Organizational Psychosociology

Code:

LP402

Acronym:

PO

Instance: 2004/2005 - A

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Psychology and Education Science

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LPSI	172	Plano oficial a partir de 2001/02	4	6	11	-

Objectives

1) Acquisition of specific language of organizational psychosociology;
2) Knowledge of various analysis and intervention models/theories in organizations;
3) Knowledge of practical competences mainly at the analysis level, in the field of organizational research;
4) Drawing the attention to the need of psychological intervention in organizational/work contexts.

Program

Organizational psychosociology that uses mainly organizational level as an analysis and intervention object fundamentally aims at familiarizing students with the models, theories and practices of organizational analysis. Bearing in mind this objective as well as the development of practical skills in organizational analysis, students are invited to study an organization in practical lessons.
1. Organizations: field of studies
1.1. The concept of organization
1.2. The importance of studying organizations
1.3. Characteristics of organization’s field of studies
1.4. Systematisation proposals
2. Systematisation of the theories of organizations proposed by Burrell and Morgan
2.1. The functionalist paradigm
2.1.1. Theoretical models of the mechanicist metaphor
2.1.1.1. Scientific organization of Work or Taylorism
2.1.1.2. The bureaucracy theory
2.1.1.3. Conclusions and final reflections on the mechanicist metaphor
2.1.2. Human relationship movement
2.1.3 Theoretical models of the organizational metaphor
2.1.3.1. An approach to organizations as open systems
2.1.3.2. The socio-technical approach to organizations
2.1.3.3. Contingent theories: organizational approach of Mintzberg
2.1.3.4. Final conclusion and reflexions about the models of organizational metaphor
2.2. The interpretative paradigm
2.2.1. The model of organizational process.
3. Conclusions and reflexions about organizations
4. Organizational process
4.1. Communication and its importance in organizations
4.2. Leadership in organizations.

Main Bibliography

BURREL, G. & MORGAN, G. (1994). Sociological Paradigms and Organizational Analysis. London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd.
JORDÃO, F. (1998). Uma abordagem cognitive das Organizações. Estudos de mapeamento cognitivo na banca portuguesa. Porto: FPCEUP-UP, Caps.1 e 2;
KATZ D. & KAHN, R. (1987). Psicologia Social das Organizações . São Paulo : Editora Atlas.
MINTZBERG, H. (1990). Le management : Voyage au centre des organisations. Paris : Les éditions d’organisation.
MORGAN, G. (1989). Images de L'Organisation. Québec: Les Presses de L'Université Laval, Éditions ESKA, Cap.s 2 e 3.
REGO, A. (1999). Comunicação nas Organizações . Lisboa: Edições Sílabo, L.da
SHAFRITZ & OTT (1992), (Ed.). Classics of Organization Theory. California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.

Complementary Bibliography

1. Blau, P. & Scott, W. (1962). The concept of formal organization. In Shafritz & Ott (1992), (Eds.). Classics of Organization Theory. California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Cap. 21, pp. 212-216.
2. Boulding, K. E. (1956). General systems theory - The skeleton of science. Management Science, 2 (3), 197-208.
3. Burns, T. & Stalker, (1961). Mechanistic and organic systems. In Shafritz & Ott (1992), (Eds.). Classics of Organization Theory. California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Cap. 20, pp. 207-211.
4. Chiavenato, I. (1998). Teoria geral da administração: Abordagens descritivas e explicativas (5ª Edição). São Paulo: Makron Books, Vol. 2, Cap. 13, pp. 5-76.
5. Cunha, M., Rego, A., Cunha, R. e Cabral-Cardoso, C. (2003). Manual de comportamento organizacional e gestão (2ª edição). Lisboa: Editora RH. Cap. 11.
6. Dessler, G. (1999). Human resource management. New Jersey: Prentice Hall. Cap. 3 e Cap. 4.
7. Ferreira, J. M. C. e outros (1996). Psicossociologia das Organizações. Lisboa: Editora McGraw-Hill de Portugal, L.da, Parte I, Caps. 1 a 5 e Cap. 8 e 10.
8. Glen, F. (1983). Psicologia social das organizações (Tradução de D' Almeida, E.). Rio de Janeiro: Zahar Editores, pp. 48-63 e pp. 64-79.
9. Hall, R. (1987). Organizations: Structures, processes and outcomes (4ª Ed.). New Jersey: Prentice-Hall International, Inc., Cap. 1 e 2, pp. 1-55.
10. Hattrup, K., O’Connel, M. & Wingate, P. (1998). Prediction of multidimensional criteria: distinguishing task and contextual performance. Human performance, 11 (4), 305-319.
11. Keating, J. (1987). Sistemas produtivos e sua regulação. Contributos da perspectiva sociotécnica. Porto: FPCE, Cap. 3 e Cap. 4.
12. Kreitner, R. & Kinicki, A. (1998). Organizational behavior (4th Edition). Boston, Massachusetts: Irwin McGraw-Hill, Cap. 6: 428-456.
13. Lam, S., Hui, C. & Law, K. (1999). Organizational citizenship behavior: comparing perspectives of supervisors and subordinates across four international samples. Journal of Apllied Psychology, 84, 4, 594-601.
14. Merton, R. (1957). Bureaucratic structure and personality. In Ott, J. (1989) (Ed.). Classic readings in Organizational Behavior. California: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company, Cap. IV, 26, pp. 363-372.
15. Robbins, S. P. (1990). Organization Theory: Structure, design and applications. Englewood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., Cap. 1, pp. 1-28.
16. Robbins, S. P. (1999). Comportamento Organizacional (8ª Ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Livros Técnicos e Científicos Editora S.A., Cap. 9: 195-216 e Cap. 10: 217-246.
17. Rocha, A. (1997). Gestão de Recursos Humanos. Lisboa: Editorial Presença. Cap. 3.
18. Rosnay, J. de (1995). O macroscópio. Para uma visão global (Tradução de M.ª Adozinda Soares). V. N. de Gaia: Estratégias Criativas. Cap. II, pp. 81-124.
19. Scott W. (1992). Organizations: Rational, natural and open systems (3ª Ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall International, Inc.. Caps. 2, 3, 4 e 5, pp. 31-116.
20. Smith, B., Benson, P. & Hornsby, J. (1990). The effects of job description content on job evaluation judgments. Journal of Psychology, 75, 3, 301-309.
21. Weick, K. E. (1979). The social psychology of organizing (2nd Ed). New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Number of hours per week: Theoretical – 2h/Practical – 2h

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Calculation formula of final grade

General considerations:
1) The grade obtained in the final exam weights 60% in the final classification and the grade obtained in the practical lessons weighs 40%.
2) The classification of the practical lessons includes the continuous assessment of works (5%); the periodical assessment (5%); the oral presentations of works and assessment of the written report delivered at the end of the academic year (30%).