Facoltà di Economia

Aggiornato A.A. 2020-2021

MODULE FACILITATOR:   Prof. Luigina Sgarro  Luigina.Sgarro@gmail.com  

Office hours: to be agreed by email.   Luigina Sgarro is Professor of Organisational Psychology at the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Teacher at SNA, psychologist and Management Consultant.  She studied in Rome La Sapeinza, APC, MRI and has a wide experience as an Organisational Psychologist. Her main research interests are in organisational and individual development and well-being. Further details are available at https://www.linkedin.com/in/luiginasgarro/

PROGRAM OVERVIEW: The course will be practical and engaging and will allow students to have a first-hand experience of the basics for understanding personality, the relationship with themselves and with others, the principles of effective relationship and for the achievement of individual and organizational well-being. 

The program foresees to outline models to understand people's actions in organizations in the framework of human psychology. In this perspective, there will be contents related to influence and communication, personnel selection, managing diversity, etc. A quick overview will also be given about neuroscience.

In order to take the exam as a student, it is necessary to attend at least 70% of the lessons. The first 4 lessons are of fundamental importance to understand how the course works and to appreciate its advantages.

PRE-REQUISITES FOR THE COURSE: none

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Knowledge and awareness of the basic tools to understand themselves and the other in the work environment with a practical approach and a specific focus on the Psychology of organisation and its most recent evolutions.

The effectiveness and the wellbeing of individuals at work

• Adult learning
• Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
• Personality: the basis of success
• Emotional Intelligence
• Personal development: positive psychology
• Self development

Management Psychology

• Psychology of influence
• Coaching and managerial coaching: helping the individual to change
• Self Efficacy

Organisations

• Psychology of personnel selection
• Effective interaction and communication
• Integrating personal differences
• Diversity management
• Effective Feedback
• People engagement
• Conflict management
• Psychology of remote working
• Decision Making and cognitive biases

• Coaching and managerial coaching: helping the individual to change
• Self Efficacy
• Self development

Organisations

• Integrating personal differences
• Effective interaction and communication
• Effective Feedback
• People engagement
• Conflict management
• Emotional Intelligence

FOR THE ONLINE CLASS STUDENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THEIR VIDEOCAMERA ON FOR THE ENTIRE ATTENDANCE

TEACHING METHODS: Group discussion, workshop, exercises and games.

REFERENCES:

No textbook is needed for this course for attending students– nonattending, as a reference can use:

Published teaching material, according to instructions, on this website.

The Psychology of Behaviour at Work: The Individual in the Organization Paperback – by Adrian Furnham is another possible reference.

Aggiornato A.A. 2019-2020

MODULE CONVENOR:   Prof. Luigina Sgarro  Luigina.Sgarro@gmail.com  Office hours: to be agreed by email.   Luigina Sgarro is Professor of Organisational Psychology at the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Teacher at SNA, psychologist and Management Consultant.  She studied in Rome, APC, MRI and has a wide experience as an Organisational Psychologist. Her main research interests are in organisational and individual development and well-being. Further details are available at https://www.linkedin.com/in/luiginasgarro/

PROGRAM OVERVIEW: After a brief introduction to psychology and work, the program reviews the 'intra-personal' characteristics and those that make various individuals different from each other; then it exposes the criteria to measure such features and the related tools.
Secondly, it introduces the organization and those aspects of the organization that have a 'psychological' impact on people and on which the psychology of people has an impact.
Then, outline some 'basic' models to understand people's actions in organizations.
By incorporating these models, the course goes through the analysis of the behaviours that people implement in organizations about themselves, other people, and the organization itself also in the framework of systems dynamics.
In this context, there are also some 'practices' or processes such as communication, personnel selection, managing diversity, etc. A quick overview will also be given about neuroscience.

PRE-REQUISITES FOR THE COURSE: none
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Knowledge and awareness of the basic tools to understand themselves and the other in the work environment with a practical approach and a specific focus on the organisation and its most recent evolutions.

THE COURSE IS GOING TO BE HIGHLY INTERACTIVE AND STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE TO THE LESSONS, AS A PART OF LEARNING PATH.

History and fields of psychology (quick overview)

The effectiveness and the wellbeing of individuals at work

• Work motivation theory
• Vocational choices
• Personality: the basis of success in different roles
Organisations
• Factors that impact organisational dynamics
• Organisational wellbeing: Strategy, culture and engagement
• People in the organisations
• Relationships
• Rules of interaction/communication
• Human factors and performance
• Teamwork
• Group processes
• Intra and cross-groups dynamics
• Psychology of the environment

Management Psychology
• Psychology of leadership
• Decision Making and cognitive biases
• Coaching and managerial coaching: helping the individual to change
• Managing Diversity
• Recruiting – Behavioural interview
• Learning and learning organisation
- Consumer Psychology

TEACHING METHODS: Group discussion, workshop, exercises and games

REFERENCES:

No textbook is needed for this course for attending students– nonattending, as a reference can use:
The Psychology of Behaviour at Work: The Individual in the Organization Paperback – by Adrian Furnham.

