Educational objectives The course aims to provide an introduction to the theories and concepts of the sociology of the Organization by developing the following themes: Sociological theories for the study of organizations-the development of mass production and the Taylor-Fordist model- The shift from economy to scale to the economy of flexibility-the organizational architecture and microstructures-the organizational environment and technologies-organizational change and analysis of the role and the profession. The course will be integrated with the analysis of some business cases.
At the end of the course students must have acquired the basics for organizational analysis with reference to: roles, professions, elements of the organization, structures, organizational typologies and their evolution. They will also have to connect the acquired notions to the reference theories.
Knowledge and understanding: The course aims to introduce the theories and concepts of sociology of organization by developing the following themes: Sociological theories for the study of organizations-the development of mass production and the establishment of the Taylor-Fordist model -the shift from economy to scale to the economy of flexibility-organizational architecture and microstructures-organizational environment and technologies-organizational change. The course will be integrated with the analysis of some business cases.
Applying knowledge and understanding: At the end of the course students must have acquired the basics for organizational analysis with reference to: roles, professions, elements of the organization, structures, organizational typologies and their evolution. They will also have to connect the acquired notions to the reference theories.
Making judgements: Through the discussion in the classroom of business cases and scientific articles on emerging topics, students will learn to critically analyze the theoretical models comparing with their concrete application in organizational practices and in the mechanisms of business development.
Communication skills: The students, besides being stimulated to a constant exchange during the frontal lessons, will learn through the group or individual discussion of the company cases to use the technical-scientific language and to express and to express different concepts clearly.
Learning skills: The aim of the course is above all to provide the key concepts for a first approach to the study of complex organizational systems. In This sense the slides used during the course will provide the student with a schematic grid and then deepen on the textbooks and the supplementary papers.
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Educational objectives A) Knowledge and ability to understand
The course aims at providing students with the acquisition of knowledge and comprehension skills in the field of labour law, in particular with reference to the various institutes of trade union law and labour law, also by consulting legislative texts.
B) Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
The course enables the student to be able to apply the knowledge acquired in a competent and reflective manner; to possess adequate skills both to devise and support arguments and to solve problems and apply techniques and methods in the field of trade union and labour law.
C) Autonomy of judgement
The course enables the student to gather and interpret data useful for making autonomous judgements, including reflection on social, scientific or ethical issues related to trade union and labour law.
D) Communication skills
The course provides the student with the language to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialists and non-specialists in trade union and labour law.
E) Learning skills
The course aims to develop in the student the skills necessary to undertake subsequent studies in the field of trade union and labour law with a high degree of autonomy.
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Educational objectives The course aims to provide a systematic presentation of the main and most recent theoretical approaches to the study of leadership and interpersonal and social power, with specific reference to the state of the art within social and organizational psychology. Particular attention will also be paid to the various applicative areas of power and interpersonal influence strategies.
Specifically, class lectures will allow students to develop knowledge about the basic components involved in the persuasive processes and the theoretical approaches to the study of leadership and power dyna-mics.
Subsequently, group work, organized for attending students, will aim to promote a deeper understanding of each theoretical model linked to the study of leadership and power, with reference to the various applica-tion areas.
Knowledge and understanding.
The course aims to develop knowledge and skills that will enable students to discriminate between relevant theoretical models. Students who attend lessons will also acquire a specific competence on techniques linked to the different reference models.
Applying knowledge and understanding.
At the end of the course students will be able to understand the phenomena related to power dynamics and interpersonal influence, to interpret and explain them according to the different theoretical reference mo-dels. In addition, they will be able to propose solutions to specific problems in the various areas of applica-tion (work organization, politics, etc.) of psychosocial theories on leadership and power.
Making judgements.
The systematic review of the main theoretical perspectives will provide the basis for a greater awareness of the processes underlying power dynamics and interpersonal influence. Through group work, students will have the opportunity to develop and formulate independent judgments about the phenomena involved in power dynamics and interpersonal influence, as well as to reflect on the social and ethical responsibilities related to the application of the acquired knowledge
Communication skills.
After an initial phase of class lectures, group work is planned in order to deepen and connect with specific themes related to leadership and social power. Such group work consists in the study of materials, provi-ded primarily by the instructor and relevant for the deepening of the relevant topics. The students, from one side, have to integrate individually-studied materials with the other members of their work group, and from the other, they have to clearly and coherently present this material in the classroom in a way that is useful to their classmates . In this way, we will try to stimulate not only critical thinking about the topics and the ability to work in a group, but also the communication skills and abilities necessary to manage a presenta-tion in front of an audience.
Learning skills.
Through the group activity (illustrated in point 2.2.4), students will be able to improve their ability to manage, autonomously and within a group, the different stages of knowledge about the topics under study. In addi-tion to the mere study of the material provided by the instructor to carry out the group work, students will be stimulated to integrate this material with additional material (movies, videos, commercials, etc), autono-mously found and deemed useful to stimulate debate and reflection on the phenomena.
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