Organizational Behaviour

Code:

P709

Acronym:

CO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2017/2018 - 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	40	Official Curricular Structure	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

It is intended that students develop knowledge and acquire competencies necessary for the understanding, explanation and prediction of human behavior in organizations. Specifically, it is intended that students build knowledge up to date on thematic approached and develop skills that enable them to design and develop a research or an intervention project under the Organizational Behavior.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the frequency of this course, students must:
1. Show knowledge about:

• the organizational phenomena and how they are influenced and influence the psychological factors and processes related to individual and group behavior, and,
• on the foundations of individual, group and organizational behavior;

2. Develop and demonstrate the following competencies in organizational behavior research or intervention:

• Identification of issues relevant to research / intervention;
• To design and operationalize a research project;
• To design a proposal for intervention in a specific field of Organizational Behavior.

Working method

Presencial

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

It is important that the student has knowledge in Organizational Psychology area.

Program

1. The field study of organizational behavior
1.1. Foundations of individual behavior, group and organizational
1.2. Recent developments in Organizational Behavior.
2. Individual behavior in organizations
2.1. Work motivation;
2.2. Job satisfaction;
3. Organizational processes
3.1. Organizational Culture
3.2. Leadership
3.3. Occupational Stress

Mandatory literature

Cunha, M. P., Rego, A., Cunha, R. C., Cabral-Cardoso, C. & Neves, P.; Manual de comportamento organizacional e gestão (8ª Ed.), Lisboa: Editora RH
Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. A.; Organizational Behavior (15th Ed.)., New Jersey: Pearson, 2013
Kreitner, R. & Kinicki, A.; Organizational behavior, Boston, Massachusetts: Irwin McGraw-Hill, 1998

Complementary Bibliography

Robbins Stephen P.; Fundamentos do comportamento organizacional. ISBN: 85-87918-64-8
Robbins, S. P.; Comportamento Organizacional , Rio de Janeiro: Livros Técnicos e Científicos Editora S.A., 1999

Comments from the literature

It is recommended the regular consultation of the following journals:
- Administrative Science Quarterly
- Human Relations
- Organization Studies

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Exposure of contents by teacher and students;
- Analysis of cases - small group work followed by discussion;
- Visualization of videos and exercises oriented;
- Workshops oriented by Organizational psychologists;
- Research work;
- Tutorial classes for monitoring of research work;
- Autonomous study.

Software

Não aplicável.

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences > Psychology > Applied psychology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	15,00
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	28,00
Estudo autónomo	40,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Trabalho de investigação	40,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Classes are subject to verification of attendance.
Safeguarding the special cases covered by the law, students who miss more than 25% of classes provided will not get approval in the course (according to Regulation Assessment of students FPCEUP - Article 9A, 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) Group work (50%):
   i) Assessment of student participation in the meetings of tutorial support (10%);
   ii) Evaluation of oral presentations (15%);
   iii) evaluation of written report (25%).
 
To obtain approval in the course, the student have to:
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 point 2, Article 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. For this, they should contact at the BEGINNING of the semester (NEVER after 2nd class) the professor.

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