Organizational behaviour and management

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01006247
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

None.

Teaching Methods

Lectures and active methods (Work on texts, debates, case studies, practical exercises, workgroups).

Learning Outcomes

To know the fundamental phases of the evolution of organizational thinking, as well as to introduce some of the principal organizational processes in order to develop the ability of analysis and of intervention in organizations.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1) Theories of organization (1.1. classic theories: Taylor and Fayol; 1.2. the bureaucratic model of Max Weber; 1.3. the human relations movement; 1.4. The system approach to the study of organizations e the sociotechnical model; 1.5. The contingential approach; 1.6. The political approach to organizations; 1.7. Current trends);

2) Processes (2.1. individual processes of organizational behaviour– motivation and occupational stress; 2.2. Social processes of organizational behaviour – workgroups and teams/decision making; workgroups and teams /leadership; workgroups and teams /effectiveness; workgroups and teams /conflicts; 2.3. Systemic processes of organizational behaviour – organizational change and change management; organizational culture; knowledge management; leadership; communication; organizational structures).

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Luísa Sousa Pinto

Assessment Methods

Assessment
One group assignment : 50.0%
Frequency: 50.0%

Bibliography

Cunha, M.P., Rego, A., Cunha, R. C. & Cabral-Cardoso, C. (2003). Manual de Comportamento Organizacional. Lisboa, RH: Editora.

Ferreira, J., Neves, J., & Caetano, A (2001). Psicossociologia das organizações. Lisboa: McGraw-Hill

Galpin, T. J. (2000). O lado humano da mudança: um guia prático para a mudança organizacional (versão original: 1996). Lisboa: Edições Sílabo.Gomes, A. D. (2000). Cultura organizacional: Comunicação e identidade. Coimbra, Quarteto Editora.

Greenberg, J. R., & Baron, T. (1995). Behavior in organizations (5th Ed.). Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice Hall.

Miner, J. B. (2006). Organizational behavior 3 – Historical origins, theoretical foundations, and the future. Armonk: M.E. Sharpe.

Robbins, S. (1993). Organizational behavior: Concepts, controversies and applications (6th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall

Serrano, A. & Fialho, C. (2005). Gestão do Conhecimento. O novo paradigma das organizações. Lisboa, FCA - Editora de Informática.