Organizational Behavior

Year
0
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01015009
Subject Area
Área Científica do Menor
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

English.

Teaching Methods

Theory exposition, in class discussion, group research and group presentations.

  

Learning Outcomes

Overall objectives

Inspire students’ awareness for the complexity of managing people in organizational context and provide a basic understanding of the main responsibilities of a human resources manager

Specific objectives

a) Identify main issues concerning human behaviour management

b) Understand individual psychological traits and human relations dynamics

c) Know the main technical areas of intervention of Human Resources Management

d) Reflect upon human dilemmas within business management

Generic competencies

Instrumental (Cognitive and Methodological) and Interpersonal.

   

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

PART I – The Organizational Context

1. The Organizational Behavior field of study and the role of the Manager

2. Human Nature and Concepts of Organization

PART II – The Individual and the Group

3. Groups and Team Work

4. Perceptions and Communication

5. Rationality and Decision Making

6. Values, Attitudes and Job Satisfaction

7. Personality

8. Interpersonal Relations - transactional analysis

9. Motivation Theories

10. Conflict and Negotiation

11. Organizational Change

PART III – Basic Activities of Human Resources Management

12. The HRM function

13. Job Description and Competence Analysis

14. Recruitment and Selection.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ana Luísa Sousa Pinto

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Final exam – 40%; two group assignments – 50%, participation in class - 10%. This course will not have oral tests.: 100.0%

Bibliography

ALMEIDA, Filipe Jorge Ribeiro de - Ética, valores humanos e responsabilidade social das empresas. Cascais : Princípia, 2010.

ALMEIDA, Filipe Jorge Ribeiro de - Gestão de recursos humanos. In INTRODUÇÃO à gestão de organizações. 3ª ed.. Dir. e coord. João Lisboa [et al.] ; org. António Martins. Porto : Vida Económica, 2011. p. 261-326

FERREIRA, J. M. Carvalho ; NEVES, José ; CAETANO, António Alves - Manual de psicossociologia das organizações. Lisboa : Escolar Editora, 2011.

GREENBERG, Jerald - Behavior in organizations.10th ed.. Harlow : Pearson Education, 2011.

MANUAL de comportamento organizacional e gestão. Miguel Pina e Cunha [et al.]. 6ª ed., rev. e actual.. Lisboa : Editora RH, 2007.

ORGANIZATIONS : behavior structure processes. James L. Gibson [et al.]. 12th ed.. Boston : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006.

ROBBINS, Stephen P. - Organizational behavior. 10th ed.. Upper Saddle River : Prentice-Hall/Pearson Education International, 2003.