Practical Training: The Future of Work - Part 1
Full course description
How can artificial intelligence (AI) help organizations operate efficiently in the 21st century? How will it affect organizations and their employees and customers? How does the introduction of robots change daily work? How do organizations deal with demographic change and changing skill demands? How do organizations cope with increasing demands to implement flexible work practices such as telecommuting? What do organizations do to become more environmentally sustainable? These are some of the key questions work and organizational psychologists are facing now and in the near future. In this practical, students will address these and related questions in small groups- via a case study. They will describe such organizational practices and evaluate them considering the work and organizational psychology literature.
The final assessment for this course is a numerical grade between 0,0 and 10,0.
Course objectives
Students are able to:
- acquire information about and analyze organizational practices;
- integrate organizational practices with scientific literature;
- critically evaluate organizational practices;
- contribute to group assignments;write a coherent report.