The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning outcomes

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MM: BISOGNI EDUCATIVI NELLE ORGANIZZAZIONI
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Educational needs in organizations. The module deals with the theme of work-related stress. The course aims to provide the necessary bases for the understanding of the interaction between the employees and work environment, with particular regard to the dynamics of work-related stress and safety in the workplace.
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MM: SOCIOLOGIA DEI PROCESSI COMUNICATIVI E PERCEZIONE DEI RISCHI
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The module addresses the issue of safety and security communication from a sociological perspective. The dynamics of construction and social acceptance of risk will be analysed, and the elements for reflecting on safety and security management and communication tools will be introduced.

Program

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MM: BISOGNI EDUCATIVI NELLE ORGANIZZAZIONI
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The course provides an introduction to the major theoretical approaches, to the psychosocial risk factors, and to the evaluation and the interventions on the work-related stress and its links to the workers’ health and safety. In particular, the course will focus on work-related stress will be divided in this way. Work-related stress: - Definition of the stress process - Description of the antecedents and consequences of the stress phenomenon - Role of theoretical models - How to set up an evaluation of work-related stress - Notes on prevention. -Fraccaroli F. e Balducci C. (2011) “Stress e rischi psicosociali nelle organizzazioni” – Il Mulino + le slide delle lezioni.
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MM: SOCIOLOGIA DEI PROCESSI COMUNICATIVI E PERCEZIONE DEI RISCHI
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The module will focus on the concepts of risk, security and risk communication from a sociological point of view. Different theoretical perspectives on the risk society and on safety as a social construction will be presented; some examples of communication and social perception of risk will be analysed. Topics covered: • Analysis from a sociological point of view of the concepts of risk, security and risk communication. • Introduction to the concepts of information, interaction and communication. • Analysis of direct and mediated communication processes. • The concept of risk society and the evolving concept of risk in the light of sociological theory. • Presentation of the theme of security and freedom as elements of the organizational culture of a company. • Dynamics of social acceptance of risk. • The concept of security as a social construction. • Analysis of specific examples of communication and risk perception from a sociological perspective. • Exercises in class with limited sociological investigations related to the application of safety rules and their violation, and to the social perception of risk.

Examination Methods

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MM: BISOGNI EDUCATIVI NELLE ORGANIZZAZIONI
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Written exam
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MM: SOCIOLOGIA DEI PROCESSI COMUNICATIVI E PERCEZIONE DEI RISCHI
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Written exam