Master of Management (MM)

Applied Organizational Psychology

Module

I aim for students' thinking to become creative and critical, so that they are able to analyze and speak in the language of arguments.

Margarita Pilkienė

Head of Module

Applied Organizational Psychology

The objective of the module

The purpose of the module is to help managers understand the behavior of people in the organization better, and at the same time, to understand the organization itself. Classical and modern psychological theories that explain human behavior in the organization help to achieve this.

Why should you choose this module?

The module is intended for managers who, while working with people, seek to develop their own and their environment's leadership skills.

Module results

Managers who have completed this module will strengthen their professional and personal growth competencies, learn to skillfully lead people, better understand the psychological reasons for success and failure, be able to make more accurate decisions and become better in their careers, and at the same time, inspire change in the entire organization.

Lithuanian

1 semester

2024 m. Autumn

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Details about the module

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What will you learn?

Main topics

Lecturers

About module

In the module, the problem is analyzed at three levels - individuals’, teams’ and organizations’. Here, a broad understanding of the human potential of the organization and the conditions for its development are developed.

Through the module, one gets to know the structure of the personality, the dynamics of the acquired characteristics, it is revealed how the choices of the personality are affected by teams and groups, what is the role of the psychological safety of the personality and the group; the relationship between personality and organization as complex systems is discussed, a bridge is built between management skills and leadership. Knowledge of psychology is complemented by basic knowledge of human resource management. The spring semester offers a renewed module: a special emphasis in these studies is given to the analysis of group and team dynamics, as well as discussions of films related to the topic under consideration. In the Teamwork and Leadership: Applied Organizational Psychology module, analysis of business situations is also carried out. It explores fundamental issues of leadership excellence, best practices and theories. Additional value of the module is educational leadership (coaching) and team management in search of a certain business solution.

What will you learn?

Managers who will have completed this module will strengthen their professional and personal growth competencies, develop leadership skills, better understand the psychological reasons for success and failure, be able to make more accurate decisions and become better in their careers, and at the same time inspire change in the entire organization.

Main topics

Main topics of the module:

Introduction to personality psychology
Personality in the organization: typologies
Personality in the organization: motivation and engagement
Group processes: cooperation, teamwork
Group processes: structure, decisionmaking in the group
Group processes: conflicts, their sources and levels. Conflict management solutions
Group processes: Group leadership based on emotional intelligence
Peculiarities of group processes when working remotely. Features of international teams
The role of the manager in developing the human potential of the organization
Organization-employee fit. Recruitment
Organizational change management. Inside communication
A healthy organization and its health indicators. Organizational culture
Lithuanian Business Case Forum

Lecturers

Prof. Dr. Fabian Bernhard

Professor of management and member of the Family Business
Center at Edhec Business School in France
Research fellow at the university of Manheim in Germany.
MBA degree from University of Oregon
Author of a book „Psychological Ownership in Family Business“
Topics of interest: intersection of organizational behaviour,
organizational psychology, family business (in particular,
emotional dynamics in family business, moral emotions, the
education and preparation of the next generational family
business leaders, and all kinds of attachment to family business)

Raimundas Dzimidas

Lecturer, psychologist
Swedbank HR partner
Certified MBTI® lecturer and practitioner
Certified DISC® consultant
Areas of expertise: diagnostics of organizations, research, personalities typologies. Works with various
organizations in development and HR projects, evaluation centers, competency modeling, performance evaluation, climate research, etc.

Žilvinas Gailius

Lecturer, consultant, supervisor
Partner of the consulting company "Kitokie projektai".
Member of the Association of Lithuanian Professional Relations Consultants (Supervisors).
Expert in non-formal education, adult learning, general competence development and relationships
Has more than 20 years of experience in international training projects in more than 25 countries
Author of methods for working with groups

Doc. Dr. Virginijus Kundrotas

Doctor of Sciences, associate professor, honorary doctor of ISM
Dean of the Adize Institute (USA)
Central and Eastern European Management Development Associations (CEEMAN) member of the board of directors, president of BMDA, Lithuania Board of Directors of the Management Society, European Business Ethics member of the association, the first president of the Rotary club "Kaunas tauras"
Former Rector of ISM University of Management and Economics
Co-author of the textbook "Business Ethics"

Birutė Ruplytė

ISM consultant-expert, psychologist
Head of long-term non-credit (nondegree) ISM training programs
Certified in DISC and team role methodologies (A Wiley Brand, USA), certified 360° leadership competency assessment consultant (Exponential Training & Assessment, England)
Co-author of business cases
Raised her qualifications in the programs of International Management Teachers Academy (IEDC, Slovenia), Denison Consulting (USA), Adize Institute (USA), Manchester University and European Case Clearing House (Great Britain), etc.

Prof. Dr. Raimonda Alonderienė

ISM professor, Director of People and Organizational Development at Cognizant Softvision, human resources management expert
Member of the Association of Personnel Management Professionals. Consults company managers, teaches, supervises theses
Practical and scientific areas of interest: management and education of people, self-learning, leadership. Research results have been published in top-level international journals and books from prestigious publishing houses
Actively participates in life-long learning activities, has developed competences at CEEMAN's
"International Management Teachers Academy", as well as at seminars of professors G.Hofstede, Ch.Brewster, A.Ahmad, JB Kassarjian, Joe Pons, T.Williamson, G.Morgan in various countries

Margarita Pilkienė

ISM chief lecturer, expert, psychologist, Module supervisor
Participates in international scientific research on leadership and projects, conducts research in
organizations, delves into the topics of leadership psychology
Consults companies on management and personnel management issues, conducts 360, Denison and other research organizations, provides coaching consultations
Co-author of business cases
Supervises master's theses
Publishes scientific articles in the international press, her research results are published in top-level international scientific journals and books from prestigious publishing houses
Raised her qualification at CEEMAN "International Management Teacher's Academy", Adizes Institute, regularly gives presentations based on his research at international seminars and conferences
Member of the European Association for Work and Organizational Psychology, Member of the Lithuanian Association of Psychologists and the Lithuanian Psychodrama Society, an active part of practical business forums
Head of ISM "Educational leadership" master's program for managers of educational organizations

Prof. Dr. Bernadeta Goštautaitė

ISM professor, organizational psychologist
Researches the behavior of employees of different ages in organizations, engagement and achievement
management of aging employees, knowledge sharing between different generations. Her research results have been published in top-level international scientific journals
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Member of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychologists (EAWOP), member of the Academy of Management (USA)
Teaches in management master's programs, and in addition to his academic activities, he carries out
human resources research and analytics projects for business companies, state institutions and non-governmental organizations
Before starting her scientific activities, she worked in various areas of human resources management in Lithuania, Latvia and Germany

WHAT OUR ALUMNI SAY

Teamwork and Leadership: Applied Organizational Psychology module is a must for every manager! For those who want to get to know themselves, for whom it is important to understand the culture of the organization, the roles of the team, to see how groups or teams work. Here, the manager will also get to share experience with managers of other organizations, talk about good practices and methods that bring success.