Social Work

The general objective of the course is to learn constructs and theories for the analysis of the functioning of work groups and organizations, framing them within the socio-cultural perspective of practice-based studies to the study of organizations. The course is divided into two modules. In the first module the main approaches to the study of the organizations will be presented, focusing in particular on the relational dimensions in the organizational contexts. In the second module, the functioning of the groups as a "community of practices" and of organizations as "community of communities" will be explored. Specific objectives. Upon completion of the course students will be able to: 1) know the main theories and the main constructs of a practice-based perspective to the study of organizations (I Indicator Knowledge and Understanding); 2) to be able to analyze empirically the activities and social interactions in work groups; know how to use observational methods and qualitative research tools for the analysis of group and organizational phenomena (II Indicator Ability to apply knowledge and understanding); 3) acquiring the skills of judgment and decision through the realization of exercises in which it is necessary to know how to critically evaluate and reinterpret what is studied and in which it is necessary to use in a reflective and responsible the methodologies learned (III Indicator Critical and judgment capacity); 4) to effectively illustrate what has been learned through small group collaborative activities and through the writing of reports (IV Indicator Communication skills); 5) know how to pursue autonomously the acquisition of theoretical, methodological and applicative knowledge of organizational psychology, thanks to the critical discussion of the literature references, methods and devices of organizational analysis illustrated (V Indicator Learning capacity).