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Work Psychology

Code: 103502
Credits: 6
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Labour Relations OB 2

Contact lecturer

Name :
Joan Rovira Martorell
Email :
joan.rovira.martorell@uab.cat

Teaching staff

Joan Maria Rovira Morato

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

To have previously studied the subject of Psychology of the Degree of Labour Relations. In addition, the course will be taught from the perspective of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Objectives

It’s a second course subject, it has one more specialist character and it works as a continuation of the subject of Psychology of the first year.

The general objective is to understand the relationship between the basic psychosocial processes that occur in the organizations (which we can also find in this course) and its consequences on the behaviour and the socioeconomic results. Finally, in this course we will know some processes of intervention in the area of the RR.HH.

The specific objectives are:

  • Knowing what the new theoretical models in Social Psychology of Organizations are.
  • Understand the basic psychosocial processes in organizations and tools for their analysis, diagnosis and intervention.
  • Understand some planned development strategies in organizations.
  • Know how to prepare a report from an organization describing the basic characteristics of the organization.
  • Know how to carry out the design of an intervention project in the organization.
  • Know how to identify the leadership styles of those responsible for a group or organizational unit, based on the analysis of their behaviors and the characteristics of the group.
  • Apply theoretical knowledge practical for its resolution.
  • Design evaluation and intervention tools.

 

 

 

 

 

Learning outcomes

  1. Knowing the basic elements of the management of human resources.
  2. Knowing the necessary channels in order to recruit and select personnel.
  3. Recognising the conflict situations and knowing how to find solutions.
  4. Understanding the development of a organization.
  5. Recognising the foundations and negotiation techniques.
  6. Recognising the group as a key system in an organization.
  7. Knowing the development of a Welcome Handbook.
  8. Understanding and relating training and career plans in the organizations.
  9. Knowing the elements and key factors in the team development.
  10. Knowing how to use the appropriate tools and methodology in terms of management of Human Resources.
  11. Knowing the strategies in decision-making.
  12. Working autonomously.
  13. Organising and managing the available time.
  14. Self-motivating by undertaking specific training programs to acquire new knowledge.
  15. Drawing up and formalising reports and documents.
  16. Applying the information and communication technologies to the different areas of action.
  17. Working effectively in teams.

Contents

1. Description of the organization: From classic models to new approaches.



2. Human resource interventions in organizations:
- Staff recruitment and selection process: incorporating the individual as part of
the organization. Process, stages, and techniques.
- Training and education of organization members: training as a tool for
facilitate organizational change.
- Professional development plans.



3. Complex psychosocial processes in organizations:
- Organizational culture and climate
- Work motivation


4. Tools for improving people management:
- Situational leadership

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Bibliographic search 10 0.4 12, 13, 14
Monitoring of project reports 5 0.2 1, 12, 13, 14, 17
Writing reports 6 0.24 12, 13, 15, 16
Master classes 19.5 0.78 1, 2
Practical cases with platform simulation of companies 35 1.4 12, 13, 15, 16
Elaboration of the project 11.5 0.46 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 13, 15, 16, 17
Study 20 0.8 12, 13, 14
Resolution of practical cases 18 0.72 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 15
Reading of texts 7 0.28 12, 13, 14
Analysis of real situations 15 0.6 1, 4
 The methodology of this subject is diverse  and defined according to the objectives proposed:


- Master classes for the best understanding of concepts. They will expand the explanations with examples and look for the interactivity between the teacher and the student.

- Practices in the classroom with the aim of exemplifying the concepts that are worked on the same session.

- Cross-sectional projects that allow the better assimilation of all the information. In addition, it makes it possible to learn the competencies established in the subject.


- Resolution of practical cases through a virtual environment of simulation of organizations.

To carry out the subject, different related organizations have been designed. They present different processes or demands in which the student will have to intervene and make decisions. The work will be done basically through a computer tool that will allow students to access, via the Internet, these different organizational realities. Through this virtual space, the student will know the organization and its demand, and he will be able to obtain the information that will be required to do the analysis.

Through this type of material, the student will have to put into practice a series of techniques and procedures, in such a way that the demands raised are met.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
Development of a project based on a simulated case in a virtual environment 50 0 0 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Written test 25 1.5 0.06 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 15
Writing test 25 1.5 0.06 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 14, 15

The course will be assessed through continuous assessment, whereby students will submit the work assigned in class on the set dates and receive ongoing feedback from the teacher on their learning process.

 Continuous assessment has three fundamental objectives:

 1) To monitor the teaching-learning process, allowing both students and teachers to know how the skills are being achieved and to provide the necessary tools to correct them if necessary.

2) To encourage continuous effort.

3) To verify that students have achieved the skills determined in this subject.

 

 Assessment will be carried out throughout the course with a group part (between 4 and 6 people) and an individual part.

 Group part (50% of the final grade):

 - Development of a project based on a real case simulated in a virtual environment, which consists of three pieces of evidence of learning (50% of the final grade).

 Individual part (50% of the final grade):

 - Two written tests to be taken during class time throughout the course (25% of the final grade for each test).

