Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior: Theoretical Perspectives

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Lectures, group discussions, literature review, presenatition of work group assignments on specific topics proposed by the teachers.

Learning Outcomes

With this curricular unit the students should use/develop literature analysis competences with the aim of understanding and critically analysing the basic stages of the evolution of organizational thinking and its implications. Thus, at the end of the curricular unit, the students should be able to identify and critically discuss: the relevance of the role played by the different organization theories in explaining and understanding organizational behavior; the emergence context of organization theories; the theories of reference and the authors recognized within the literature; the emergence of new forms of organization, its characteristics and implications; the new trends and perspectives in organizational behavior.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Organizational Psychology: a brief historical overview; founder perspectives, paradigms and metaphors.

 

The role of theories in organizational analysis.

 

Overview of the classical theories of management (Scientific Management, Process Management Theory, and Bureaucracy).

 

Human Relations School.

 

Systemic Approach and  Sociotechnical Systems Theory.

 

Organizational Culture.

 

Influence, Power and Politics in Organizations.

 

Corporate Social Responsibility

Head Lecturer(s)

Teresa Manuela Marques Santos Dias Rebelo

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 40.0%
Frequency: 60.0%

Bibliography

Gomes, A. D. (2000). Cultura organizacional: Comunicação e identidade. Coimbra: Quarteto Editora.

 

Greenberg, J. (2011). Behavior in Organizations (10th ed.). Essex, UK: Pearson.

 

Hatch, M. J. & Cunliffe, A. L. (2013) Organization Theory: Modern, Symbolic, and Postmodern Perspectives (3rd Ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

 

Miner, J. (2006). Organizational Behavior 2: Essential theories of processes and structure. New York: M. E. Sharpe

 

Miner, J. (2006). Organizational Behavior 3: Historical origins, theoretical foundations, and the future. New York: M. E. Sharpe

 

Morgan, G. (2006). Images of organization. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

 

Robbins, S. P., & Judge, T. A. (2017). Organizational Behavior (17th ed.). Essex, UK: Pearson