Psychological Intervention and Assessment in Human Resources Development

Code:

P815

Acronym:

IAPDRH

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S

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	30	Official Curricular Structure	4	-	6	54	162
		Official Curricular Structure 2012	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

It is intended that students acquire skills in relation to the main human resource systems used by the psychologist in an organizational context.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this course students should be able to:
- Interpret and explain the main phenomena and psychosocial processes in the area of Personnel;
- Have knowledge about the main areas of HR management function;
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills to the planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of changes and interventions to improve behaviors, situations and psychosocial processes in the field of personnel.

By the completion, with tutorial support, of a research work dealing one of the topics proposed in the course, it is intended that students build knowledge up to date on issues approached and develop skills to design and develop a research and/or action project on Human Resources Management.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable.

Program

1. Human Resource management in organizations
2. Theoretical approaches to the development of HR
3. Description and analysis functions
4. Recruitment, selection and integration
5. Training and development of HR

6. Management and performance appraisal 

Mandatory literature

Cunha Miguel Pina e 070; Manual de gestão de pessoas e do capital humano. ISBN: 978-972-618-568-0
Borman Walter C. 340; Industrial and organizational psychology. ISBN: 0-471-66674-2
Caetano António 570; Gestão de recursos humanos. ISBN: 978-972-8871-15-4
Chiavenato Idalberto; Gestão de pessoas. ISBN: 85-352-1448-8
Claydon T.; Human resource management
Dessler Gary; Human resource management. ISBN: 0-13-127677-8

Complementary Bibliography

Neves José Gonçalves das; Clima organizacional, cultura organizacional e gestão de recursos humanos. ISBN: ISBN 972-96897-3-3
Neves José; Manual de competências pessoais, interpessoais e instrumentais. ISBN: 978-972-618-477-5
Peretti Jean-Marie; Recursos humanos. ISBN: ISBN 972-618-257-3

Comments from the literature

Journals to consult regularly:
- Human Resource Management Review
- Personnel Review

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Exposure of contents by teacher and students;
- Analysis of cases - small group work followed by general discussion;
- Visualization of videos and exercises oriented;
- Workshops by specialists of the subjects addressed;
- Research work;
- Tutorial lessons for monitoring of research;
- Autonomous study.

Software

Não aplicável.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	15,00
Exame	50,00
Trabalho escrito	35,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	24,00
Estudo autónomo	24,00
Frequência das aulas	52,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Classes are subject to verification of attendance.
Safeguarding the special cases covered in the law, students who miss more than 25% of the classes planned not get frequency at course unit (according to Regulation Assessment of students FPCEUP - Article 9, point 2.).

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade results of the mark obtained in the following assessment components:
a) Final exam (50%) - test with multiple choice and short development questions and,
b) Work in small group (50%):
i) Evaluation of oral presentations (15%);
iii) evaluation of written report (35%).
 
To obtain approval in the course unit, the student must:
1) obtain a final mark of 8 values in each of the assessment components and,
2) obtain a final mark of 10 values (according to section 2, paragraph 4 of Regulation Assessment of students FPCEUP).

Examinations or Special Assignments

See Special assessment.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Students who by law are exempted from verification of the conditions of attendance to classes, should perform the two assessment components previously defined: small group work and final exam. For this, they have to contact at the BEGINNING of the semester (NEVER after 2nd class) the teacher responsible for the course unit (Catarina Brandão).

Classification improvement

"Students can improve classification test performed once per course, one of the two final exam periods immediately subsequent to that they received approval and that the course has provided for examination." (Section 1, Art 11 of the "Regulation assessment of students FPCEUP").

Improving the final classification obtained in this course is possible by carrying out a further examination remaining valid assessment obtained within the "group work" and the weights assigned to the two assessment components considered in the final evaluation.