Degree | Type | Year |
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Psychology | OB | 3 |
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There are no strict prerequisites for studying "Psychology of Organizations". However, students are recommended to have knowledge about subjects such as Social Psychology, Groups Dynamics and Work Psychology.
Psychology of Organizacions is a subject taught in the second semester of the third year of the Psychology Degree. Its main aim is to introduce students in the world of organizations in the 21st Century.
Objectives:
- This subject provides students with a general description of the basic characteristics of modern organizations.
-This subject offers a list of the main topics, approaches and applications in Psychology of Organizations.
-This subject analysis the suppositions and the propositions of the most important theories in the discipline.
-This subject reflects on the theoretical and research limitations of the discipline.
This subject is structured into the following units:
1. Introduction: Why is it so interesting to study organizations?
2. Role Theory and Organizations
3. The phenomenon of leadership in organizations
4. Communication and organizations
5. Relationships of power
6. Conflict in organizations
7. Culture and anthropology of organizations
8. Gender and organizations
9. Subjectivity and organizations
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
D1. Lectures | 13.5 | 0.54 | 7, 12, 9, 27, 25, 26 |
D2. Group work | 22 | 0.88 | 2, 1, 3, 6, 11, 14, 13, 10, 15, 16, 4, 18, 19, 20, 27, 25, 26, 22, 23, 5 |
Type: Supervised | |||
S1. Individual Assessment | 1 | 0.04 | 8, 27, 26, 23, 24 |
S2. Case analysis in moodle | 2.5 | 0.1 | 12, 27, 26, 22, 23 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
A1. Bibliography search | 14 | 0.56 | 26, 23, 24, 28 |
A2. Essays | 18 | 0.72 | 8, 17, 27, 25, 26, 30 |
A3. Reading texts | 22 | 0.88 | 7, 12, 26, 22 |
A4. Analysis of data | 25 | 1 | 3, 15, 26, 21, 23 |
A5. Collecting data in organizations | 30 | 1.2 | 11, 16, 25, 26, 24, 29 |
This subject includes two different types of activities: a set of lectures, linked to the content of the subject and a series of work sessions carried out in small groups and made up of by combinations of activities such as: seminars (reading and discussion of previously selected texts), workshops and presentation of lines of research, projection and discussion of audiovisual materials, etc.
N.B. The teaching methodology and assessment proposed may be subject to change depending on circumstances that arise during the semester. The teaching team will provide details via the Moodle classroom or the usual means of communication regarding the face-to-face or virtual/online format of the various guided activities and assessments, taking into account the faculty's instructions.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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EV1. Participation | 30% | 0 | 0 | 1, 3, 14, 13, 10, 18, 27, 25, 26, 22, 28 |
EV2. Group work | 40% | 0 | 0 | 2, 6, 8, 17, 11, 12, 9, 15, 16, 4, 19, 20, 27, 26, 30, 23, 24, 29, 5 |
EV3. Test | 30% | 2 | 0.08 | 7, 11, 21 |
Assessable activities are as follows:
1. Participation in the activities of the working sessions (30%). Participation will be assessed by handing in the answers to the activities set at the end of the class (e.g., cases analyzed, progress of group work). This is an individual evidence. It is considered that the student has passed the evidence if he/she has attended to the 80% of the programmed working sessions. If this is not the case, the evidence will not be qualified. It is worth noting that this evidence will count in the 2/3 of the necessary activities to be reassessed if the student has attended in 5 of the programmed activities.
2. Group work. (40%). It would be delivered through moodle the week 12
3. A test (30%). It would be carried out at the end of the semester (second assessment period).
The translation of the in-person assessment tests will be delivered if the requirements established in Article 263 are met and the request is made online (e-form) during week 4 (more information on the faculty website).
Student are considered to have passed the subject when the sum of their marks in the different assessable activities is greater or equal to 5.
Students are considered not assessable when they have given learning evidences with a weight lower than 4 points.
