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Psy 376 Topic Calendar & Due Dates
Spring 2009

C.V.,Background, & My Research

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Psy 131
(Social Psych)

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Psy 138 (Stat 1)
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Psy 340 (Stat II)

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Psy 376
(Org Psy)

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Date Topic Readings Due in Class
Jan 13& 15 The Field of Org Psych Chapter 1  
Jan 22 Organizational Justice Chapter 2 (new date!) 1/22 - WA1*: Case in Pt Ch.2
Jan 29 & Feb 3 Perception & Learning Chapter 3 (new date!) 1/29: Bonus Point 1 (optional)
and
1/29 - WA2:
Pts to Ponder Ch 3 (EQ 1 or 2) AND QA 2 *
Feb 3 & 5 Personality & Abilities Chapter 4

2/3 - WA3: Case in Point Ch. 4

2/5 - Bonus Point 2 (optional)

Feb 10 & 12 Emotions & Stress Chapter 5; Cottle reading

(new date!) 2/12 - Bonus Point 3 (optional)

2/12 - WA4: Pts to Ponder Ch 5 (QA 1 and 3 only)

Feb 17
EXAM 1 (ch 1-5 and Cottle reading) - Review Outline
Feb 19 & 24 Work Attitudes Chapter 6 2/24 - WA5: Pts to Ponder Ch 6 (EQ 1 or 2) and QA3

2/24 - Bonus Point 4 (optional)
Feb 26 & Mar 3 Motivation Chapter 7 3/3 - WA6: Case in Point Ch. 7
Mar 5 & 17 Conflict & Deviance Chapter 11 3/5: Bonus Point 5 (optional)
Mar 19 Power & its Abuses

Chapter 12

3/19 - WA7: Case in Point Ch 11

Mar 24 & 26 Groups & Teams Chapter 8

3/26: Bonus Point 6 (optional)

Mar 31
EXAM 2 (Ch 6, 7, 8, 11, and 12) - Review Outline
Apr 2
Work on Final Papers (no class - SIOP conference in New Orleans)
Apr 7, 9 Leadership Chapter 13; Seyranian & Bligh reading (and for example, Obama Election Night Speech Excerpts) 4/9 - WA8: Pts to Ponder Ch13 (EQ 1 or 2) AND QA3
Apr 14
FINAL PAPER DUE (for everyone)
Apr 14 & 16 Culture, Creativity, Innovation Chapter 14

4/16 - Bonus Point 7 (optional)

Apr 21

Org Structure & Design

Chapter 15

4/21 - WA9: see assignment page

Apr 23 Guest Speaker: Veronica Manzella, MA; Vice President of Human Resources at The Baby Fold will talk about her I/O job experiences 4/23 - Bonus Point 8 (optional)
Apr 23
Graduate Students' proposals due
Apr 28 & 30 Managing Org Change Chapter 16 4/28 - WA10: Pts to Ponder Ch 16 (EQ 1 or 2) AND QA1
Apr 30
Graduate Student Results Presentations
May 4 (Mon)
at 10 a.m.
EXAM 3 (Ch 13, 14, 15, 16 and Seyranian & Bligh reading)
* Note on Writing Assignments (WA) - 10 are assigned during the semester; you only need to complete 8. For Points to Ponder assignments, "EQ" refers to the Experiential Questions and "QA" refers to the Questions to Analyze. Note the correct items within each of these sections will vary by assignment.

* Note on Bonus Points - these are optional and worth 1 bonus point each. There will be 8 possible bonus points assigned in class throughout the semester and the final 2 will be offered on Exam 3.

For more information contact me at ktschne@ilstu.edu