will be able to explain the application of human factors and ergonomics (HFE) principles in planning and designing workstations; discuss the application of principles of human information processing in design; discuss the application of ergonomic principles in the design of controls, displays and symbols; discuss the application of ergonomic principles in occupational health and safety.
Psychological Assessment and Psychometrics: Theory, Science and Practice - IOP4801
Post Graduate Diploma Semester module NQF level: 8 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: HMEMS80; IOP4802; IOP4803; IOP4804
Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip students with the knowledge and skills in performing industrial, educational and clinical assessments in a variety of contexts and being adequately prepared to contribute to adaptation of psychological instruments, and procedures for the African context ensuring adherence to ethical and legislative guidelines.
Psychological Adjustment in the Work Context - IOP2604
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: IOP1601
Purpose: The purpose this module is to enable learners to develop a solid knowledge base and sound understanding of the theory and practice of employee psychological adjustment and organisational wellness to identify and solve key health issues in the organisational and personal life contexts.
Career Psychology and Counselling Skills - IOP4802
Post Graduate Diploma Semester module NQF level: 8 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: HMEMS80; IOP4801; IOP4803; IOP4804
Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip students with the knowlwdge and skills in performing career-guidance and counselling types relevant to the educational and community (children, adolescents and adults), and organisational/occupational context under different levels of supervision while adhering to best practice, ethical and legislative standards and guidelines for pshychometry relevant to the multiculturally diverse South African context.
Human Capacity Development - IOP2605
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: IOP1601
Purpose: This module is intended for all people who are pursuing a career in the field of industrial and organisational psychology, including practitioners in the field of human resources. The purpose of learning in this module is to enable students to develop a solid knowledge base and sound understanding of the theory and practice of human capacity development in the organisational context for the purpose of facilitating professional development and lifelong learning.
Personality and Organisational Psychology - IOP4803
Post Graduate Diploma Semester module NQF level: 8 Credits: 12
Module presented in Afrikaans Module presented online
Co-requisite: HMEMS80; IOP4801; IOP4802; IOP4804
Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip students with the knowledge and skills in performing personality- and organisational development-based types of tests under different levels of supervision for individual, team and organisational development, performance improvement and job selection in diverse employment settings while adhering to best practice, ethical and legislative standards and guidelines for psychometry relevant to the South African and African context.
Individual Differences and Work Performance - IOP2606
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: IOP2602
Purpose: This module is intended for all people who are pursuing a career in the field of industrial and organisational psychology, including practitioners in the field of human resources. The purpose of learning in this module is to enable students to develop a solid knowledge base and sound understanding of the theory of individual differences from both international and African contexts; and its practical implications for work performance with the purpose of improving employee productivity and organisational effectiveness whilst improving graduateness and promoting transformation. Students would develop a solid base and sound understanding of the theory of individual differences and its practical applications for work performance in an effort to improve productivity and organisational effectiveness.
Research Project in Wellness - IOP4804
Post Graduate Diploma Semester module NQF level: 8 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: HMEMS80; IOP4801; IOP4802; IOP4803
Purpose: The purpose of the module is to equip students with the knowledge and skills in conducting a research project utilising psychological assessments for wellness screening and referral in the psychometric domain wellness while adhering to best practice, ethical and legislative standards and guidelines relevant to the multiculturally diverse South African context.
Workgroup Dynamics and Diversity - IOP2607
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: IOP1601
Purpose: This module is intended for students who are pursuing a career in the field of industrial and organisational psychology, including practitioners in the field of human resources. The purpose of learning in this module is to enable students to develop a solid knowledge base and sound understanding of the theory and practical implications of workgroup dynamics and diversity in the organisational context for the purpose of improving workplace dynamics, employee productivity and organisational effectiveness.
Practicum (Workplace Experiential Learning) in Applied Psychometry - IOP4805
Post Graduate Diploma Semester module NQF level: 8 Credits: 60
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: HMEMS80; IOP4801; IOP4802; IOP4803; IOP4804
Purpose: The purpose of this module is to enable students to gain applied experience in psychometry under different levels of supervision in the requisite core competency areas outlined in the scope of practice for psychometry through supervised practical/experiential work-based and project-based learning at an approved site of professional practice.
Forensic Industrial Psychology - IOP2608
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 6 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module is intended for all students who are pursuing a career in law and forensic industrial psychology/psychology. The purpose of learning in this module is to enable students to develop a solid knowledge base and sound understanding of the theory, principles and procedures relevant to the field and practice of forensic industrial psychology/psychology for the purposes of improving decision making in the forensic context from the South-African legal framework and African perspective. The qualifying student will be able to apply theory, principles and procedures in an industrial forensic psychology context.
