Orientation

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Lectures. Debates. Individual and group activities (e.g., case studies, analysis / discussion of texts, simulations, role-playing).

Learning Outcomes

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 universities of the european consortium. At the end of the curricular unit students should be able to:

- Identify the main areas of research and intervention in WOP-P

- Understand and analyze the specificities of the European context, its demands and expectations

- Describe the professional skills in WOP-P and identify the ones presented in the ENOP model

- Analyze critically the ENOP model

- Explicit research skills in WOP-P;

- Know ethics and professional deontology

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

- The guiding principles and practices established for the WOP-P Master
- History and Domain of WOP-P. The construction of the identity in the area
- The European context: requirements and challenges to WOP-P
- Research topics and research skills, areas of intervention and fields of application
- The ENOP model
- The European Diploma in Psychology (EUROPSY)                                                         
- Professional ethics
- Relevant European and international organizations in WOP-P field

Head Lecturer(s)

Leonor Maria Gonçalves Pacheco Pais

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Participation in class and quality of participation: 50.0%
Synthesis work: 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.