2022/2023

2024/2025

DM270

M-PSI/06 (PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK AND ORGANISATIONS)

DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES

PERCORSO COMUNE

3°

1st semester (23/09/2024 - 10/01/2025)

9

54 lesson hours

Italian

WRITTEN TEST

SETTI ILARIA (titolare) - 9 ECTS

No specific prerequisites are needed in order to attend this course and to undergo the final test.

Learning objectives
The Work Psychology course aims to provide students with a basic knowledge on work organizations, trough the main steps of historical development of this branch of knowledge.
A more specific object is to provide relevant concept about the basic psychological constructs which influence the good adaptation to the job, high productivity and individual well-being.
Further objective is to introduce an overview about some relevant applicative issues regarding the actual working context.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will have specific knowledge about:
a) The main individual aspect which influence well-being and productivity (e.g. motivation)
b) Main occupational outcomes in terms of both well-being (e.g.satisfaction) and malaise (e.g. psycho-social risks and counterproductive behaviors)
c) Methodological aspects of applied research
d) Work security, with specific focus on the role of human factor in accidents and injuries.

The course will focus on:
- development of the discipline
- research methods in work psychology
- workplace safety
- individual differences in the workplace
- work motivation
- work satisfaction
- occupational well-being
- counterproductive behaviors in the workplace.
The contents and materials of the course are present and downloadable from the KIRO platform. Students will be able to find the main slides used for teaching on the KIRO platform, as well as the main video-recorded contents of similar lessons from previous years.
The course contents will be often treated from an applicative perspective, providing practical cases and examples.
The contents of the course will be addressed taking into consideration the ethical-deontological principles which, based on the specific theme of organizational context, will be described in detail by the teacher, both from a theoretical point of view and with a direct connection to practical activity (e.g. through the discussion of example cases).

The course takes place through in-person lessons.
For each CFU (25 hours) is expected
- 4 hours of teaching in DE delivery mode, i.e frontal teaching (content presentation via slides and scientific papers)
- 2 hours of interactive teaching - DI (seminars by professionals)
- 19 hours of self-study on the texts of the course bibliography and on the slides provided
Meetings with the tutor for monitoring and self-evaluation of the knowledge acquired are scheduled.

Examination is based on the following books:
-Argentero P., Cortese C. (a cura di), Manuale di psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni, Volume I: Psicologia del Lavoro, Raffaello Cortina Editore, Milano, 2016. Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10.
-Prati G., Pietrantoni L., Perché accadono gli incidenti?, Carocci Editore, Roma, 2013*.

*It is better to buy the book as soon as possible (in a library or on the editor website) because of possible difficulties.

The assessment consists in a written examination with 3 open-ended questions (20 lines for each answers). In order to pass the test, it is needed to answer to all the questions.

The exam will be based on the text and also knowledge of the contents of the slides uploaded to the KIRO portal is also expected.
Students who attend at least 80% of the lessons can take the exam as attending students.

The guided practical course (CPG) "Psychology of organizational well-being" will deepen some topics treated in this course.
TUTORSHIP for learning support: the name of the tutor currently being updated and available on the KIRO portal
The tutor can be contacted for information and insights on the course topics.

In the field of University activities of Innovative Teaching and in order to foster inclusion, two receiving hours with the professor will be guaranteed each week (they will be planned with the professor).
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