Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:
Laurea magistrale in Editoria e giornalismo - Enrollment from 2025/2026The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
1° Year
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
---|
A course to be chosen among the following
A course to be chosen among the following
One or two courses to be chosen among the following
Three courses to be chosen among the following
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2017/2018
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
---|
A course to be chosen among the following
A course to be chosen among the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
---|
A course to be chosen among the following
A course to be chosen among the following
One or two courses to be chosen among the following
Three courses to be chosen among the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
---|
A course to be chosen among the following
A course to be chosen among the following
Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
---|
Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Organizational and Communication Psychology (2017/2018)
Teaching code
4S02362
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
12
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-PSI/06 - WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Period
First half of Semester 1 , Second half of Semester 1
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide elements of work and organizational psychology for e human resources management, internal and external, allowing a company or enterprise to communicate itself inside (for reaching objectives and an organizational climate of collaborative kind) and outside (for the potential clients and users to know what the company or enterprise does and appreciate its products and services).
Program
The course will deal with the following topic:
1.1. The individual at work and in organizations
- Cognitive characteristics: intelligence and convictions:
o Scale for the IQ determination (Stanford-Binet, Wechsler, ecc.);
o Aptitude tests;
o Opinions and attitudes;
o Gardner (multiple intelligences) and Goleman (emotional intelligence).
- Emotional characteristics: needs and motivations:
o Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations, self-centered and other-centered motivations;
o Maslow’s hierarchy of needs;
o Rogers’ self-actualization;
o Herzberg’s two factor theory.
- Behavioral characteristics: abilities and competences:
o Abilities, capacities, skills and competences;
o Job evaluation (job description; job analysis; task analysis);
o Performance evaluation (performance);
o Potential evaluation: from work behaviors to underlying constructs.
1.2. Working group and group work: organizational dynamics
- Cooperation vs. Competition;
- Inclusion vs. Exclusion;
- Cohesion vs. Conflict (functional conflict and pathological conflict, Tajfel);
- Leadership vs. Membership (Lewin, Likert, Fiedler e Bass)
- Dependence vs. Autonomy
- Task orientation (operating effectiveness) vs. relational orientation (interactive effectiveness) – Bass.
1.3. Organization and orgnizational functions
- Organizational Development (Bennis e Schein):
o Assessment and selection (Assessment Center and Development Center);
o Training (knowledge, abilities, attitudes);
o Vocational guidance (mentoring, tutoring and coaching);
- Cultures, sub-cultures and counter-cultures;
- Diversity Management;
- Organizational and safety climate: stress, mobbing, burnout and accidents at work.
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dessler G. | Gestione delle risorse umane | Pearson | 2017 | ||
Sartori R. | Metodi e tecniche di indagine e intervento in psicologia (Edizione 1) | LED, Milano | 2011 | ||
Asleigh M. & Mansi A. (con Di Stefano G.) | Psicologia del lavoro e delle organizzazioni (Edizione 1) | Pearson Italia, Milano-Torino | 2014 | 9788865183809 |
Examination Methods
The exam will be written and will be composed of a variable number of open and closed questions drawn by the texts