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Social Psychology: Employee and Customer Behaviour 

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Social Psychology: Employee and Customer Behaviour
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FutureLearn 
Overview

Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

900

Mode of learning

Online

Credential

Certificate

Social Psychology: Employee and Customer Behaviour
 at 
FutureLearn 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate from Future Learn
  • Students will get free 7-day trial
  • Get complete online assessments to test knowledge and prove skills
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Social Psychology: Employee and Customer Behaviour
 at 
FutureLearn 
Course details

More about this course
  • This four-week course will help you explore the discipline of behavioural science and how we can apply this understanding to human behaviour and the world of business
  • You'll learn how to utilise effective messengers, understand the influence of socio-cultural norms, and recognise the role of the ego to better serve the needs of your employees and your customers
  • You'll explore behavioural economics and what we know about how people make decisions
  • This will help you identify the shortcomings of the rational model of human behaviour and give you an understanding of heuristics and biases
  • Through a number of case studies, you'll also learn about nudging and the rationale for using it
  • You'll learn how vital it is to choose the right messenger and the influence of those who communicate information
  • Exploring the main characteristics and differences between hard and soft messengers, you'll learn how to choose the right one to communicate an effective message
  • You'll understand the definition of norms, and how and why people follow them. With this knowledge, you'll learn how to apply and harness positive norms to specific audiences
  • You'll also identify the ways you can harness ego to create desired behaviours
  • By the end of this course, you'll be able to demonstrate how to leverage effective behaviour change using different social psychological factors
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Social Psychology: Employee and Customer Behaviour
 at 
FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Behaviour change

Welcome

Why do we act in the way that we do?

Insight from behavioural economics

Changing behaviour

Robust influences

Wrap up

Messengers

Welcome

The messenger and not the message

Hard messengers

Soft messengers

Messengers in practice: the good and the bad

Wrap up

Norms

Behavioural expectations within groups

Societal or group norms: taking cues from people like us

Encourage desirable norms and relate to your target audience

Social networks and reinforcement

Dealing with undesirable norms

Wrap up

Ego

Feeling better about yourself

Supporting a positive and consistent self image

Acting in ways that promote positive self image

Self-consistent behaviours

Performance bias

Wrap up

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