Organizational Behavior

Code:

POST03

Acronym:

CO

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
CNAEF	Psychology

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Psychology
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree in Psychology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MPSI	32	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2021	1	-	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.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this course, the student must:
1. Evidence knowledge about:
• organizational phenomena and the way they are influenced and influence psychological factors and processes related to individual and group behavior;
and,
• the fundamentals of individual, group and organizational behavior;
2. Develop and demonstrate the following competences in the field of research/intervention in organisational behaviour based on a case study:
- Identifying relevant problems for research/intervention;
- Propose at least four theoretically supported solutions to resolve the case.

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.), Editora RH, 2016
Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. A. . ; Organizational Behavior (17th Ed., Global Edition), Pearson Education Limited, 2017

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

This course is organized in theoretical and theoretical-practical classes that include:
- Exposition of theoretical frameworks;
- Viewing videos and performing guided exercises;
- Analysis and discussion of case studies;
- Workshops by psychologists working in the field of Organizational Psychology;
- Study visits;
- Field work;
- Tutorial classes to monitor field 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 (%)
Exame	40,00
Participação presencial	10,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	25,00
Trabalho escrito	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	54,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	1,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	37,00
Trabalho de investigação	40,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Classes are subject to verification of attendance.
Except in the special cases contemplated in the law, students who miss more than 25% of the classes will not be able to attend the course (according to point 2. of Article 9A of the Evaluation Regulation).

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification results from the grade obtained in the following evaluation components:
a) Final exam (40%);
b) Group work (60%) with the following assessment components:
-- tutorial supervision/presential participation (10%);
-- presentation/discussion of the work (25%);
-- work report (25%).

To obtain approval at the course, the student must:
1) obtain a minimum final classification of 8 points in each of the evaluation components; and,
2) obtain a minimum final classification of 10 points as prescribed.

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, and that they can not actually attend classes, should perform the two assessment components previously defined. For this, they should contact at the BEGINNING of the semester (NEVER after 2^nd class) the professor.

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