B_BR_SPM_k Social Psychology for Managers

NEWTON University
winter 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Simona Dosedělová (lecturer)
PhDr. Jiří Nesiba, LL.M., Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Jiří Nesiba, LL.M., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. PhDr. Barbora Pánková, MBA, Ph.D.
Centre for Applied Psychology – Academic Department – NEWTON University
Timetable of Seminar Groups
B_BR_SPM_k/01: Sun 4. 10. 8:45–14:30 BR Učebna 03, Sat 21. 11. 14:40–17:50 BR Učebna 02, J. Nesiba
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(!B_BA_SPM_p Social Psychology for Managers) && (!B_BA_SPM_k Social Psychology for Managers) && (!B_BR_SPM_p Social Psychology for Managers) && (!B_BR_SPM_k Social Psychology for Managers) && (!B_PH_SPM_p Social Psychology for Managers) && (!B_PH_SPM_k Social Psychology for Managers)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to teach students to understand and predict human behaviour in a social context. Students will then be able to apply the knowledge they have gained in subsequent courses focusing on leading, assessing and motivating people.
Learning outcomes
  • The student explains the basic concepts and principles of social psychology.
  • The student understands the main methods used in social-psychological research and assessment.
  • The student identifies and interprets selected social-psychological phenomena in individual and group behaviour.
  • The student understands the influence of the social environment, relationships, attitudes, and group processes on human behaviour.
  • The student applies social-psychological knowledge to situations involving communication, cooperation, and people management.
  • The student reflects on selected positive and negative social phenomena and their impact in a management context.
    • Syllabus

    1. Interpersonal relationships (concepts in social psychology, social aspects of life, the history of social psychology, links to other psychological and social sciences).
    2. Social groups (types of social groups and their dynamics, macrosocial phenomena).
    3. ⁠Methods of social psychology – theory (basic methods of social psychological research, the scientific method, correlational and causal relationships, research ethics).
    4. ⁠Quantitative methods (correlational research, dependent/independent/mediating variables, experimental research, questionnaire surveys, the Likert scale).
    5. Qualitative methods (interpretation of data analysis, observation, interviews and their stages, types of interviews, questions, focus groups).
    6. Social identity and the self (socialisation, social cognition – adaptation, perception, social roles, social identity, individuation, social perception).
    7. Issues of identity (genes, culture, gender – determinants of human behaviour, human identity, biological dispositions versus environmental influences).
    8. Values, behaviour, attitudes (the relationship between values and attitudes, the structure and function of attitudes, possibilities for change and the formation of attitudes, prejudices, collective memory).
    9. Institutions and organisations (society and its relationship to the group, primary, secondary and tertiary socialisation, social inclusion).
    10. Social control (prosocial behaviour, social control, natural and formal authority, social manipulation, propaganda).
    11. Sociometry and social networks (the nature of sociometry, small groups – communication networks, the role of the individual, leadership, sociograms, social networks).

    Literature
      required literature
    • NESIBA, Jiří. Úvod do sociální psychologie: cesty k sociální efektivitě v době AI. Psyché. Praha: Grada, 2026. ISBN 978-80-247-3377-7.
      not specified
    • NAKONEČNÝ, Milan. Sociální psychologie. Praha: Academia, 2009. 498 s. ISBN 978-80-200-1679-9.
    • VÝROST, Josef; SLAMĚNÍK, Ivan. Sociální psychologie. Praha: Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-1428-8.
    • HEWSTONE, Miles; STROEBE, Wolfgang. Sociální psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2006. ISBN 80-7367-092-5.
    • HAYESOVÁ, N. Základy sociální psychologie. Praha: Portál, 2009. ISBN 978-80-262-0534-0.
    • ŘEZÁČ, Jaroslav. Sociální psychologie. Brno: Paido, 1998. ISBN 80-246-0461-2.
    Assessment methods

    • Assessment (for full-time students only): A semester-long project 
    • Exam: written, taken in person at the school using an answer sheet






    Language of instruction
    Czech
    The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2025.
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