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Organizational Psychology II

Organizational Psychology II

Code	11822
Year	3
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	T(30H)/TP(30H)
Scientific area	Psychology
Entry requirements	Not applicable.
Mode of delivery	Face-to-face.
Work placements	Not applicable.
Learning outcomes	At the end of the teaching-learning process the student should be able to: Recognize characteristics of Organizational Psychology as a domain of expertise and application of Psychology Characterize fundamental processes and contexts of application of psychology in the organization, work and human resources Understand and articulate methodological and theoretical fundamentals between Organizational Psychology and Human Resource Management Recognize and understand basic methods and techniques of Psychology application in the organization, work and human resources Search and critically analyze scientific information in Organizational Psychology Produce and elaborate written documents of scientific nature about Organizational Psychology themes Communicate information and scientific knowledge in Organizational Psychology Demonstrate interpersonal and teamwork skills Planning and carrying out field studies in labour and organizational contexts
Syllabus	I- Fundamentals of Organizational Psychology at work and in strategic and integrated human resources management 1.Contexts: 1.1. Organizational Psychology and the Management function of/with People - A diachronic integrated vision from the Industrial Age to the Knowledge Era 1.2. Confluence and influence among theoretical, empirical and methodological fundamentals 2.Introduction to Processes: 2.1. Nature of the human resource management function, power, conflict and negotiation process 2.2. Inter-relationship between individual - organization - The psychological contract as a process - From Genesis to rupture without violation 3. Introduction to Methods and Techniques: 3.1. Human resources recruitment and selection 3.2. Human resources training and development
Main Bibliography	Boxall, P., Purcell, J. & Wright, P. (Eds.), (2007). The Oxford Handbook of human resource management. New York: OUP. Caetano, A. & Vala, J. (Eds.) (2007). Gestão de Recursos Humanos – contextos, processos e técnicas. Lisboa: Editora RH. Cartwright, S. & Cooper, C. (Eds.) (2008). The Oxford Handbook of Personnel Psychology. New York: OUP. Cunha, M., Rego, A., Cunha, R., Marques, C. & Gomes, J. (2010). Manual de gestão de pessoas e do capital humano. Lisboa: Sílabo. Gomes, A. (Ed.) (2011). Psicologia das organizações, do trabalho e dos recursos humanos. Coimbra: Imprensa da UC. Lewis, R. & Zibarras, L. (Eds.) (2013). Work and Occupational Psychology – Integrating Theory and Practice. London: Sage.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.