Organizational Behaviour

Code:

P709

Acronym:

CO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2007/2008 - 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	33	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

By the end of the Curricular Unit (CU) students should demonstrate:
- Theoretical knowledge about Organizational phenomena and the way these phenomena are influenced and influence psychological factors and processes related with individual and group behaviour;
- Knowledge about the bases of individual and group behaviours and organizational structure.

Program

A. Organizational Behavior field of study;
B. Individual behavior at Organizations;
C. The bases of individual, group and organizational behaviors
1. Motivation and Work satisfaction
2. Occupational stress
3. Leadership
4. Organizational change
D. Recent developments in the field of Organizational behavior: reviewing the last decade through Annual Review of Psychology.

Mandatory literature

Cunha Miguel Pina e 070; Manual de comportamento organizacional e gestão. ISBN: 972-98823-8-X
Kreitner, R. & Kinicki, A.; Organizational behavior, Boston, Massachusetts: Irwin McGraw-Hill, 1998
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

Teaching methods and learning activities

Teacher and students lectures;
Case analyses – small group activity, followed by debate;
Experts lectures (in specific themes), followed by debate.

keywords

Social sciences > Psychological sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	54,00
	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	31
	Total:	31,00

Calculation formula of final grade

- Final Exam (40% of the final grade) – the exam comprehends multiple choice questions and short development ones;
- Oral lectures and papers (40% of the final grade);
- Individual performance (20% of the final grade) – peer appraisal.
To complete the UC students should obtain a minimal 10 points classification (following nº 2, Article nº 5 of the Evaluation Regulations in FPCEUP).

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 a evaluation period (following nº 1, Article 11 of the Evaluation Regulations in FPCEUP).