Occupational and Business Psychology MSc

Kingston University

This module explores how organisations, managers and employees approach career management and associated learning and development. Students tell us they enjoyed the teaching style on this module. You will take both academic and practitioner perspectives, and reflect on your own development to-date. You will then assess how your career has unfolded, and gain practical tools and information to consider possible future directions.

This module helps you understand leadership and the processes and practice of change in organisations, and the essential building blocks for organisational development.

This module explores the theory and practice of applying psychological assessments to people at work, typically focusing on assessment in a selection context, and for the purpose of conducting performance appraisals. The module is concerned with the application of fair, standardised and rigorous techniques for assessing people for job positions, in terms of understanding their current level of suitability and their potential to develop this in the future. The module addresses contemporary issues in assessment, selection, and developmental contexts and equips students with the ability to critically appraise the suitability of assessment methodologies for different scenarios.

This is normally a core module for students studying at master's level. The module introduces students to the role that research methods play in developing discipline knowledge, and in providing the knowledge that underpins evidence-based practice. Students will develop the ability to critically evaluate research articles and other documents from a methodological perspective. They will develop the skills to conduct high quality research that has the potential to be applied. Core factual material and learning resources will be provided electronically via Canvas. Classroom sessions will take the form of workshops where possible, and will cover topics such as reviewing research literature systematically; research design; qualitative and quantitative data collection methods and data analysis techniques; writing up and presenting research. For the dissertation, each student will have personal supervisor who will provide guidance on planning and conducting the research, and on writing it up.

This module introduces you to a range of elements of wellbeing across psychological sub-disciplines, and will examine the relevance of wellbeing with regards to a range of practical implications.

This module explores the ways in which individuals approach career management and associated learning and development. In addition to learning about academic and practitioner perspectives, you will reflect on your own career and development to date; assessing how your career has unfolded, your goals and motivations, and what barriers and facilitators may exist in the path of achieving those goals and motivations.

This module will support you to critically evaluate research from a methodological perspective, while also acquiring the skills needed to conduct high quality applied research. You will explore key content as described in the British Psychological Society's knowledge areas ‘Applying psychology to work and organisations' and ‘Research design, advanced data gathering and analytical techniques'.

This module will provide you with an opportunity to explore, understand and reflect on the various career paths of occupational and/or business psychology whilst building self-awareness to confidently position yourself effectively in today's global business world. You will be supported to define your own personal brand and explore how to effectively communicate this through employability tools and platforms to optimise impact after graduating.