PEDAGOGIA GENERALE E PSICOLOGIA DEL LAVOROModule PSICOLOGIA DEL LAVORO E DELLE ORGANIZZAZIONI SPORTIVE
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: SALVATORE SCARDILLIExpected Learning Outcomes
-Acquire basic knowledge
concerning the discipline of Occupational Psychology
-Identify the importance of Work Psychology for the improvement of living and
working conditions in community contexts
-Knowing how to analyze organizational contexts by identifying the problematic
aspects that could favor the establishment of psychopathologies
-Acquire skills to improve organizational contexts and prevent accidents at
work
-Understanding the importance of psychosocial conditions within the contexts of
life and work
-Being able to make assessments with respect to the real relational conditions
in organizational contexts
-Acquire skills in defining interventions within community contexts, with
particular reference to sports realities
-Being able to identify relational conditions early on that could favor the
establishment of individual pathological conditions and in work groups
-Acquire skills in the field of interpersonal communication within sporting
organizational contexts
-Be competent in analyzing sports organizational systems
-Knowing how to analyze and evaluate the culture, values, relational and
communicative climate within sports organizations
-Be able to define good practices in the management of groups within sports
organizations
-Knowing how to define indicators for the assessment of psychosocial risk areas
in sporting organizational contexts
-Acquire skills in motivational interventions aimed at subjects present within
the system of sports organizations
Course Structure
PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK AND OF SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS
During the lessons, cases will be analyzed, classroom research and group exercises will be carried out.
In the final phase of the Course, a verification test will be carried out regarding the resolution of a complex organizational case.
Detailed Course Content
WORK PSYCHOLOGY AND OF SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS
- History, development and career progression in work psychology
- Environment and safety at work
- Individual differences
- The competence
- The motivation
- Job satisfaction
- Psychosocial risks
- Counterproductive behaviors
- The career
- Personal values in organizational contexts
- The psychology of entrepreneurship
- The psychosocial functioning of groups
- Stress assessment
- Research-intervention in the organizational contexts of communities and sports
- Organizational planning in community and sports contexts
Textbook Information
PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK AND OF SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS
Argentero P., Cortese C. (2016). Psicologia del Lavoro. Milano: Raffaello Cortina (all except chapters 2 and 8)
Didactic material will be provided during the lessons on specific topics
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | History, development and professional perspectives in occupational psychologyPsicologia del Lavoro, chap. 1, pages 1-42 | |
| 2 | Environment and safety at work Psicologia del Lavoro, chap. 3, pages 67-92 | |
| 3 | Individual differences Psicologia del Lavoro, chap. 4, pages 95-116 | |
| 4 | The competencePsicologia del Lavoro, chap. 5, pages 123-148 | |
| 5 | The motivationPsicologia del Lavoro, chapter 6, pages 151-177 | |
| 6 | Job satisfactionPsicologia del Lavoro, chapter 7, pages 181-204 | |
| 7 | Psychosocial risksPsicologia del Lavoro, chap. 9, pages 241-283 | |
| 8 | Psychosocial risksPsicologia del Lavoro, chap. 9, pages 241-283 | |
| 9 | The carreerPsicologia del Lavoro, chapter 11, pages 323-342 | |
| 10 | Personal values in organizational contextsPsicologia del Lavoro, chap. 12, pages 347-367 | |
| 11 | The psychology of entrepreneurshipPsicologia del Lavoro, chap. 13 pages 373-395 | |
| 12 | The psychosocial functioning of groupsDidactic material provided during the lessons | |
| 13 | Stress assessmentDidactic material provided during the lessons | |
| 14 | Research-intervention in the organizational contexts of communities and sportsDidactic material provided during the lessons | |
| 15 | Psychological needs of the subjects present in sporting organizational contextsDidactic material provided during the lessons | |
| 16 | Leadership within sporting organizational contextsDidactic material provided during the lessons | |
| 17 | Interpersonal relationships, conflicts and communication within sports organizationsDidactic material provided during the lessons | |
| 18 | Management and relational skills of managers of sports organizationsDidactic material provided during the lessons | |
| 19 | Reward and incentive systems within work and sports contextsDidactic material provided during the lessons |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK AND OF SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS
A written test regarding the resolution of organizational problems within a working context will be carried out
The final exam will consist of an oral test on the contents of the program of the subject and in-depth discussion regarding the written test
Criteria used for the final grade:
In-depth knowledge of the topics
Ability to create links between different teaching topics
Competence in being able to relate theoretical concepts with application methods
Use of specific terminology concerning the discipline
Active participation in lessons will also be taken into account
Criteria used for the final grade:
In-depth knowledge of the topics
Competence in being able to relate theoretical concepts with application methods
Use of specific terminology concerning the discipline
Active participation in lessons will also be taken into account