Teaching

The study programme at KL University enables students to pursue a professional career in the field of work and organisational psychology. In addition to an introduction to the fundamentals of the subject, it offers the opportunity for research- and application-related specialization in important subject areas of the subject. These have their application in professional fields of psychology:

Work design, organizational development and consulting

• learning and health-promoting work design
• occupational health management
• psychological risk assessment
• organizational change 
• Approaches to organizational development
• Dealing with diversity
• Shaping culture and climate in companies
• Leadership of people
• Cooperation in groups
• coaching
• etc.

Personnel psychology

• Aptitude, performance and fit in the job
• Aptitude diagnostics for personnel selection
• Promotion of employees
• Instruments of personnel development
• Job performance and performance appraisal
• Testing in the context of aptitude diagnostics
• Personality and work
• etc.

Occupational and career psychology

• Career choice and career development
• Vocational counseling and career coaching
• Unemployment and reintegration
• Dealing with the challenges of digitalization
• Age and demographic change
• Promoting lifelong learning
• etc. 

Business psychology complements these topics with the perspective of larger economic and social contexts. Thus, the behavior of people as consumers and market participants is considered, and productivity and health are seen in the context of the economy and society.