Teaching code

4S02435

Teacher

Giorgio Gosetti

Coordinator

Giorgio Gosetti

Credits

9

Also offered in courses:

• Sociology of Economic Labour Processes of the course Bachelor’s degree in Law Services

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

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

Period

1st lecture period (1A), 1° periodo lezioni (1B)

Lessons timetable Moodle Seminars 0

Learning objectives

The course is intended to provide the student with the knowledge of changes taking place in the world of work as read and examined through the lens of sociology of work.

At the end of the course, the student will be able to elaborate on issues and intervention actions concerning processes of change in the world of work, in relation to different types of workers and organisations, differences between industry sectors as well as private and public contexts.

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.).

In the third part, the activities will be developed in workshop form. Also through seminars with the involvement of external experts, various topics addressed in the first two parts (labour market, digitalisation of organisational processes, changing skills, etc.) will be explored, elaborated and discussed with the participants in an interactive mode. The unifying theme of the various activities in the workshop will be the quality of working life.

The basic texts, on which the final examination will relate respectively to the first, second and third 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.

G. Gosetti, La qualità della vita lavorativa. Lineamenti per uno studio sociologico, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2022.

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.

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.

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.

For the third workshop part, there will be seminars and moments of in-depth study, elaboration and discussion of materials of various kinds, with the direct involvement of the participants. The professor will provide the materials on which to work, but the participants will also be called upon to search for information (documents, data, research reports, etc.) for the workshop work.

Learning assessment procedures

The examination takes place orally, has a variable duration, but not less than 15 minutes, without any distinction between attending and non-attending students.

There are no intermediate assessments.

Evaluation criteria

The examination is graded in thirtieths and tests knowledge of the sociological approaches necessary for reading and interpreting work and the main problems of the changes taking place.

The student's abilities as envisaged by the training objectives will also be assessed.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

The course does not include modules, with single assessments.

Exam language

Italiano