Teaching code

4S02435

Credits

6

Coordinator

Giorgio Gosetti

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

SPS/09 - ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONS

Moodle Seminars 0

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning objectives

Objectives of the course are: (1) knowledge of actual changes in work's work, in relation to different organizational and content dimensions; (2) acquisition of the main keys to read sociology of work. By studying approaches and specific themes at the center of the sociological analysis of work, we identify concepts, interpretive modes, tools to analyze the main issues related to work. In particular, teaching will enable the student to acquire: (1) knowledge of the processes of change in the world of work, observed from the standpoint of different types of workers; (2) ability to analyze and understand the changing processes in economy and in labor market, in relation to various sectors of production of goods and services, both public and private; (3) critical analysis skills of different organizational contexts, and the connection of sociological knowledge with that of other constituent disciplines; (4) critical retrieval, interpretation and analysis of data and information (simple and complex indicators) related to changes in work; (5) ability to represent the processes studied and contextualization of specific intervention actions.

Prerequisites and basic notions

No preliminary knowledge is required.

Some basic concepts will be covered during the initial part of the course.

Program

The course is divided into three parts.

The first part deals with the general aspects of the work. Following the reflections made by a number of authors who have characterized the development of sociology of work, we analize the specificities of the discipline and the contribution that over the years have given to the interpretation of changes in work.

The second part considers the different dimensions of the sociological study of labor (labor market, organizational models, training, etc.), paying particular attention to the changes in the circumstances and the specific conditions of the different populations involved (young people, women, immigrants, etc.).

The third part includes an exercise workshop. The students will be asked to individually explore some current issues in the world of work (labour market, quality of work, training and employability, etc.), through the use of tools and documentation made available during the lessons. The exercises will be led by the teacher and may also include the presence of external experts.

The recommended basic texts, on which the final examination will relate respectively to the first and second parts of the content covered by the teaching, are:

M. La Rosa (a cura di), Il lavoro nella sociologia (Nuova edizione riveduta e integrata), Carocci, Roma, 2007.

G. Gosetti (a cura di), Lavoro e lavori. Strumenti per comprendere il cambiamento, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2011.

During lessons the teacher will provide supplementary materials, especially in reference to data and results of sociological research needed to interpret the phenomena in progress.

Those who will not be able to attend the classroom exercises are required to read and discuss in the exam two essays from the following book (in addition to the two books provided for the two institutional parts of the course):

Carreri, G. Gosetti, B. Poggio, P. Zanoni, Lavoro e digitalizzazione: soggettività, controllo e qualità del lavoro nella quarta rivoluzione industriale, monographic section of the journal Sociologia del lavoro, no. 158, 2020 (pp. 51-221).

Bibliography

Didactic methods

As far as teaching methods are concerned, the lesson includes frontal lessons, integrated with discussion of cases, documentary reading, thematic insights (with presentation and discussion of data on the labor market, results from research paths, etc.), comparisons with significant witnesses.

The exercise and workshop part of the activity is developed in an interactive form with the direct involvement of the participants, who are called upon to discuss and revise the topics proposed by the lecturer.

During the lessons there will be space for questions to collectively discuss any doubts and curiosities while specific clarifications and needs will be presented during the individual reception time.

Learning assessment procedures

The examination takes place in oral form, with vote on a scale of thirty, without any distinction between attending and non-attending students, and examines the knowledge of sociological approaches to reading the work and the main problems of actual changes.

There are no intermediate assessment.

Evaluation criteria

The student's abilities, as set out in the training objectives, will be assessed and also acquired during the laboratory exercise. For those who are unable to participate in the classroom activity, supplementary materials are available.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The laboratory activity does not produce an evaluation, but allows students to interactively rework the course contents. The final grade, assigned in a single exam, therefore includes the topics addressed in the lectures and laboratory activities. For those who do not do the laboratory activity, supplementary materials are provided.

Exam language

Italiano