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Science of Health Care - mod. PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONS
ANNA SARA BOTTERI

Seat Medicina e Chirurgia
A.A. 2013-2014
Credits 2
Hours 20
Period 2^ semestre
Language ENG
U-gov code MT09-11-11 MT476

Prerequisites

Proper mastery of the Italian language oral and written 

Development of the course

The course aims to provide students with the basic knowledge of the main phenomena and processes related to the Psychology of work and organizations, through the tools of reading and analysis of psychosocial aspects that characterize in a peculiar way the relationship between the individual, the work environment and organizational well-being

Learning outcomes

- acquire knowledge of the main individual and organizational factors that distinguish the individual interface-working environment

- develop the ability of reading and analysis of the psychosocial aspects of organizations

- know and understand the organizational characteristics that promote an atmosphere of being at work and optimization of individual performance

- acquire the skills of reading and analysis of , Mobbing, Born-out  and psychological risk factors in the workplace in terms of prevention and coping strategies

Program

A brief history of the Psychology of work and organizations

The key constructs of the Psychology of work: work motivation, leadership, performance and development of skills, the working group between values ​​and internal dynamics

Communication within the organization: negotiation and conflict management

Well-being and organizational climate:

• Stress and psychological risk factors in the workplace: the assessment and management of work-related stress (presentation of some research tools and analysis)
• Mobbing  and prevention strategies

• The syndrome of Born-out

Development of the examination

Written with oral supplementation mandatory

Recommended reading

1. TITLE : Introduction to the psychology of work
2. AUTHOR : Sarchielli, Fraccaroli
3. PUBLISHER : Il Mulino ( ed. 2010)
4. TITLE : Organizational psychology ( Handbook of psychology  of work and organizations, vol.2)
5. AUTHOR: Argentero, Cortese, Piccardo
6. PUBLISHER : Cortina Raffaele ( ed. 2009)
7. TITLE : Stress and psychosocial risks in organizations. Assessing and controlling factors of workplace stress
8. AUTHOR : Fraccaroli, Balducci
9. PUBLISHER: Il Mulino ( ed. 2011)

Further in-depth material provided by the teacher (dipense to the PC)

For further:

    a)  TITLE : The true and the false Mobbing

   b)  AUTHOR : Gulotta G.

   c)  PUBLISHER: Giuffrè ( ed. 2007)

   a)  TITLE : The syndrome of Born-out

   b)  AUTHOR : Pellegrino F.

   c)  PUBLISHER : Centro Scientifico Editore ( ed. 2009)

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