Industrial Psychological Assessment - IOP4861
Honours Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module is intended for students and practitioners who are pursuing a career in the field of Industrial and Organisational Psychology or Human Resource Management. The purpose of the module is to gain comprehensive and specialised knowledge, critical reasoning ability and applied competence in psychological assessment as a core sub-discipline of IOP. This standard describes competencies aimed at deepening knowledge, understanding and critical reasoning and functional competence to address real-world problems related to the field of Industrial Psychological Assessment in the global, African and South African multi-cultural work context.
Industrial Psychological Testing and Assessment - IOP3701
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: IOP2601 & IOP2602
Purpose: Students will be able to situate industrial psychological testing in its historical and theoretical context and apply relevant concepts, principles and tests to contemporary industrial psychological assessments. Students will be able to develop, apply and evaluate relevant instruments for socially responsible industrial psychological testing and produce professional and ethically sound reports.
Managerial and Organisational Psychology - IOP4862
Honours,Post Graduate Diploma Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: To enable students to understand and reason about individual, group and organisational phenomena from literature and how to apply these in practice. The purpose of the acquired competencies is to enable students and practitioners to apply such knowledge, insight and reasoning in assisting individuals and organisations to critically evaluate and engage in organisational behaviour related activities that contribute to individual, team and organisational performance. The ultimate aim is the enhancement of quality of work life in the work environment.
Personnel Psychology: Organisational Entry - IOP3702
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: IOP2601 & IOP2602
Purpose: To introduce students to the foundations, historical background and research methods in personnel psychology. The following aspects are covered: criteria: standards for decision making, job analysis, job evaluation; predictors: psychological tests and inventories, interviews, assessment centre evaluations, biographical information, new and controversial selection methods; personnel decisions: a model of personnel decisions, recruitment, selection, placement and classification; and training and development.
Personnel and Career Psychology - IOP4863
Honours Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module is intended for all people, local, African and global, who are pursuing a career in the field of Personnel and Career Psychology. The purpose of this module is to gain comprehensive, specialised knowledge, critical reasoning ability and applied competence in personnel and career psychology that will enhance individual, team and organisational performance. The qualifying student will be able to critically evaluate, review, reason and apply: -The purpose and importance of personnel psychology from an open systems perspective. -The various techniques, approaches and concepts relevant to recruitment, selection and placement, to ensure transformation. -Models, processes and techniques relevant to employee training and development, performance management and compensation. -The nature and characteristics of careers in the 21st century workplace. -Principles underlying specific career theories, techniques and tools.
Career Psychology - IOP3703
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: The students who achieve the module outcomes will be able to use relevant theories and apply appropriate career management skills to advice on and facilitate career guidance and counselling to individuals at different life/career stages in order to improve individual and organisational performance. They will be able to analyse and propose necessary, relevant and ethically-sound interventions to address the complex career- and family-related issues that individuals face in organisations. They will be able to advice on the development and facilitation of employee well-being and talent management programmes.
Organisation Development and Change Approaches - IOP4864
Post Graduate Diploma Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module is intended for all people who are pursuing a career in the field of Organisational Development (OD), including practitioners who elect to specialise as professional OD practitioners or consultants within an African and global context. The purpose of the module is to gain comprehensive and specialised knowledge, critical reasoning ability and applied competence in organisation development and change within the Afrocentric and global environment from diverse local and international perspectives. The module outcomes describe competencies aimed at deepening providing studentsﾒ and practitionersﾒ with knowledge, understanding, graduateness, entrepreneurship and critical reasoning and functional competence about complex real-world problems related to the field of OD in the South African and global organisational context. Furthermore, the focus of this module is on OD as a profession and field of practice within the South African business environment. The competencies of OD practitioners are discussed as well as the use of self in OD consulting. The management of the OD process is an important component, focusing on the essence of OD, entry and contracting, organisational diagnoses, intervention phase and evaluation.
Psychological Processes in Work Context - IOP1501
Under Graduate Degree,Diploma Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: To introduce students to theoretical perspectives, methodology and the psychological basis of human behaviour. The study includes processes such as biological, development, learning, perception, cognition, motivation, attitudes, prosocial behaviour, aggression and conflict, and social processes such as groups.
