Psychology of Organisations
3
2019-2020
01008900
Psychology
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
6.0
Compulsory
1st Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
NA
Teaching Methods
Lectures. Individual and group exercises.
Learning Outcomes
This uc aims to provide basic knowledge about the Organization, the Psychology of Organizations (PO) and the role and action of the Organizational Psychologist. In the end students should be able to:
- Identify, delimit and critically analyze the specificity of organizational psychology and the role of the psychologist in organizations
- Define organization, indicate its structural elements and some of the most relevant processes
- Identify levels of analysis and intervention and discuss models and approaches about knowledge management, motivation and job satisfaction and communication in organizations.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
1. Organizational Psychology: introduction
- Origins and development
- The context of the practice of organizational psychology
- The psychologist of/in organizations
2. The organization:
- What it is.
- What it does.
- How does it do it (people, structures, processes and results)
3. Levels of analysis and intervention
- Knowledge Management
- Communication in organizations
- Motivation and satisfaction at work
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Frequency: 100.0%
Bibliography
Cardoso, L., Gomes, A. D., & Rebelo, T. (2005). Para uma conceptualização e operacionalização da gestão do conhecimento. Psychologica, 38, 23-44
Harris, T., & Nelson, M.D. (2008).Applied Organizational Communication:Theory and Practice in a Global Environment(3rd Ed).New York, NY:Taylor & Francis
Levy, P. (2017).Industrial/Organizational Psychology: Understanding the Workplace(5th Ed.).Gordonsville,VA:Macmillan Learning
Luthans, F., Luthans, B., & Luthans, K. (2015).Organizational behavior: An evidence-based approach(13th Ed).Charlotte, North Carolina:IAP-Information Age Publishing
Pais, L. (2014). Gestão do conhecimento (pp. 193-208). In Siqueira, M. (Org.), Medidas do comportamento organizacional. Ferramentas de diagnóstico e de gestão. Porto Alegre: Artmed
Robbins, S., Judge, T., & Campbell, T. (2017).Organizational Behaviour (2nd Ed). UK:Pearson
Truxillo, D., Bauer, T., & Erdogan, B. (2016). Psychology and Work:Perspectives on Industrial and Organizational Psychology. NY:Routledge