2025
Organizational Change and Development
Name: Organizational Change and Development
Code: PSI13956M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Psychology
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
- To understand the concept of organizational change.
- Understanding the need of organizational development.
- To understand the role of organizational development as a facilitator of change introduction.
- To identify the main obstacles, psychological and organizational, to change in organizations.
- To develop strategies witch facilitate the processes of change.
- Understanding the need of organizational development.
- To understand the role of organizational development as a facilitator of change introduction.
- To identify the main obstacles, psychological and organizational, to change in organizations.
- To develop strategies witch facilitate the processes of change.
Contents
1- The organization as a system.
2- Different types of organizational structure and effectiveness.
3 Theoretical models of organizational change.
4. The role of organizational change in increased effectiveness.
5 Obstacles to organizational change.
6 Organizational development structures, strategies and processes.
2- Different types of organizational structure and effectiveness.
3 Theoretical models of organizational change.
4. The role of organizational change in increased effectiveness.
5 Obstacles to organizational change.
6 Organizational development structures, strategies and processes.
Teaching Methods
According to the objectives of the course, methodologies will be developed that emphasize student participation in class, through debate, criticism based and reflexive intervention and experimentation of research instruments, while contributing to the consolidation of their knowledge and the respective mobilization.
For approval in the course, any student who has met the minimum attendance criteria will carry an individual work, encompassing a critical analysis of a research paper (20%) and a proposed research project (60%). The completion of the work will be monitored regularly by the teacher throughout the semester in tutorial sessions (20%).
For approval in the course, any student who has met the minimum attendance criteria will carry an individual work, encompassing a critical analysis of a research paper (20%) and a proposed research project (60%). The completion of the work will be monitored regularly by the teacher throughout the semester in tutorial sessions (20%).
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