Teaching Methodologies
The learning process of this course includes the oral exercises, reading, reflection and research oriented, as
well as practical work with oral presentation in class. Given the emphasis on the development of teamwork and
communication skills, practical work are carried out in groups, with particular relevance to their presentation
and discussion in class.
Learning Results
Course objectives worked on this UC: “leadership and teamwork”, “communication skills”, “sensitivity to
issues of ethics and social responsibility in the context of food engineering.”
Specific objectives (learning outcomes) are:
1. Meet general principles regarding the type, structure and management of organizations, in particular with
regard to human resources;
2. Characterize individual processes and group dynamics;
3. Know the main sociological approaches to the labour and the organizations;
4. Framing the Portuguese reality in current debates about labour and organizations;
5. Discuss issues of ethics and social responsibility in the context of food engineering.
Program
a) The firm as an organization: context, structure and internal organization. Recruitment, selection and training
of personnel; career management. b) The individual processes: perception, motivation and learning processes.
The group behavior: leadership, teamwork and interpersonal communication. Formal and informal relationships
in the working groups. Conflict management. c) The classical school organizations theories and further
developments. Bureaucracy and its dysfunctions. Socio-technical approaches and contingency. d) Impacts of
the processes of modernization and globalization of the economy. The labour flexibility. Power and culture in
organizations. Labour relations: collective, emerging conflicts, negotiation and conciliation. Sources and
relations of power and counter-power in organizations. e) Business ethics and professional ethics. Individual
strategies and organizational strategies. Market and social responsibility. The third sector in Portugal.
Grading Methods
- - prova sumativa escrita - 50.0%
- - trabalhos práticos - 50.0%
- - Parte prática - 40.0%
- - Parte teórica - 60.0%
Internship(s)
NAO
Bibliography
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