2024
Organizational assessment and intervention
Name: Organizational assessment and intervention
Code: PSI13245M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Psychology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Define the objectives of an organizational intervention;
- Characterize the organizational context;
- Select the most appropriate organizational assessment instruments and fit them into the respective ?diagnosis? models;
- Use the results of the organizational assessment to design organizational interventions;
- Identify and characterize the different models, levels (e.g., philosophical, strategic, and operational), and scopes (e.g., individual, group, and organizational) of organizational intervention, selecting the appropriate one for each situation;
- Design the evaluation of organizational interventions;
- Prepare intervention and organizational assessment reports and the appropriate way to communicate them to different audiences; and
- Describe the ethical concerns of organizational intervention, referring to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Code of Ethics of the Portuguese Psychologists Order and other codes or rules, where applicable.
- Characterize the organizational context;
- Select the most appropriate organizational assessment instruments and fit them into the respective ?diagnosis? models;
- Use the results of the organizational assessment to design organizational interventions;
- Identify and characterize the different models, levels (e.g., philosophical, strategic, and operational), and scopes (e.g., individual, group, and organizational) of organizational intervention, selecting the appropriate one for each situation;
- Design the evaluation of organizational interventions;
- Prepare intervention and organizational assessment reports and the appropriate way to communicate them to different audiences; and
- Describe the ethical concerns of organizational intervention, referring to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Code of Ethics of the Portuguese Psychologists Order and other codes or rules, where applicable.
Contents
1. Assessment in organizations
1.1. The role of assessment in organizational intervention
1.2. Assessment models, scope and levels in organizations
1.3. The assessment processes in organizations
1.4. Communication of assessment in organizations
1.5. Ethics in organizational assessment
2. Organizational intervention
2.1. Organizational intervention models and designs
2.2. Organizational intervention levels and scope
2.3. Organizational intervention processes
2.4. Organizational intervention evaluation
2.5. Organizational intervention communication
2.6. Ethics in organizational intervention
1.1. The role of assessment in organizational intervention
1.2. Assessment models, scope and levels in organizations
1.3. The assessment processes in organizations
1.4. Communication of assessment in organizations
1.5. Ethics in organizational assessment
2. Organizational intervention
2.1. Organizational intervention models and designs
2.2. Organizational intervention levels and scope
2.3. Organizational intervention processes
2.4. Organizational intervention evaluation
2.5. Organizational intervention communication
2.6. Ethics in organizational intervention
Teaching Methods
The theoretical classes of the Organizational Assessment and Intervention course will use the expository method, including a structured presentation of the program contents and a discussion of theoretical assessment and intervention models. The practical classes will follow a method based on problem-solving. Case studies related to assessment and intervention will be discussed. Subsequently, and under supervision, the student will be required to prepare a proposal for assessment and intervention in a real organization, using the skills acquired in organizational assessment and intervention. After the task was prepared, the proposal was discussed in a large group.
Assessment
Continuous assessment:
-Task 1 (50%): Each group, composed of two to three students, will have to prepare an intervention proposal, deciding on the relevant assessment process, the adjusted intervention design, the evaluation of the intervention, and the communication of the intervention to different audiences. The report delivered by each working group will be discussed individually with each student who prepared it and with staff from the chosen organization whenever possible.
-Task 2 (50%): Written test focusing on all syllabus contents of the curricular unit.
It is a requirement for admission to the continuous assessment to present a minimum of five reflections relating to papers that report organizational interventions (or analysis of models, types, and intervention methods) discussed in class.
Final evaluation:
Written test focusing on all syllabus contents (100%).
-Task 1 (50%): Each group, composed of two to three students, will have to prepare an intervention proposal, deciding on the relevant assessment process, the adjusted intervention design, the evaluation of the intervention, and the communication of the intervention to different audiences. The report delivered by each working group will be discussed individually with each student who prepared it and with staff from the chosen organization whenever possible.
-Task 2 (50%): Written test focusing on all syllabus contents of the curricular unit.
It is a requirement for admission to the continuous assessment to present a minimum of five reflections relating to papers that report organizational interventions (or analysis of models, types, and intervention methods) discussed in class.
Final evaluation:
Written test focusing on all syllabus contents (100%).
Teaching Staff
- João Nuno Ribeiro Viseu [responsible]
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