Employment Relations - IOP3704
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: IOP2601 & IOP2602
Purpose: Students will be able to apply an integrated knowledge of an industrial psychological approach to employment relations by contextualising labour relations in terms of its historical, socio-political, socio-economic and legal environments, amongst others. Students will be able to address complex local and global employment related problems through effective management of employment relations issues, including conflict resolution and negotiations in the workplace.
Organisational Development Interventions in South African and African contexts - IOP4865
Post Graduate Diploma Year module NQF level: 8 Credits: 24
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module is intended for all people who are pursuing a career in the field of Organisation Development (OD), including practitioners who elect to specialise as professional OD practitioners or consultants. The purpose of the module is to gain comprehensive and specialised universal IOP knowledge, critical reasoning ability and applied competence in organisation development intervention design. The module outcomes describe competencies aimed at deepening students' and practitioners' knowledge, understanding and critical reasoning and functional competence about complex real-world problems related to the field of OD in an Afrocentric organisational context. The focus of this module covers the planning and implementation of universal OD interventions at individual, group and organisational level in an Afrocentric organisational context. This includes but is not limited to leadership development, mentoring, coaching (individual level), team building and intergroup development (group level) structure, culture and large group interventions (organisational level).
Customer Service in Tourism - IOP1502
Under Graduate Degree,Higher Certificate Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module is intended for all people who are pursuing a career in the field of industrial and organisational psychology, including practitioners in the field of tourism management. The purpose of learning in this module is to enable students to develop a fundamental knowledge base of theoretical processes underlying customer service management in the tourism environment, including individual and social processes, knowledge, skills, applied competence and the necessary understanding of the psychological principles behind customer service delivery. It aims to empower students to become lifelong learners in the tourism environment and be a catalyst for continued personal growth, enhancing interpersonal work relationships, the empowerment and development of staff and organisational effectiveness. The qualifying student will be able to understand and analyse the environment in which a particular company delivers service from a South African perspective; understand, evaluate and apply the psychological theories and concepts related to the service environment and tourism decision-making from a South-Africa perspective; understand and describe the processes involved in leadership in service delivery; understand and describe the processes involved in companies differentiating themselves in terms of service delivery; understand, evaluate and apply the processes required for effective interaction between people during the service encounter.
Organisational Development and Change - IOP3705
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 7 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Pre-requisite: IOP2601 & IOP2602
Purpose: Qualifying students will be able to select, apply and evaluate detailed knowledge about a broad range of behavioural practices in an Organisational Development (OD) practice to address complex problems in organisations by developing evidence-based and theory-driven recommendations to assist organisations in building their capability to change and to achieve greater effectiveness. Students will be able to facilitate a process of successful change management in an ethical manner through establishing appropriate OD relationships, engaging in accurate organisational diagnosis, designing, implementing and evaluating OD interventions to improve overall organisational performance and effectiveness.
Organisation Diagnosis - IOP4866
Post Graduate Diploma Semester module NQF level: 8 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module is intended for all people who are pursuing a career in the field of Organisation Development (OD), including practitioners who elect to specialise as professional OD practitioners or consultants within an African and global context. The purpose of the module is to gain comprehensive and specialised knowledge, critical reasoning ability and applied competence in organisation diagnosis from diverse local and international perspectives. The module outcomes describe competencies aimed at deepening studentsﾒ and practitionersﾒ knowledge, understanding, graduateness, entrepreneurship and critical reasoning and functional competence about complex real-world problems related to the field of OD in the South African organisational context. Quantitative and qualitative diagnostic approaches to OD are addressed. The focus is on the steps of effective organisational surveys (quantitative and qualitative), pooling resources (objectives and commitment), developing world class surveys, the communication of objectives, methods of data collection, administering the survey, interpreting results, delivering the findings and action planning.
Environmental Psychology - IOP1503
Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Purpose: This module is intended for first year students who are pursuing a career in the field of industrial and organisational psychology, including practitioners in the field of human resources. The purpose of learning in this module is to enable students to develop an understanding of African principles and theories related to environmental psychology in the organisational context for the purpose of applying knowledge gained in assisting individuals and organisations to evaluate, develop and engage in behaviour and decision-making that contributes to individual and organisational performance. The qualifying student will be able to explain the importance of theoretical and scientific processes underlying person-environmental relations behaviour in the African work context; describe the effects of environmental stressors as they manifest in the person-environment interaction; apply the African principles relating to environmental psychology in improving the relationship between the environment, people and workplaces.