115-0463/01 – Managerial Psychology and Intercultural Management (MPIM)
| Gurantor department | Department of Management | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | PhDr. Ing. Aleš Mateiciuc, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | PhDr. Ing. Aleš Mateiciuc, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2011/2012 | Year of cancellation | 2012/2013 |
| Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The aim of the semestral course is deepening the acquaintance of students with a subjective aspects of performing the managerial work – i.e. managers´ personal prerequisities and their psychic processes, functions, and practices during fulfillment of managerial functions, psychological aspects of the effective managerial approach to the coping with demanding managerial situations and dynamics of managers´ interactions with their task and operational environment. Acquirement of the approach to the solution of managerial tasks in multicultural environment in form of intercultural competencies and ability of the successful coping of situations of cultural differences is further aim of the course.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Summary
In the first part of the course in managerial psychology acquaint deeper students with a subjective aspects of performing the managerial work – i.e. managers´ personal prerequisities and their importance for the successful performance of the managerial activities, and psychological aspects of the coping with the demanding managerial situations in contemporary conditions. A dynamics of the managers´ interaction with the task and operational environment is explained. The individual approach to the managerial tasks, mental models of managerial situations and solved problems, the creative solutions, and a work load and psychic stress is particularly accentuated. The second part of the course – intercultural management – represent the introduction of student to the problems of the multicultural aspects of the managerial activities. Presented items are illustrated in form of the laboratory demonstrations with possibility of the self-estimation and use of psychological approaches and methods.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
COOPER, Cary L. a Ivan T. ROBERTSON. Key Reviews In Managerial Psychology, New York: John Wiley&Sons, 1994.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
E-learning
Other requirements
Basic knowledge of management.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. The concept of managerial psychology in the context of management theory and contemporary work and organisational psychology
- Definition of managerial psychology and its purpose
- Psychological dimensions of managerial activity
2. Contemporary psychology as the basis of designing managerial psychology
- Establishment and development of managerial psychology
- Basic concepts of psychological and theoretical concepts applied in
managerial psychology
- Methods applied in managerial psychology
3. Claims Management in conditions of globalization
- Contemporary requirements for organizations
- Management as a condition of potential managerial effectiveness
- Management competence and feeds demands on managers
4. The concept of managerial and organizational effectiveness
- Definition of organizational effectiveness and its various models
- Definition of managerial effectiveness
- Taxonomy management skills with regard to managerial
efficiency
5. Interaction of subject and object management and nature management activities manager
- Structure interaction model - mission control - a manager's personality -
managerial activity - effects
- Cognitive and zasahovací (cognitive intervention) cycle
- Taxonomy management activities (activity monitoring, detection,
perceptual, cognitive, diagnostic, explanatory, conceptual, design
intervention, operational, implementation
6. Manager's personality, structure and dynamics of personality, personal style
- Theory of Personality useful in managerial psychology
- Personality dimensions relevant for control activities of managers
7. Psychological aspects of managerial recognition of situations, management
thinking and decision making
- Control tasks and situations
- Internal representation of management tasks, mental models, plans and
activity programs
- Approaches to addressing management tasks: managing reactive automatism,
decision making, problem solving
8. Psychological aspects of leadership and people management
- Personal leadership style conditionality and communication
- Effects of motivation and incentive interventions
9. Managerial performance, workload and mental stress, organization
managerial work
- Managerial efficiency and performance motivation
- Factors limiting managerial performance
- Workload and mental stress managers in contemporary organizations
- Resistance to stress managers and practice coping with the load
10. Psychological aspects of creative solutions to management problems and creativity managers
- Creativity as a property of personality characteristics creative individuals
- Psychological regularities of the creative process and overcoming barriers creativity
11. Managerial self-awareness, self-fulfillment and development of personal management potential
- Self as an instance of the personality assessment, self-assessment activities
and self-management
- The process of self-awareness
12. The importance and role of culture in management and management concepts multikulturálního
- Increased internationalization and globalization of organizations and
multicultural engagement management
- The concept of national culture and mentality, the elements of national culture
- The significance of differences between national cultures for managers
13. Models of national culture and their use in managerial practice
- National cultural differences, cultural dimensions and attitudes
- Models of national cultures (Hofstede, Trompenaars)
14. Dealing with cultural otherness and overcoming culture shock
- Psychological models of overcoming culture shock
- Intercultural and multicultural communication, and its effectiveness
barriers
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction