PSYC 651 Personnel and Performance Management

Examination of personnel psychology. Topics include workforce planning, recruitment and selection of employees, performance criteria and appraisal, job analysis, job evaluation, and compensation. (Crosslisted with MSPS 660)

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

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This course presents the student with theory, research, and practical implementation in the concepts related to personnel and performance appraisals. As a future employee and/or employer, this gives the student the knowledge and the practice of working with and understanding organizational issues related to both personnel and performance management. This course is essential to understanding and working in and for organizations, as personnel and performance management are cornerstone issues that directly relate to the performance/functionality of the organization.


Textbook readings and lecture presentations

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions (4)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each discussion. Each thread must be at least 1000 words and must use at least 8 citations in current APA format and demonstrate course-related knowledge. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 other classmates’ threads. Each reply must be at least 250 words and use at least 2 citations in current APA format. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F)

Video Presentation: Rating Errors Training Assignment

The student will create a video presentation that is 5—7-minutes in length and includes all of the required criteria as outlined in the assignment instructions in Canvas and the course textbook. (CLO: A, C, D)

Quizzes (6)

There will be 6 quizzes that cover the assigned textbook reading. Each quiz will cover the textbook reading for the assigned Module: Week. These quizzes contain 25 true/false and multiple choice questions, are open-book/open-notes, have a 30-minute time limit. (CLO: A, C, D)

Quiz: Performance Management System, Process, and Implementation

The quiz covers textbook readings from the assigned Module: Week. This quiz contains 50 multiple choice and true/false questions, is open-book/open-notes and has a 1-hour time limit. (CLO: A, B, C, D)

Quiz: Performance Management

There is 1 quiz that covers textbook readings from the entire course. This quiz contains 50 multiple choice questions, is open-book/open-notes, and has a 1-hour time limit. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E)


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