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
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
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Human sciences in communication and understanding of social and organizational needs - BISOGNI EDUCATIVI NELLE ORGANIZZAZIONI (2021/2022)
Teaching code
4S006099
Teacher
Credits
1
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-PED/03 - METHODOLOGIES OF TEACHING AND SPECIAL EDUCATION
Period
2 SEMESTRE PROFESSIONI SANITARIE dal Jan 10, 2022 al Sep 30, 2022.
Learning outcomes
The course is organized on two modules
Module 1: The addresses the issue of safety and risk in a sociological perspective. The objective is analyze the dynamics of construction and social acceptance of risk and safety. Indeed, to well be introduced the issue of organizational communication in a sociological field.
Module 2: Psychology of work and organization. The course 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.
Program
Module 1: Sociology.
Section 1. The course will focus on the sociological analysis of risk and security. Different theoretical perspectives on the risk society and on safety as a social construction will be presented.
Topics covered in the course:
- Introduction and Analysis from a sociological point of view of the concepts of risk and security in sociological perspective.
- Introduction to the concepts of information, interaction and communication.
- Analysis of risk communication processes.
- The concept of risk society and the change of the concept of risk in the light of sociological theory.
- The concept of security and risk as a social construction.
- Analysis of specific examples of communication and risk perception from a sociological perspective.
- The concept of risk and security and their social construction.
Section 2: Sociology of organization and sociology of organizational communication. The course gives an introduction to sociology of communication into the organization; issues of organization and new technology.
In particular, the course will be divided in this way:
- Introduction to the organizational communication.
- Introduction to organization theories.
- Many Kind of organizational communication.
- New Technology and communication
- Galatino Maria Grazia (2010), La società della sicurezza. La costruzione sociale della sicurezza in situazioni di emergenza, Milano, Franco Angeli (capitoli 1 e 4).
- Luhmann Niklas (1991), Sociologia del rischio, Milano, Mondadori (capitolo 1 e 10).
- Marinelli Alberto (1993), La costruzione del rischio. Modelli e paradigmi interpretativi nelle scienze sociali, Milano, Franco Angeli (capitoli 3 e 4).
- Lupton Deborah (1999), Il Rischio. Percezione, simboli, culture, Bologna, il Mulino.
Papers and slides presented in class.
Module 2: Psychology.
Topics covered in the course will are:
First, a methodological introduction in order to introduce students to the scientific study of working behaviors and attitudes;
Second, course will focus on work-related stress as an emerging phenomenon.
In particular, the course will be divided in this way:
1. Introduction to the psychosocial research methodology:
- What is it and how to set up a research design
- Experiments, quasi-experiments, observation, case studies, archival research, survey
- The problem of measurement in psychology
- Nominal, ordinal and cardinal variables
2. Work-related stress:
- Definition of the stress process: a brief historical review
- Description of the antecedents and consequences of the stress phenomenon
- Impact of personal factors
- 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
Papers and slides presented in class.
Examination Methods
Written exam.