Master degree program
Personality and Organizational Psychology

Personality and Organizational Psychology

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Social Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1. Demonstrate conceptual knowledge and understanding of domestic and foreign classical and modern theoretical and methodological, applied, sectoral approaches of social sciences and humanities for use in psychological activities (production area, banking sector, public serviceand Law enforcement agencies and departments, the field of education, service sector).
2. Have a holistic vision of organizational-psychological and personal theories and concepts, theoretical and methodological foundations of psychology, principles of psychological diagnostics, counseling, consulting, correction, training, coaching, psychoprophylactic and organizational-managerial work in the field of organizational psychology.
3. Diagnose socio-psychological, organizational and personal problems with subsequent mathematical and statistical data processing, interpretation and preparation
4. Implement psychological support of the organizational process for the purpose of high-quality psychological selection, assessment, training, motivation and development of personnel.
5. Possess the skills of psychological analysis of various organizational problems; patterns of joint activities of people to achieve organizational goals; specifics of human mental functioning in the conditions of modern social reality.
6. Implement the use of innovative educational technologies, active methods of training and development; psychological procedures for organizing control and successful interaction with students.
7. Apply procedures for providing psychological assistance to individuals and groups using modern psychotechnologies based on a tolerant perception of social, ethnic, religious and cultural differences.
8. Use in practice the main achievements and trends in the development of organizational psychology aimed at preventing stress, emotional burnout, maintaining and strengthening mental and psychological health.
9. Reasonably present the results of research activities and experimental psychological research based on modern assessment tools and research methods.
10. Develop programs for professional development and training of personnel, leadership formation, development of corporate culture and microclimate of the organization, constructive resolution of interpersonal organizational conflicts.
11. Implement methods and methods of providing assistance to an individual in an organization, taking into account the peculiarities of age stages, development crises and risk factors, his belonging to gender, ethnic, professional and other social groups.
12. To build effective communication and group work in a professional context, based on knowledge of languages, philosophical and psychological principles of interaction, management, group dynamics, group formation, team development.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Personality and Organizational Psychology
Speciality Code
7M03118
Faculty
Philosophy and Political Science

disciplines

Applied Organizational Psychology
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: study of psychological management concepts for solving organizational and interpersonal problems During the study of course, undergaduates should be competent in: -  analyze methods, approaches, aspects of organizational psychology;  demonstrate practical skills in organizational psychology;  have knowledge of basic ethical principles in the work of an organizational psychologist;  analyze the intercultural aspects of organizational psychology;  Explore and systematize the processes of the main aspects of organizational communication;  independently develop programs of modern behavioral studies of personnel and management relations.

Conflicts and organizational climates management
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of competencies for conflict management and organizational climate based on prevention, resolution and resolution of conflicts. The course examines the knowledge system in the field of corporate culture, communication management and conflict management, incl. on the main characteristics and diversity of organizational conflicts; organizational mechanisms for managing conflicts and stress

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form practical skills in various types of speech activity in a foreign language. The training course builds the ability to perceive, understand and translate information in the modern global space, participate in scientific events to test their own research. The discipline is aimed at improving competencies in accordance with international standards of foreign language education.

Group Dynamics
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of competencies related to the effective construction of group work and communication in a professional context. The discipline is based on the study of the basic concepts of group dynamics, group formation, team development; the essence and mechanisms of group dynamics; practical aspects of the application of the theory of group dynamics in group and team types of professional interaction.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic systemic understanding of philosophy as a special form of cognition of the world, its main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activity. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of research work.

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of a specialist’s research culture, research competence, as well as the theoretical, methodological and practical foundations for organizing research activities in the conditions of the development of science and the implementation of industrial and innovative development programs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; fundamentals of methodology and methods of scientific research, logic and structure of pedagogical research, scientific apparatus and research planning

Organizational and ethical aspects of psychological activity
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The main purpose: to form a systematic understanding of the ethical and organizational aspects of psychologists' work and psychological services. The course covers ethical dilemmas and ways to resolve them, risk assessment and management in psychologist-client relationships, work with special groups, and the psychologist's relationships with colleagues and employers. It also studies supervision, management, and other organizational issues related to the psychologist's professional activity.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to teach in universities and colleges based on knowledge of higher school didactics, theory of education and management of education, analysis and self-assessment of teaching activities. The training course is aimed at studying the trends in the development of education and the Bologna process. The course will help you master teaching and curatorial skills, various strategies and methods of teaching and education.