  

Reassessment: Reassessment will be based on a final course grade of three (average of all evidence submitted throughout the course). As there is an individual part and a group part in this course, the re-evaluation of each of the two parts will be different. On the one hand, the re-evaluation of the individual part will consist of a final exam. On the other hand, in the group part, assignments that do not pass with a grade of 5 will have to be repeated.

 Plagiarism: Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. In order to assess students' learning progress, it is essential that all work submitted is original. Any assessable activities that do not comply with this basic requirement will be marked as a fail, as they would make it impossible to assess the student's learning. Any work or assessable activity for the course that has been plagiarized will be automatically failed. In addition, any work that contains a fragment of text that reproduces another fragment of text without referencing the original source (whether another test or publication) will also be considered plagiarism.

For this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches, text correction, or translations. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. Failure to disclose the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered academic dishonesty and may result in partial or total deduction of the activity grade, or more severe penalties in serious cases.

 

Single assessment: Students who have justified this assessment method will have two activities: one written test (50%) and one practical activity consisting of a project (50%). The reassessment will be specific to each of the two parts. Students who opt for this assessment must inform the course instructor at the beginning of the course.

 

Bibliography

Basic bibliography:

 

Bibliografía básica:

Alcover, Carlos María. (2004). Introducción a la Psicología del Trabajo. Madrid: Mcgraw-Hill.

Blanch, J. M. (2012). Trabajar y Bienestar. Barcelona: UOC.

Dolan, Simon L.; Schuler, Randall; Jackson, Susan; i Valle, Ramón. (2003). La gestión de los Recursos Humanos (3ª Ed.). Madrid: McGraw Hill.

Gálvez, A. i Tirado, F. (2012) Capitalismo y trabajo. Problemàtiques socials del món contemporani. Barcelona: Editorial UOC.

Garrido, A. (coord.). (2004). Sociopsicología del Trabajo. Barcelona: Editorial UOC.  

García-Ramos, T., Díaz-Juarbe, R., i Santiago-Estrada, S. (2013). Historicidad crítica de la psicología industrial/organizacional: hacia una nueva psicología del trabajo y las organizaciones. Psicología desde el Caribe, 30(1), 146-176. Retrieved June 25, 2023, from http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0123-417X2013000100008&lng=en&tlng=es.

Han, B. C. (2014). Psicopolítica: neoliberalismo y nuevas técnicas de poder. Herder.

Köhler, H. i Martín, A. (2005). Manual de sociología del trabajo y de las relaciones laborales. Delta.

Martínez-Tur, Vicente; Ramos, José i Moliner, Carolina. (2015). Psicología de las organizaciones. Madrid: Síntesis.

Román Onsalo, Marisa; Alfaro de Prado, Ana María; Rodríguez, Lucía i Leal Millán, Antonio Genaro (coord.) (2001) El factor humano en las Relaciones Laborales. Manual de Dirección y Gestión. Madrid: Ed. Pirámide.

Romero Caraballo, M. (2017). Significado del trabajo desde la psicología del trabajo. Una revisión histórica, psicológica y social. Psicología desde el Caribe34(2), 120-138. https://doi.org/10.14482/psdc.33.2.72783

Selva,C. i Tresserra, O. (2014). Flexibilidad global, sinécdoque de progreso. Athenea digital, 14(2).  

Saura, G., & Bolívar, A. (2019). Sujeto académico neoliberal: Cuantificado, digitalizado y bibliometrificado. REICE. Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación17(4), 9-26.

Tirado, F., Gálvez, A. i Baleriola, E. (2017). Las organizaciones en el siglo XXI. Un enfoque psicosocial y político. Barcelona: Editorial UOC.

Tirado, F., Baleriola, E. i Gálvez, A. (2017). Critical Management Studies. Hacia unas organizaciones más éticas y sostenibles. Barcelona: Editorial UOC

 

Complementary bibliography:

Foucault, M. (2009). Nacimiento de la biopolítica: curso del Collège de France (1978-1979).  Akal.

Gasalla, José María. (2005). La nueva dirección de empresas y el directivo. Madrid:Pretics Hall.

Gómez Mejia, Luis; Balkin, David; Cardy, Robert. (1999). Gestión de RR.HH. Madrid: Ed. Prentice Hall.

Martín-Quirós, María Angustias y Zarco, Victoria (2009). Psicología del trabajo, de las organizaciones y de los Recursos Humanos. Un área abierta a la reflexión. Madrid: Ed. Pirámide

Myers, David G. (1987). Psicología Social. México: MacGraw Hill. 

Martín, Antonio. (1995). Flexibilidad y relaciones laborales. Estrategias empresariales y acción sindical. Madrid: Consejo Económico y Social.

Zuboff, Soshana. (2020). La Era del Capitalismo de la Vigilancia. Paidós.

Software

No specific software required

Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE

Type of teaching Group Language Semester Shift
(TE) Theory 1 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(PAUL) Classroom practices 11 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(PAUL) Classroom practices 12 Catalan first semester morning-mixed
(TE) Theory 51 Catalan first semester afternoon
(PAUL) Classroom practices 51 Catalan first semester afternoon