2024
Psychology of People Management
Name: Psychology of People Management
Code: PSI13240M
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Psychology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Identify and describe the core concepts and subsystems of people management, the interaction between them, the relationships with other management subsystems and the wider context;
Distinguish the operational, strategic and philosophical levels of people management;
Characterize the theoretical models of people management;
Characterize the main ethical issues related to people management;
Characterize the various practical applications of the people management subsystems in their relationships with decent work;
Characterize the contribution of psychology to the subsystems of people management;
Analyze and critically evaluate the sustainability of people management subsystems, their articulation and integration considering the context;
Participate in people management tasks concerning the psychological component, under supervision;
Analyze people management considering diversity and intercultural issues;
Characterize scientific research on people management.
Distinguish the operational, strategic and philosophical levels of people management;
Characterize the theoretical models of people management;
Characterize the main ethical issues related to people management;
Characterize the various practical applications of the people management subsystems in their relationships with decent work;
Characterize the contribution of psychology to the subsystems of people management;
Analyze and critically evaluate the sustainability of people management subsystems, their articulation and integration considering the context;
Participate in people management tasks concerning the psychological component, under supervision;
Analyze people management considering diversity and intercultural issues;
Characterize scientific research on people management.
Contents
1 - Introduction: People Management and its framework
2 - Strategic people management, people analytics and organizational strategy
3 Work analysis and characterization
4 - Recruitment and selection
5 Organizational entry, socialization and psychological contract
6 - Compensation
7 - Performance appraisal
8 People development
9 Firing people, turnover and retirement
10 - Ethics in People Management and Decent Work
11 - Expatriation, diversity and intercultural issues
2 - Strategic people management, people analytics and organizational strategy
3 Work analysis and characterization
4 - Recruitment and selection
5 Organizational entry, socialization and psychological contract
6 - Compensation
7 - Performance appraisal
8 People development
9 Firing people, turnover and retirement
10 - Ethics in People Management and Decent Work
11 - Expatriation, diversity and intercultural issues
Teaching Methods
Expositive, interrogative, demonstrative and active methods will be used. Group work and case studies will be carried out with guided discussion. There will also be some guided and supervised practice tasks.
The evaluation will be carried out through written tests, problem solving, and an essay writing on one of the themes of the curricular unit.
Continuous Evaluation:
1. Essay. (60%)
2. Problem solving assignment: 20%
3. Written exam on the syllabus: 20%
Final evaluation:
Written exam (100%)
The evaluation will be carried out through written tests, problem solving, and an essay writing on one of the themes of the curricular unit.
Continuous Evaluation:
1. Essay. (60%)
2. Problem solving assignment: 20%
3. Written exam on the syllabus: 20%
Final evaluation:
Written exam (100%)
Teaching Staff (2023/2024 )
- João Nuno Ribeiro Viseu [responsible]
