Internship

Recommended Prerequisites

The knowledge, technical, behavioral and language skills acquired during the master course will provide the basis for the traineeship.

Teaching Methods

Execution of tasks and studies proposed by the internship place, under the supervision and supervision of the Advisor (s); Participation in periodic meetings with the advisor (s) to present and solve problems; discussion and reflection on the work done. Orientation sessions on the emerging issues that the consortium of this master's degree considered relevant to deal with the new challenges of society and the world: sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship and project management, multiculturalism and global thinking, diversity, inclusion and humanization.

Learning Outcomes

Course devoted to the learning of methodological techniques, procedures, and approaches to be used in Work, Organizational, and Personnel psychological interventions. With a total workload of 20 ECTS, it offers knowledge and skills about methods that help the intervention in the different fields of the discipline. Special attention is paid to find organizations of different kind, allowing students to find conditions fostering the development of in situ professional competences. The goal of the practicum is the development of professional competences, within the framework of the European Diploma of Psychology. Following such model, both 20 primary competences (related with the WOP Psychology field), and eight enabling competences (related with the WOP psychologist as a professional) are targeted.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Preparation of a draft/project of the internship/defining areas of interest;

2. Integration in the Organization and teamwork;

3. Negotiation and implementation of an Action Plan;

4. Participation in weekly meetings for presentation and problem-solving; discussion and reflection on the work performed;

5. Preparation of a progress report (monthly summaries to send to the supervisor at the College until two days before each monthly meeting);

6. Study and analysis of cases;

7. Execution of tasks and/or conduct studies proposed by the host organisation, under the supervision and monitoring of the supervisor/tutor;

8. Learning and use of methods and techniques for organizational-level intervention;

9. Organization of training oriented actions that contribute to the affirmation of the area in which the trainee is inserted and which are congruent with the choice he made.

Head Lecturer(s)

Carla Maria Santos Carvalho

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Training Project (10%)+Assessment of progress (20%)+Final Assessment of the organization tutor (10%)+Final evaluation of the university tutor (10%)+Training Report (50%): 100.0%

Bibliography

Borges-Andrade, J., Abbad, G., & Mourão, L. (2006). Treinamento, Desenvolvimento e Educação em Organizações e Trabalho: Fundamentos para a gestão das pessoas. Brasília: ARTMED

Goodwin C. (2010). Research in Psychology: Methods and Design. NJ: JWS

Jex, S. M. (2002). Organizational psychology: A scientist-practitioner approach. USA: JWS

Kondalkar, V.G. (2007). Organizational Behaviour. NDi: New Age International

Muchinsky, P. M. (2006). Psychology Applied to Work: An Introduction to Industrial and Organizational Psychology. Eighth Edition. USA: THOMSON

Schermerhorn, J., Hunt, J., & Osborne, R. (2002). Organizational Behavior. University of Phoenix: JWS.

Gomes, A., Caetano, A., Keating, J., & Pina e Cunha, M. (2000). Organizações em Transição. Contributo da Psicologia do Trabalho e das Organizações. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra

Gomes, A.D. (2011). Manual de Psicologia das Organizações do Trabalho e dos Recursos Humanos. Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra