Intervention in Work Psychology

Recommended Prerequisites

None. We recommended, however, some knowledge in the area of Organizational Psychology.

Teaching Methods

Active methods will be preferred, aiming to help students in:

• Designing a lab simulation about virtual teamwork
• Planning an intervention mean a case study about psychosocial risks
• Designing an efficient virtual team

Choosing the best intervention strategy for real work analysis

 

In line with the objectives defined for this unit and due to the current evaluation system, teaching methods will focus on students, requiring engagement and participation from everyone. Therefore, there will be individual and group assignments, role-paying, classroom presentations, discussions and reflections in small and large groups. Audio-visual materials will be used in class. There will also be a fieldtrip, which is intended to get students closer to actual intervention actions in organizations regarding issues related to the topics studied in class.

Learning Outcomes

This is a course of the 2^nd year of the curriculum of the Erasmus Mundus Master WOP-P integrated in the set of units called "Work Psychology". The unit is devoted to the learning of technological or change theories and intervention skills, in the course of Work Psychology, with a total workload of 4 ECTs. Offers know-how concerning interventions in the field of work psychology as well as an overview of approaches for intervention related to the (re)design of work and the optimisation of human work activity.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

• Work design: different approaches: sociotechnic, humanization at work, participatory design)
• Ergonomic factors
• Job and task analysis
• Strategies and methods for psychosocial risks interventions: individual, group and organizational level
• Integration approach and different types of intervention.

Head Lecturer(s)

Carla Maria Santos Carvalho

Assessment Methods

Continuous
Participation in class/Group assignments: 100.0%

Bibliography

Axtell, C., Pepper, K., Clegg, C., Wall, T. & Gardner, P. (2001). Designing and evaluating new ways of working: The application of some socio-technical tools. Human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing, 11: 1-18

Leka, S. & Cox, T. (2010). Psychological Risk Management at the workplace Level. In S. Leka & J.Houdmont, (Eds), Occupational Health Psychology (pp. 124-156). UK: Wiley-Blackwell

Mathews, G., Davies, D., Westerman, S. & Stammers, R (2000). Human performance: Cognition, stress and individual differences. Hove (UK): Psychology Press

Oeij, P. & Wiezer, N. (2002). New work organization, working conditions and quality of work: Towards the flexible firm? European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions

Parker, S. & Wall, T. (1998). Job work design: Organizing work to promote well-being and effectiveness. Thousand Oaks: SAGE