Orientation

Learning Outcomes

Aim of this course is to provide an introduction to the WOP-P, its global overview by describing its structure and its contents, explaining its principles and its aims, as well as the practices defined for the set of universities of the consortium & participate in this European Master.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Overall presentation of the unit and presentation of the professors and students who participate in the Master’s degree.

 

a. An overview of the syllabus, the guiding principles and practices established for this Master’s degree.                                                                                                                              

 

2. The European context: requirements and challenges to Psychology of Organizations, Labor and Human Resources.

 

a. Perspectives and European trends and their implications for research in POTRH, as well as for professional psychologists working in this area.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

3. History and Domain of Psychology of Organizations, Labor and Human Resources.

 

a. The construction of the identity in this area of ​​knowledge.

 

b. Research topics, areas of intervention and fields of application.

 

c. Model of reference and practical implications.

 

4. Professional skills in Psychology of Organizations, Labor and Human Resources. The European model (EDP).                                                         

 

5. Research skills in Psychology of Organizations, Labor and Human Resources. The model ENOP, types of knowledge and application fields, the role of explanation and intervention in Psychology of Organizations, Labor and Human Resources,

 

6. History of Psychology of Organizations, Labor and Human Resources. Description of European contributions.

 

7. Professional ethics.                                                                                                                                                                                                               

8. European and international organizations of the specialization.

Head Lecturer(s)

Leonor Maria Gonçalves Pacheco Pais

Assessment Methods

Continuous
Written theoretical-practical assignment: 50.0%
Assignments: 50.0%

Bibliography

EFPPA (1990). Optimal standards for the training of psychologists. Brussels: EFPPA, booklet no.3.

ENOP (1998). European curriculum in work and organizational psychology. Reference model and minimal standards. Paris:ENOP / Maison des Sciences de l'Homme.

Gomes, A. D. (2011). Prefácio: Contributos de um percurso para um trabalho com sentido. In A. D. Gomes (Coord.), Psicologia das Organizações, do Trabalho e dos Recursos Humanos, (pp: 7-16). Coimbra, Imprensa

da Universidade de Coimbra.

Jex, S. & Britt, Th. (2008). Organizational Psychology: A Scientist-Practitioner Approach, 2nd Edition