CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND REHABILITATION IN DEVELOPMENTAL AGE AND IN ADULTModule PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONS
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: CESARE GAROFALOExpected Learning Outcomes
Basic knowledge of the main topics covered by the discipline. Knowledge of the role that Work and Organizational Psychology plays among other disciplines that deal with work and organizational issues. Knowledge of research methods and the basic epistemology of the discipline. In-depth analysis of some specific topics of the discipline.
Course Structure
Frontal lessons
Required Prerequisites
no prerequisites required
Attendance of Lessons
Compulsory attendance, according to established criteria.
Detailed Course Content
The course intends to offer the student the theoretical tools to analyze the processes that develop within work organizations starting from the constituent components of human action, to arrive at the combination of the actions of the agents and the emerging phenomena that they produce. Some special themes will be explored in depth such as deviant behaviour, cooperation and competition, work stress, leadership and also some interdisciplinary aspects of work and organizations in contemporary society.
Textbook Information
1) Teacher's handouts
2) M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | General introduction to the course. | teacher's handouts. |
| 2 | Interdisciplinarity regarding the topics of work and organizations. | teacher's handouts. |
| 3 | Human action and social action: general principles. | teacher's handouts. |
| 4 | Unintentional effects within organizations and interaction in the socio-work environment. | teacher's handouts. |
| 5 | What is work and organizational psychology? | M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019 - Cap.01 |
| 6 | Ethical issues and the nature of research in organizations. | M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019 - Cap.02 |
| 7 | Work orientation, professional values and career development. | M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019 - Cap.03 |
| 8 | Deviant behaviors in the work context. | M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019 - Cap.04 |
| 9 | Stress and psychosocial risks. | M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019 - Cap.05 |
| 10 | Selection and evaluation. | M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019 - Cap.06 |
| 11 | Diversity at work and diversity management. | M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019 - Cap.07 |
| 12 | Motivation and learning at work. | M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019 - Cap.08 |
| 13 | Work in a team. | M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019 - Cap.09 |
| 14 | Leadership. | M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019 - Cap.10 |
| 15 | Organizational change and development. | M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019 - Cap.11 |
| 16 | Intense work investment: workaholism and work engagement. | M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019 - Cap.12 |
| 17 | Attachment, work and organizations. | M. Ashleigh, A. Mansi, G. Di Stefano - Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni. Seconda Edizione. Pearson. 2019 - Cap.13 |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Oral exam. Three questions asked by the teacher and a topic chosen by the student.
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
The constitutive foundations of human action.
Action and structure that contains the action.
The theory of interdependent decisions.
Deviant behaviors in the work context.
the methodology of research in the organizational field.
Stress and psychosocial risks.
Social norms and action.
Leadership
Motivation at work.
VERSIONE IN ITALIANO
Action and structure that contains the action.
The theory of interdependent decisions.
Deviant behaviors in the work context.
the methodology of research in the organizational field.
Stress and psychosocial risks.
Social norms and action.
Leadership
Motivation at work.