Learning objectives

Starting from the historical development of the discipline, the course deals with the main theoretical and application cornerstones of psychology of human resources: motivation and job satisfaction, well-being and psychosocial risks, personnel selection tools, clinical intervention in organizational contexts. At the end of the course the student, in addition to acquiring the theoretical-methodological tools of the discipline, will be able to apply psychoanalytic clinical reasoning to complex organizational situations and to communicate the outcomes of this analysis within an organizational context.

Prerequisites and basic notions

interest and motivation for the study of psychoanalysis

Program

teaching will be divided into three basic parts:
First part:
- birth and the affirmation of work psychology
- changes in the organization of work: Fordism and post-Fordism
- research methods and techniques in organizational psychology; the fundamental constructs
Second part
- tools and application contexts of work psychology: models of intervention compared
- clinic of organizations: study of an intervention model according to the theoretical approach of Jacques Lacan
- tools for conducting the organizational interview according to the psychoanalytic approach.
Part Three:
- applicative implications of the theoretical models and study of three cases of intervention in organizations.
- drafting and reading of an evaluation report of an organization clinic case.

Bibliography

Didactic methods

traditional teaching

Learning assessment procedures

oral examination

Evaluation criteria

The oral exam aims to ascertain the candidate's preparation on the lessons, on the texts in question. particular importance will be given to the candidate's ability to subjectivate what studied on the texts and learned in class, also giving a critical interpretation.

Criteria for the composition of the final grade

the final grade is expressed out of thirty

Exam language

italiano inglese per studenti erasmus se richiesto