Organisational Behaviour

Those referring to the development of subjects contained in the content of the course’s program, aiming to provide master’s students with technical-instrumental knowledge regarding the issue of Organizational Behavior. Analyze the most common forms of organization of work structures, taking into account the elements that frame organizational culture, leadership strategies, the motivation process, conflict management and negotiation process, in the sense of achieving organizational objectives. The management of the change necessary for the good performance of the teams, as the main element of the performance printed by the leader in order to guarantee, with a better organizational climate, the effectiveness in terms of organizational behavior.

The discipline will work with classes/sessions with the active participation of students.
In the classes/sessions, points of the program and proposed works will be presented by the students, under the supervision of the teacher, in a dynamic of constructive discussion and investigation among all Master’s students.

Make students conscious of needs arising from information societies, namely in what concerns
acquiring/updating information, process of managing change and professional change in the context of ethics
and deontology. Stimulating work capacity in teams, argumentation and discussion capacity and develop taste in taking risks, trying to find clues for problem solving in the area of Human Resources.

1. Introduction to Organizational Behaviour
2. Organization Culture and Values
3. Business Ethics
4. Motivational Process and Motivational Techniques
5. Contemporary Views of Motivation
6. Leadership (and Power) in the Organization
7. Classical Approach of Leadership
8. Behavioural Approach (Leadership Styles)
9. Contingency Leadership Theory
10. Communication in the Organization
11. Groups – Team work
12. The Genesis of Conflict and its Management
13. Change and Innovation in the Organization
14. Managing Stress in the Organization’s Activities
15. Organizational Behaviour and Social Climate

The discipline will work with classes/ sessions with the active participation of the students. The teacher will present three points of the program, in the first two classes, in an expository way and whenever possible with practical application.

In classes/ sessions will be presented by the students (group of two), the remaining points (16) of the program and the works (19 themes) proposed to the students, with the supervision of the teacher, in a dynamic of constructive discussion and research among all Masters, after the respective presentations. Whenever possible, the component of practical application will be stimulated from theoretical investigation (developed by the teacher), always aiming at the acquisition of new skills.

The evaluation will be done as follows, with four components:

Q [t] Group work (2 master's degree), which will appear in the performance and presentation of a 15-page written work (sent by email), and exhibition in the classroom (20 minutes) on a topic that will be timely distributed by each of the groups. To allow the discussion in the class, and for the remaining students to access that work, it must be delivered 2 days in advance of their presentation. The constitution of the groups of 2 students and the definition of the date of delivery of the work will be made in the first class of the quarter, when the presentation;

Q will be taken into account the intervention of students in the classroom, namely in the discussion raised by the various exhibitions (frequencies of interventions, ability to argue, real experience and domains of the theme).

Q [E] a final written exam lasting 2:00 h., where the consultation will be allowed.

Q The final exam [E] can be replaced by a project to wake up with the teacher.

It will have a character of great depth, quality, innovation and investigation and sharp value added.

V Group work (2 elements) with presentation: 60% (for a minimum of 12 values) [t]

V Final Exam: 40% (for a minimum of 7.5 values) [E]

The final grade will correspond:

N = 0.60 .t + 0.40. AND

There will be no oral

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