Personality and Organizational Behavior
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: is to create the ability of master degree students to understand the characteristics of human activities in the organization, associated with the influence on its behavior of informal groups, communication links, the system of work motivation, applied management styles, forms of leadership, etc. The course discusses planning for the study of organizational behavior, forecasting changes in the organization's human resources potential, personnel procedures for development, training and motivation of personnel

Personnel Selection
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of competencies and a system of knowledge about the conceptual foundations, technologies, criteria for professional psychological selection for the development of the personnel policy of the organization and the social development of personnel. The course is aimed at studying the specifics of personnel selection criteria in different areas and types of organizations; basics of diagnostics for the purpose of professional selection

Psychology of leadership and supervision
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of professional competencies associated with the readiness to exercise leadership in official situations. The course will study theoretical approaches and concepts of leadership psychology, problems and directions of development of modern leadership psychology, psychological methods and techniques for studying leadership qualities.

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to provide scientific training of highly qualified specialists based on the study of fundamental concepts of management psychology, creating prerequisites for a theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the field of management in the process of professional formation. The course is aimed at studying the patterns of development and functioning of mental processes, the basics of effective interaction and conflict resolution, self-development and self-presentation.

Work Motivation and Attitudes
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: is to develop undergaduates’ ability to identify and analyze the theory of motivation and attitudes (attitudes), to apply these theories to the behavior of a new generation of workers. During the study of course, undergaduates should be competent in: - - analyze the role and importance of motivation and views in labor activity; - evaluate, interpret and use information from a number of sources with the purpose to apply it in practice; - assess the positive and negative aspects of monetary and non-monetary motivation, as well as incentives for employees; - investigate and systematize the processes and factors affecting the motivation of staff

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Applied Organizational Psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to form a general idea of a complex scientific and applied discipline, its subject and interdisciplinary status. The course examines the history of the formation and interdisciplinary connections of applied organizational psychology; psychological mechanisms for regulating joint activities in an organization, organizational and psychological analysis of professional activities in various fields.

Computational Modeling of Social Behavior
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to develop the ability to understand, apply computer modeling in the analysis of social behavior, important aspects of models in psychology; a clear understanding of computer modeling of social behavior. Computer models providing accurate formalism of social processes are revealed; features of modeling social behavior, forecasting system behavior, virtual combinations of internal and external behavior parameters.

Computer modeling and statistics in psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of professional psychological thinking through the development of practical skills in the application of computer modeling methods and statistical methods of data processing. The course provides for the study of ways to increase the "purity" of the experiment by increasing the accuracy of recording the results and eliminating errors in processing the source data.

Conflicts and organizational climates management
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of competencies for conflict management and organizational climate based on prevention, resolution and settlement of conflicts; coordination of conflict-free interaction between people, organizational culture in an intercultural environment and psychologically sound communication management. During the study of course, undergraduates should be competent in: - possess a system of knowledge in the field of corporate culture, communication management and conflictology, including on the main characteristics and diversity of organizational conflicts; organizational mechanisms of conflict and stress management; - participate in the formation of corporate culture and corporate social programs, a favorable image and psychological climate in the organization; - develop a personnel development policy, make management decisions and resolve conflicts in the organization; - to apply various methods of conflict resolution in the design of interpersonal, group and organizational communications based on modern technologies of personnel management, including in an intercultural environment; - to carry out the psychological solution of intra-organizational, interpersonal, intergroup problems; to organize conflict-free business communication and interaction of employees and management in organizations; - develop and implement programs for the development of corporate culture and organizational climate management.

Consulting in Business, Education and Mental Health
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of a holistic understanding of the theory and practice of consulting in the field of business, education and mental health; competencies of consulting activities of a psychologist. The course examines the theories and concepts of consulting, business consulting and other theoretical and practical provisions of consulting activities, consulting skills in organizations, taking into account the requests and level of clients’ problems in the field of business and education.

History, Condition and Development Tendency of Modern Psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of competencies for mastering the theoretical and practical foundations of the development of psychological thought. Qualitative changes in the development of psychological ideas, the history of the emergence of a particular psychological concept, common and distinctive features in the development of psychology in different eras, various scientific concepts and theories, achievements of the past and modern psychological thought are revealed.

Interpersonal Conflict in the Workplace
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to develop the ability to analyze theories of conflict in order to acquire the skills necessary to resolve professional conflicts. The course examines practical work skills in the field of conflict structure analysis, basic ethical principles in the field of conflict resolution, the role and significance of interpersonal conflict in work, processes and factors influencing the emergence, course and resolution of interpersonal conflicts.