The type of feedback will be carried out via Moodle for the final exam, with the correct answers being posted during the week of the exam. For group work and participation in work sessions, this will be carried out in the classroom, both in the weekly follow-up and in the final presentation of the work. As for participation in the working sessions, feedback will be given orally in class during practical lessons, based on progress made during the week.
Students are considered assessable but not to have passed the subject when they do not obtain a grade of 5.
Students can be reassessed if their grade is 3.5. Thereassessment will be a global text of the whole subject and its mark will be the final mark of the subject.
The subject offers the possibilityof carrying out a single assessment:
SINGLE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES TABLE |
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Name and description of the evidence |
percentages |
Duration in hours (of the face-to-face act) |
Realization/delivery date |
EV1. Analysis and resolution in the classroom of two cases |
30% |
3h. |
Second evaluation period |
EV2. Delivery of a poster |
40% |
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Ev3. Test exam |
30% |
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The same retake system will be applied to the single assessment as to the continuous assessment. The single assessment must be requested online (e-form) during the specific period (more information on the faculty website). This course does not include a specific synthesis assessment.
THE GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES OF THE FACULTY CAN BE CONSULTED AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://www.uab.cat/web/estudiar/graus/graus/avaluacions-1345722525858.html
For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches, text correction, or translations. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. Failure to disclose the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered academic dishonesty and may result in partial or total deduction of the activity grade, or more severe penalties in serious cases.
All the books are introductions to the topics refered in this subject. However, the reference handbook in the classes is:
Tirado, F.; Gálvez, A. y Baleriola,E. (2017). Las organizaciones en el siglo XXI. Un enfoque psicosocial y político. Barcelona: Editorial UOC.
Anderson, N., Ones, D.S. y Viswesvaran, C. (Eds.), (2001). Handbook of Industrial, Work and Organizational Psychology (Vols. 1 y 2). London: Sage.
Brown, S. D y Lent, R. W. (Eds.). (2005). Career development and counseling: putting theory and research to work. Hoboken N.J.: John Wiley and Sons.
Cooper, G. L. (Ed.). (2000). Classics in management thought. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Denison, D. R. (1996). What is the difference between Organizational Culture and Organizational Climate? A native's point of view on a decade of paradigm wars. Academy of Management Review, 21(3), 619-654.
Grey, C. (2005). A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about studying organizations. London: Sage.
Hatch, M. (2006). Organization theory: modern, symbolic, and postmodern perspectives (2da ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Jex, S.M. (2002). Organizational Psychology a Scientist-Practitioner Approach (2da ed.). New York: Wiley.
Mintzberg, H. (1993). Structures in fives. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
Peiró, J. M. (1991). Psicología de la organización (Vols. 1 y 2). Madrid: UNED.
Perrow, C. (1973). The short and glorious history of organizational theory. Organizational Dynamics, 2(1), 3-15.
Quijano de Arana, S. D. (1993). La psicología social en las organizaciones: fundamentos. Barcelona: PPU.
Rodríguez, A. (1992). Psicología de las organizaciones: teoría y método. Barcelona: PPU.
Rodríguez, A. (Coord.), (1998). Introducción a la psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones. Madrid: Pirámide.
Rodríguez, A. (Coord.), (2003). Psicología de las organizaciones. Barcelona: Editorial UOC.
Tirado, F.; Gálvez, A. y Baleriola,E. (2017). Las organizacionesen el siglo XXI. Un enfoque psicosocial y político. Barcelona: Editorial UOC.
Tirado, F.; Baleriola, E. y Gálvez, A. (2017). Critical Management Studies. Hacia unas organizaciones más éticas y sostenibles. Barcelona: Editorial UOC.
Web links
European Associaton of Work and Organizational Psychology:http://www.eawop.org/web/
European Network of Work and Organizational Psychologists:http://www.enop.ee/
Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology:http://www.siop.org/
It is not used any kind of special software
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(SEM) Seminars | 111 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 112 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 113 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 114 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 211 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 212 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 213 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 214 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 311 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 312 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 313 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 314 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 411 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 412 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(SEM) Seminars | 413 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 1 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 2 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 3 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |
(TE) Theory | 4 | Spanish | second semester | morning-mixed |