ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Syllabus
EN
IT
LUIGINA SGARRO
Prerequisites
None
Program
The effectiveness and the wellbeing of individuals at work
• Adult learning
• Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
• Vocational choices
• Personality: the basis of success
• Multiple intelligences theory
• Emotional Intelligence
• Self development
Organisations
• People and skills: the right person in the right place
• Integrating personal differences
• Effective interaction and communication
• People at work: Individual, group, team
• Relationships: peers, boss, report
• Effective Feedback
• Organisational wellbeing: organisational goals, culture and engagement
• Performance, pressure and stress management
• Psychology of smart working
Management Psychology
• Psychology of leadership
• Decision Making and cognitive biases
• Managing Diversity
• Recruiting – the Behavioural interview
• Coaching and managerial coaching: helping the individual to change
• Adult learning
• Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
• Vocational choices
• Personality: the basis of success
• Multiple intelligences theory
• Emotional Intelligence
• Self development
Organisations
• People and skills: the right person in the right place
• Integrating personal differences
• Effective interaction and communication
• People at work: Individual, group, team
• Relationships: peers, boss, report
• Effective Feedback
• Organisational wellbeing: organisational goals, culture and engagement
• Performance, pressure and stress management
• Psychology of smart working
Management Psychology
• Psychology of leadership
• Decision Making and cognitive biases
• Managing Diversity
• Recruiting – the Behavioural interview
• Coaching and managerial coaching: helping the individual to change
Books
No textbook is needed for this course for attending students;
Non-attending, as a reference can use:
The Psychology of Behaviour at Work: The Individual in the Organization Paperback - by Adrian Furnham.
Non-attending, as a reference can use:
The Psychology of Behaviour at Work: The Individual in the Organization Paperback - by Adrian Furnham.
Bibliography
The competent manager, Richard Boyatzis, McClelland http://www.lichaoping.com/wp-content/ap7301001.pdf
Paul Watzlawick, Pragmatics of Human Communication (with Beavin and Jackson), 1967; Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution (with John Weakland and Richard Fisch), 1974
Paul Watzlawick, Pragmatics of Human Communication (with Beavin and Jackson), 1967; Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution (with John Weakland and Richard Fisch), 1974
Teaching methods
Group discussion, workshop, exercises and games
Exam Rules
For attending students
Engagement in class activities. A lesson about one of course topics that will be prepared and/presented by everyone on the team. The final exam (written)
For non attending:
Will be asked to answer questions on program topics
They will also present a case study individually to be sent one week before the exam (at least 8000 - 12000 characters, including spaces) together with the PPT of the presentation. The case will be about one of the topics (preferably agrreed with me) listed above and it will be an analysis of a best practice and/or of an unsuccessful application in the field of Organisational Psychology. The analysis of the 2 cases is the key part of the essay. Comparison of the two cases will be necessary for a good evaluation of the work. Agreement on the subject with the Professor is requested.
Engagement in class activities. A lesson about one of course topics that will be prepared and/presented by everyone on the team. The final exam (written)
For non attending:
Will be asked to answer questions on program topics
They will also present a case study individually to be sent one week before the exam (at least 8000 - 12000 characters, including spaces) together with the PPT of the presentation. The case will be about one of the topics (preferably agrreed with me) listed above and it will be an analysis of a best practice and/or of an unsuccessful application in the field of Organisational Psychology. The analysis of the 2 cases is the key part of the essay. Comparison of the two cases will be necessary for a good evaluation of the work. Agreement on the subject with the Professor is requested.