Organizational Structures and Processes: Conceptual Models, Assessment and Diagnostic

Code:

P833

Acronym:

EPO:MC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2007/2008 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIPSI	1	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	4	-	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

By the end of this Curricular Unit (CU) students should demonstrate:
- Knowledge in the subject of organizational structure and basic processes, namely, decision making process and organizational change;
- Ability to apply the acquired knowledge and methods and techniques;
- Organizational diagnose and evaluation competencies.

Program

- Organizational structure and efficacy;
- Organizational design and life cycle;
- Decision making;
- Organizational clime and culture;
- Organizational change.

Mandatory literature

Gomes Duarte; Cultura organizacional. ISBN: ISBN 972-8535-39-2
Quijano, S. y Navarro, J. ; El ASH (Auditoría del Sistema Humano), los, 1999
Stangor, Ch. ; Group decision making, New York: Psychology Press, 2004

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Teacher’s and students lectures;
- Case studies – small group activity, followed by large group debates;
- Lectures made by specialists in the UC’s domains, followed by large group debates;
- Video watching and oriented exercises;
- Research and literature review;
- Student’s individual study.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	52,00
	Exame	2,00
	Trabalho escrito	75,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	33
	Total:	33,00

Eligibility for exams

Classes are subject to regular attendance.
With the exception of special cases contemplated in the law, students that miss over 25% of the total predicted classes will not obtain the required Frequency at the UC.

Calculation formula of final grade

The students’ final evaluation at the UC is the result of the following components:
a. Final exam (50% of the final grade);
b. Small group activity:
- Oral presentations (10%);
- Paper (40%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Consult “Avaliação Especial” (Special evaluation)

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students that, by law, aren’t obligated to attend to a minimum number of classes of the UC, should accomplish the two evaluation components required in the UC: Final exam and Small group activity. To do so, they should contact the teacher in the beginning of the semester.

Classification improvement

Students can require an improvement exam once, in one of the following evaluations periods immediately after the period in which they got their approval at the Curricular Unit (CU) and once the UC predicts an evaluation period (following nº 1, Article 11 of the Evaluation Regulations in FPCEUP).

Improving the final classification requires a new final exam.