Methodology, methods and experiment in psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to master the methodology, theory, organization of psychological research, including experiment, as a special form of research practice. The course is aimed at familiarization with the methodological foundations of psychological science, the formation of skills in planning psychological research, obtaining and processing empirical data; obtaining, interpreting and presenting experimental data.

Modern methods of statistics in psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to contribute to the formation of competence in the analysis of research results by statistical methods and possession of a variety of methodological arsenal of statistical science. The main stages and directions of the development of statistics as a science are studied; rules, methods and techniques of statistical analysis of information, valid methods of quantitative and qualitative data processing, features of automatic application of standard formulas.

Organizational Climate and Culture
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to develop in undergraduates the ability to identify and analyze theories of organizational climate and culture. Identify the applied nature of these theories to the behavior of the new generation of workers. The course examines the role and significance of the organizational climate and culture in work activity, processes and factors influencing the psychological climate and organizational culture of the company.

Psychodiagnostics and personnel selection
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of competencies and a system of knowledge about the conceptual foundations, technologies, criteria for professional psychological selection; a comprehensive scientific understanding of the psychodiagnostics of personnel necessary for the development of the personnel policy of the organization and the social development of personnel. The discipline focuses on mastering the methodological system for identifying and evaluating signs and indicators of specific subject areas of psychological diagnosis - professional selection and assessment.

Psychology of leadership and supervision
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: is to develop undergaduates’ ability to critically analyze literature related to the study of leadership and / or management, to discuss its relevance in the modern world. During the study of course, undergaduates should be competent in: - evaluate, interpret and use information about leadership for the purpose of further implementation in psychological practice; - analyze their leadership / management practices in accordance with relevant professional standards and codes of practice, and plan further improvement activity; - choose those or other methods and methodology for assessing the parameters of leadership; - understand and apply the principles of supervision when working with people / organizations; - develop supervision programs in the framework of organizational psychology.

Research Methods and Experiment in Psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to form the ability to understand the role of research work in the practical activity of a specialist, to master and consolidate the basic concepts of scientific research, to form an idea of the methods and logic of scientific knowledge, search, accumulation, processing of scientific information and registration of research results. The methodological foundations of psychological research, classification and characteristics of empirical methods, procedure and organization of psychological experiment are revealed.

Surveying Organizations
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to train a specialist psychologist who is able to analyze, diagnose, evaluate and export existing management systems of organizations, organizational culture, organizational climate, psychological specifics of organizational decisions and changes. The course examines modern theories of organizations, methods of studying organizations, conditions for personal development, career guidance, career planning and professional growth in organizations engaged in social, educational, political and business activities.

Theoretical Methodological Basis of Psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to develop the ability to understand, critically analyze and apply professional methodological knowledge, research methods, understand research problems, and solve methodological dilemmas in modern psychology. The discipline allows you to learn the categorical structure, explanatory principles and approaches, key problems and the specifics of psychological cognition itself; it teaches you to apply universal criteria to assess the quality of psychological theory.

Training, coaching and modern psychotechnologies of the activity of a practical psychologist in various types of organizations /
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of ideas about the theoretical foundations, goals, principles, procedural aspects and methods of training, coaching and modern psychotechnologies of the practical psychologist; competencies in their application in various types of organizations. Discipline helps to become an effective mediator in solving personal and business problems of the organization's employees on the basis of providing psychological support at an integrated level.

Work Motivation and Attitudes
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: form a holistic understanding of the psychology of the formation of work motivation and attitudes; competence in motivating and stimulating personnel, changing social attitudes. The course examines the problems of work activity related to attitudes caused by situational factors and individual differences of people in organizations, the role and significance of motivation and social attitudes in work activity.

Workforce Training and Development
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of competencies in the field of personnel processes of the organization, skills of psychological support for the development and implementation of a strategy for training and development of personnel in the organization. The course is aimed at mastering psychological solutions in the field of personnel training and development, psychological analysis of personnel processes, psychodiagnostics of problems in the field of personnel technologies.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Research
  • Type of control - Защита НИР
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Teaching Internship
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The main purpose of discipline is the formation of practical and educational skills for conducting lectures and seminars, creatively apply scientific and theoretical knowledge and practical skills in teaching activities obtained in the study of pedagogy, psychology, special disciplines. During the study of course, they should be competent in: - demonstrate the necessary knowledge of how to organize various types of classes (lectures, laboratory, seminar, IWST), - compilation of educational and methodological documentation and organization of educational work with students; - possess techniques and methods for the practical implementation of theoretical knowledge acquired in the field of pedagogy, psychology and vocational training.-

Data for 2021-2024 years