VI – Semester

Positive Psychology
Course Objectives and Learning Outcome:
1. To understand basic concepts of positive psychology.
2. To identify and appreciate the strengths in themselves and others.
3. To have an awareness of applications and implications of positive psychology concepts in daily life.

UNIT - I: INTRODUCTION AND HAPPINESS (11 HOURS)
Positive psychology - definition; goals and assumptions; Positive psychology and psychology.
Happiness – meaning; Happiness across the life span; Gender and happiness; Physical and mental health and happiness; Contours of a positive life – meaning and means.
Interconnection of the “good” and the “bad” (student effort hours).

UNIT - II: POSITIVE EMOTIONS AND WELL-BEING (11 HOURS)
Positive emotions – meaning, the Broaden-and-Build theory, Ryff’s theory; Distinguishing the positive and the negative emotions; Positive emotions and well-being: positive emotions and positive behaviour, positive emotions and success, positive emotions and flourishing.
Cultivating positive emotions – flow experience and savoring. (student effort hours).

UNIT - III: POSITIVE COGNITIVE STATES AND PROCESSES (13 HOURS)
Optimism – Dispositional optimism, how optimism works; Resilience – developmental and clinical perspectives; Sources of resilience in childhood and adulthood.
Gratitude – definition, cultivating gratitude; Forgiveness – definition, cultivation forgiveness; Wisdom –developing wisdom, correlates of wisdom – age, intelligence and happiness, characteristics of wise people.
Optimism, hope and health (student effort hours).

UNIT - IV: POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNICAITON (11 HOURS)
Parenting and infant attachment styles; Close relationships – meaning, characteristics, passionate and compassionate love, the triangular theory of love, attachment style, conflict and communication skills.
Non-violent communication – meaning, purpose, what NVC is not, four components of NVC expression.
The contours of happy marriage (student effort hours).

UNIT - V: APPLICATIONS OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY (13 HOURS)
Positive schooling –meaning, components; Positive education and its benefits.
Positive workplace – gainful employment: meaning and characteristics; Having or being a good boss; The strengths-based approach to work; Capital at work; hope as a primary psychological capital.
The Me/We balance: Building better communications – Moving from ME to WE to US; Individualism: the psychology of ME; Collectivism: the psychology of WE; ME/WE balance: the positive psychology of US.
The dark side: workaholics, burnouts, job loss (student effort hours).

REFERENCES:
1. Snyder, C. R. & Lopez, S. J. (2002). Handbook of positive psychology (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press.
2. Baumgardner, S. R. & Crothers, M. K. (2009). Positive psychology. U. P: Dorling Kindersley Pvt Ltd.
3. Carr, A. (2004). Positive psychology, The science of happiness and human strengths. New York: Routledge.
4. Snyder, C. R., Lopez, S. J., & Pedrotti, J.T. (2014). Positive psychology. (2nd ed.). New York: SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd.

List of Practicals
1. Gratitude Journal.
2. Character Strengths.
3. SWOT Analysis.
4. JOHARI Window.
5. Marshmello Experiment.

Group Project: Part A (Introduction, Method, Data Collection)


Psychology at Workplace
Number of Hours: 60
Number of Credits: 4

Course Objectives and Learning Outcome:
1. To familiarize and learn concept of human organizations and behavior in organizations.
2. To demonstrate fundamental knowledge about need and scope of I/O psychology.
3. To make students aware of the brief history and various related fields of I/O psychology.
4. To help students learn about employee motivation, job satisfaction and leadership styles in workplace.
5. To comprehend the concept of job design and analysis and make students aware about the various methods of job design and analysis.

UNIT I: INTRODUCTION TO I/O PSYCHOLOGY (11 HOURS)
Definition; Why individual differences are important; Brief history; Contributing disciplines to the domain of I/O psychology; Contemporary trends and challenges.
Individual differences influencing work behaviour (Student Effort Hours).

UNIT II: ORGANIZATIONAL THEORY AND DESIGN (12 HOURS)
Classical organizational theory: bureaucratic model, modern view of bureaucracies: centralization and decentralization - flat, and tall structure, departmentation, line/staff concept of organization; Modern organizational theory: organization as open system; Ecological theories; Modern organizational designs: project, matrix, horizontal, network designs.
Modern theory - information processing view (Student Effort Hours).

UNIT III: WORK MOTIVATION AND JOB DESIGN (13 HOURS)
Work Motivation: Meaning and definition. Theories of work motivation: Content theories - manifest need theory, learned need, ERG theory, self-determination theory, Process theories - Vroom expectancy theory, Potter-Lawler Model, Contemporary theories - equity theory, attribution theory.
Job design: meaning; Job design and quality of work life, Job analysis - Job rotation and job enlargement, Designing Job depth: Job enrichment; Total quality management and job design.
Content theories - two factor theory (Student Effort Hours).

UNIT IV: COMMUNICATION IN ORGANIZATIONS (12 HOURS)
Importance; Processes; Communication within organization: downward, upward, lateral; Interpersonal communication: formal vs informal, communication media, technology; Barriers of effective communication: organizational and Individual; Overcoming communication barriers: Communication audits, Communication cultures, individual actions.
Non-verbal communication (Student Effort Hours).

UNIT V: LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS (12 HOURS)
Definition, Characteristics, Skills and Roles, leadership processes; Early approaches to leadership - trait approaches, behavioural approaches: the Michigan studies, the Ohio studies, Leadership grid, situational approaches; Concepts and issues of leadership; Contemporary theories of leadership - leader centric, & transactional leadership.
Contemporary theories of leadership - interactive relationship (Student Effort Hours).

REFERENCES
1. Schultz, D. P., & Schultz, E. S. (2008). Psychology and Work today. Newyork : Mac Milan publishing company.
2. Singh, N. (2011). Industrial Psychology. Delhi, India: TataMc Graw hill Education private limited.
3. Luthans, F. (2011). Organizational Behaviour. (12th Ed.). New Delhi: McGraw Hill.
4. Robbins, S. P. (2010). Organizational behaviour. Tata Mcgraw hill publications .
5. Schiffman, L. G., Kanuk, L. L., S, R. K., & Wisenblit, J. (2010). Consumer behaviour. Pearson publications.
6. Jones, G. R., Mathew, M. (2013). Organizational Theory, Design and change. India: Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd. Pp. 151-180.
7. Singh, K. (2013). Organizational Behaviour. India: Dorling Kindersley Pvt. Ltd. Pp. 265-294.

List of Practicals
1. T-P Leadership Style Questionnaire
2. Job Satisfaction Scale.
3. Work Motivation Questionnaire.
4. Emotional Intelligence at Work.
5. Delegation Effectiveness Scale.

Project: Part B (Data Analysis, Discussion and Conclusions)