Terminated in academic year 2011/2012

Individual Career Development

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	115-0577/06
Abbreviation	ICD
Course title	Individual Career Development
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Department of Management
Course coordinator	doc. PhDr. Iva Kirovová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Career development
• career
• career development
• main factors influencing a career
• career stages
Approaches to career development
• traditional
• contemporary
• the new career
Organizations´ requirements
• employability
• competences
Individual factors influencing career
• most important individual factors
• main approaches to personality
Individual factors influencing career
• intelligence
• typologies
• motivation
• interests
• values
• self-assessment
Individual Career Planning
• SWOT
• work positions
• goal setting
• action planning
• evaluation
Individual Career Management
• strategies
Conducting a job search
• approaches
• CV
• cover and broadcast letters
Selection methods
• selection process and methods
• interview
Successful career
• criteria
• key factors relevant to a successful career
Career problems
• gender issues
• mobbing
• coping strategies

Literature

ARNOLD, John et al. Work Psychology: Understanding Human Behaviour in the Workplace. 7th ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2020. 626 s. .
GREENHAUS, Jeffrey H., Gerard A. CALLANAN a Veronica M. GODSCHALK. Career Management for Life. 5th ed. New York: Routledge, 2019. 461 s. .
MULLINS, Laurie J. Organizational Behaviour in the Workplace. 12 th ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2019. 714 s. .

Advised literature

GGRIFFIN, Ricky W., PHILLIPS, J. M. a S. M. GULLY. Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations. 12th ed. Boston: Cengage, 2021. 608 s. ISBN 978-1305501393.
KASSIN, Saul et al. Social Psychology. 10th ed. New York: Cengage, 2017. 650 s.
PINA e CUNHA, Miguel et al. Positive Organizational Behaviour: A Reflective Approach. New York: Routledge, 2020. 553 s. ISBN 978-1-138-29309-0.

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