Aggiornato A.A. 2018-2019

MODULE CONVENOR:   Prof. Luigina Sgarro  Luigina.Sgarro@gmail.com  Office hours: to be agreed by email.   Luigina Sgarro is Professor of Organisational Psychology at the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Teacher at SNA, psychologist and Management Consultant.  She studied in Rome, APC, MRI and has a wide experience as an Organisational Psychologist. Her main research interests are in organisational and individual development and well-being. Further details are available at https://www.linkedin.com/in/luiginasgarro/

PROGRAM OVERVIEW: After a brief introduction to psychology and work, the program reviews the 'intra-personal' characteristics and those that make different individuals different from each other; then it exposes the criteria to measure such features and the related tools.
Secondly, it introduces the organization and those aspects of the organization that have a 'psychological' impact on people and on which the psychology of people has an impact.
Then, outline some 'basic' models to understand people's actions in organizations.
By incorporating these models, the course goes through the analysis of the behaviours that people implement in organizations about themselves, other people, and the organization itself also in the framework of systems dynamics.
In this context, there are also some 'practices' or processes such as communication, personnel selection, managing diversity, etc. A quick overview will also be given about neuroscience.

PRE-REQUISITES FOR THE COURSE: none

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Knowledge and understanding of the basic tools to understand themselves and the other in the work environment with a practical approach and a specific focus on the organisation and its most recent evolutions.

History and fields of psychology (quick overview)

The individual at work

•         Work motivation theory
          Vocational choices       
•         Psychometrics - Research methods
•         The basis of success in different roles
•         Measurement of attitude and personality and individual differences

Organisations

•         Factors that impact organisational dynamics
•         Organisational wellbeing: Strategy, culture and engagement
•         People in the organisations
•         Relationships
•         Rules of interaction/communication
•         Human factors and performance
•         Teamwork
•         Group processes
•         Intra and cross-groups dynamics
•         Psychology of the environment

Management Psychology

• Psychology of leadership
• Decision Making and cognitive biases
• Coaching and managerial coaching: helping the individual to change
• Managing Diversity
• Recruiting – Behavioural interview
• Learning and learning organisation

Consumer Psychology

New trends:

• Neuroscience and work psychology
• Challenges of virtual organisations

TEACHING METHODS: Group discussion, workshop, exercises and games

REFERENCES:

No textbook is needed for this course for attending students– nonattending, as a reference can use:
The Psychology of Behaviour at Work: The Individual in the Organization Paperback – by Adrian Furnham.

Aggiornato A.A. 2017-2018

MODULE CONVENOR:   Prof. Luigina Sgarro  Luigina.Sgarro@gmail.com  Office hours: to be agreed by email.   Luigina Sgarro is Professor of Organisational Psychology at the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Teacher at SNA, psychologist and Management Consultant.  She studied in Rome, APC, MRI and has a wide experience as an Organisational Psychologist. Her main research interests are in organisational and individual development and well-being. Further details are available at https://www.linkedin.com/in/luiginasgarro/

PROGRAM: After a brief introduction to psychology and work, the program reviews the 'intra-personal' characteristics and those that make different individuals different from each other; then it exposes the criteria to measure such features and the related tools.
Secondly, it introduces the organization and those aspects of the organization that have a 'psychological' impact on people and on which the psychology of people has an impact.
Then, outline some 'basic' models to understand people's actions in organizations.
By incorporating these models, the course goes through the analysis of the behaviours that people implement in organizations about themselves, other people, and the organization itself also in the framework of systems dynamics.
In this context, there are also some 'practices' or processes such as communication, personnel selection, managing diversity, etc. A quick overview will also be given about neuroscience.
OBJECTIVE: to provide the basic tools to understand themselves and the other in the work environment with a practical approach and a specific focus on the organisation and its most recent evolutions.

History and fields of psychology (quick overview)

The individual at work

•     Vocational choices
•     Work motivation theory
•     Measurement of attitude and personality and individual differences
•     The basis of success in different roles
•     Psychometrics - Research methods

Organisations

•     Factors that impact organisational dynamics
•     Organisational wellbeing: Strategy, culture and engagement
•     People in the organisations
•     Relationships
•     Rules of interaction/communication
•     Human factors and performance
•     Teamwork
•     Group processes
•     Intra and cross-groups dynamics

Psychology of leadership
Managing Diversity
Recruiting – Behavioural interview
Learning and learning organisation
Consumer Psychology