Organisational Behaviour: Individuals and Groups

Presentation

Organizational Behavior prepares students to better analyze and understand individual, group and organizational behavior. It gives them an insight into the evolution of the various types of management and the schools associated with them. It shows students the theories of motivation and their effect on productivity. The concepts of perception, attitude and behavior are analyzed. The various theories of leadership, communication, and change are addressed.

Relevance - all these areas help to better manage people in organizations.

Part of this Programme

Human Resources Management

Level of Qualification|Semesters|ECTS

| Semestral | 7

Year | Type of course unit | Language

1 |Mandatory |Português

Code

ULHT38-7127

Recommended complementary curricular units

Principles of human resource management, organizational behavior - structures and processes.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

n/a

Professional Internship

Não

Syllabus

The construct organizational behavior: emergence and development. Epistemological levels of analysis.
The individual in the organization: aptitudes, attitudes, personality, emotions.
Perceptual perception and bias, causal attribution, learning. Influence of the processes of perception and
learning in people management.
Motivation and satisfaction in the workplace - the psychological contract and work life balance. Engagement. Organizational well-being vs Stress/Burnout.
Group and teams: structures and processes, phases. Modes of interaction and group efficiency. The Concept of Syndrome
group (groupthink).
Leadership: from theories and classic models to contingencies. Technological models: determinants of the efficiency of
groups.
Organizational climate and people involvement.
Communication in organizations: basic aspects of communication; barriers to communication; dimension
ethical.
The organization facing the challenges of change: complexity management and sustainable development.

Objectives

The curricular unit -  Organizational Behavior aims to:
To deepen the psycho / sociological side of organizational theory;
Understand the importance of individual, groupal and organizational behavior;
Provide students with knowledge and tools for professional practice and for individual and group.

Teaching methodologies and assessment

Theoretical-practical expositions. Individual and group work to solve practical cases to be defined by the teacher. Continuous assessment: Two continuous assessment tests that correspond to 25% each; Group work, with presentations in class equivalent to 30%; Participation in class 20%.

References

Cunha, M. P., Rego, A., Cunha, R. C., Cabral-Cardoso, C. & Neves, P. (2016). Manual de Comportamento Organizacional e Gestão (8ª ed.) Lisboa: RH Editora. Ferreira, J. M.; Neves, J.; Abreu, P. N. & Caetano, A. (2011). Manual de Psicossociologia das Organizações (2ª ed.). Lisboa: McGraw-Hill. Robbins, S. P. & Judge, T. A. (2017). Organizational Behavior (17ª ed.). Pearson.

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