Psychology of Business Course - Level 3 CPD Accredited

The online Psychology of Business Course from Oplex Careers aims to provide great insight into the skills and knowledge related to the psychology of business practices, the principles of business marketing, motivational factors and more.

The online Psychology of Business Course will provide learners with a good insight into human behaviour specifically applied to a business setting, from group effects and organisational behaviour to social psychology and the effect on marketing.

This course will discuss the key skills related to business psychology, organisational behaviour and more. Whether working in this field already, or you want to get started working with businesses and orgaanisations, or just interested in this field of study, this course will cover a range of modules and provide multiple examples for assessment.

Course Syllabus

The Psychology of Business Course is split into the following modules:

• Introduction to Business Psychology

• Business Psychology: What Is It?
• Why Should Business Psychology be of Interest?
• Bringing the Business World into Focus
• Impact Through Innovation
• Impact Through Leadership
• Impact on Organisations and Entrepreneurs
• Practical Applications of Business Psychology

• Business Psychology and Financial Decision-Making

• Heuristics Vs Business Psychology
• Being Overconfident
o Overconfidence when Investing
o Excessive Trading
o Luck and Skill
• Incorrect Anchoring
• Framing Losses
o Attitudes Toward Reward and Risk
o Fearing Loss
• Chasing Trends
• Lack of Self-Control and Emotional Investing
• Overcoming Investor Biases

• The Role of Quantitative Psychology

• Quantitative Psychology
• Methods for Measuring Human Attributes
• Designing Research
• Psychological Data Analysis
• Mathematical and Statistical Modelling
o Testing Hypotheses
o The Advantages of a Scientific Framework
• Correlation of Variables

• Business Strategy

• The Role of Business Psychology in Strategising
• Old School Business Planning
• New School Business Strategising
• Case Study: Netflix

• The Psychology of Health and Safety at Work

• Psychological Health and Safety
• The Importance of Mental Health at Work
• Managing Risk of Psychological Harm

• Individual and Group Processes within Business

• Organisations and their Group Processes
• Observing Groups
• Changes in Modern Organisations
o Individuality
• The Big-5 or OCEAN Model
• Intent and Behaviour
o Personality Versus Behaviour
o Personality Versus Intent

• Principles of Business Marketing

• Psychology and Social Marketing
• Influencing Human Behaviour
• Inbound Marketing

• Job Design and Motivational Factors

• Job Design
• Job Specialisation and Scientific Management
• Herzberg’s Theory
• Job Characteristics Model (JCM)
• Empowerment

• Human Behaviour and Positive Organisational Behaviour

• Behaviour within an Organisation
• Managing People
• Positive Organisational Behaviour (POB)
• Benefits of POB
• Beliefs and Thinking
• Introducing Business Organisation to the Hard Sciences
• Appreciative Inquiry (AI)

• Final Assessment

Assessment

To assess the learners ability and knowledge to effectively understand the topics contained within the Psychology of Business Course, the course features a number of end of module interactive quiz questions.

Additionally, at the end of the course learners will also take an online multiple choice assessment test. This online multiple choice test is marked automatically so you will receive an instant grade and know whether you have passed the course.

Certificate

On successful completion of this course learners will be awarded with:

Level 3 CPD Award in Psychology of Business

Upon completion of the course learners will be awarded with the Oplex Careers CPD certificate. The Certificate of Achievement will provide proof that you have studied the course and will contain your grade and classification level.

This certificate will be produced in PDF format, hard copies of the certificate will be available at an additional fee of £9.99.

Course Format

This course is delivered online through eLearning. Learners of the course will receive instant access to our interactive student learning portal, which offers 24/7 access to the Psychology of Business Course.

Course Duration

The online Psychology of Business Course requires 18 hours to complete the course in full. This is only a guide to the learning hours required and it depends on how quickly an individual can absorb the information. The learning is online so it can be spread out over multiple sessions or done in one session.

Learners will have access to this course for up to 12 months from the date of joining. There is no time limit to complete the course during this period.

Tutor Support

When you are studying a course it is always useful to know that you have the help and support of tutors that want you to succeed in your studies.

As part of the Psychology of Business Course you will receive access to our dedicated tutor support service. The academic tutors will be able to provide you with unlimited online email support to help answer any questions that you may have whilst you are studying the course.

Course Compatibility

Our Psychology of Business Course is fully compatible with PC’s, Mac’s, Laptop, Tablet and Smartphone devices.

We know that more and more people are using the web whilst they are on the move, so we have designed this Psychology of Business Course to be fully compatible across tablet and smartphone devices. You will be able to access the same content from the course, just over a 3G or 4G network whilst on the move.

There are no entry requirements necessary to join this course from Oplex Careers. Everyone is welcome to enrol on this online course and we wish you success in your studies.