Psychological Intervention and Assessment in Human Resources Development

Code:

P815

Acronym:

IAPDRH

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2011/2012 - 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	33	Official Curricular Structure 2007/2008	4	-	6	54	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

By the end of this Curricular Unit (CU) students should be able to:
- Interpret and explain the major phenomena and psychosocial processes in Personnel domain;
- Exhibit fundamental knowledge in the major areas of Human Resources management;
- Exhibit the necessary knowledge to formulate, implement, follow and evaluate changes and interventions made to enhance behaviors, situations and psychosocial processes in the Personnel domain.

Program

- The area of Human Resources management in Organizations;
- Human Resources theoretical approaches;
- Job Analysis and Job Description;
- Individual Selection, and integration;
- Performance management and appraisal
- Human Resources training and development

Mandatory literature

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
Neves José Gonçalves das; Clima organizacional, cultura organizacional e gestão de recursos humanos. ISBN: ISBN 972-96897-3-3
Peretti Jean-Marie; Recursos humanos. ISBN: ISBN 972-618-257-3

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;
Video watching and oriented exercises;
Research and literature review;
Student’s individual study.

Software

Não aplicável.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	56,00
	Trabalho escrito	75,00		2012-06-01
	Exame	2,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
	Estudo autónomo	29
	Total:	29,00