Qualification and Skills in Organizations and Work

Code:

P734

Acronym:

QCOT

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Psychology

Instance: 2012/2013 - 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	41	Official Curricular Structure	2	-	3	30	81
			3

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

 

 

The UC Qualifications and Competences in organisations and in Work have as general aim: characterise the problematic of development competences throughout professional life. Theory leans on the contribute of different subjects to provide an enlarged comprehension of this matter. The main goals are:

 

- characterise, briefly, the social and economical context present in the emergent approach of competences in Organisations

 

 

 

- clarify concepts and notions associated to competences through the contribute of Pscychology, Sociology and Ergonomics

 

- characterise some theoretical  approaches about competences development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Learning outcomes and competences

 1. Own knowledge and comprehension ability at the level of:

 - social and economical context of competence notion

- Competence concept and developmemt problematics

2. stimulate comunication of information’s competences

3. Mobilise knowledge in discussion context

4. Describe competences

5. Write a report using all data collected

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Changes in the organization of work and the idea of skill 2. Defining skill 
3. Explaining the concept 
4. Describing skills 
5. Vergnaud’s contribution to the study of skill 
6. Hoc’s contribution to the study of skill 
7. Intervention to analyse the work place and the workers’ skills through observation, interviews, and checklists of relational skills. 
8. Discussion of results with the workers

Mandatory literature

Pires, A.; Educação e Formação ao Longo da Vida: análise crítica dos sistemas e dispositivos de reconhecimento e validação de aprendizagens e competências, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkien, 2005
Figari Gérard ; Avaliação de competências e aprendizagens experienciais. . ISBN: ISBN: 972-8036-81-7
Carré Philippe; Tratado das ciências e das técnicas da formação. ISBN: ISBN: 972-771-345-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

1. Contact activities: Lecture; group discussion of a topic; to monitor the development in the work field; discussion of the presented report; 2. Independent activities: to search for information sources; to read and to analyze different sources; to gather data in the field; to make a report.

keywords

Social sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Qualifications and Skills in organizations and work	Trabalho de campo	30,00	50,00
	Teste		50,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Qualifications and Skills in Organizations and work	Estudo autónomo	81
	Frequência das aulas	30
	Total:	111,00

Eligibility for exams

Assiduity is not a requisite for success in the curricular unit.

Calculation formula of final grade

The following components will be considered for the final grade: written test (50%), group written report (50%). If one component is not done, it will receive a grade of 0. The minimum requirement is 25% in the written text and 25% in the written report.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Unforseen.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The final grades for students with special status include the same evaluation components as the other students. The work will be guided by the rules of normal students.

Classification improvement

Improvement will be limited to the repetition of the written test. The appeal of partial scores is possible through the completion of new work, equivalent to that which is under appeal.