Davide BUBBICO | SOCIOLOGY OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONS
Davide BUBBICO SOCIOLOGY OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONS
cod. 0312300062
SOCIOLOGY OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONS
| 0312300062 | |
| DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI POLITICI E SOCIALI | |
| EQF6 | |
| SOCIOLOGY | |
| 2020/2021 |
| YEAR OF COURSE 3 | |
| YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2011 | |
| SECONDO SEMESTRE |
| SSD | CFU | HOURS | ACTIVITY | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPS/09 | 6 | 40 | LESSONS |
| Objectives | |
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| THIS COURSE AIMS AT GIVING STUDENTS THE MAIN THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WORK, EMPLOYMENT, AND ORGANIZATIONS. THE COURSE IS COMPOSED BY 40 HOURS AND IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS: THE FIRST FOCUSES ON WORK AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSFORMATION, THE SECOND PART DEALS WITH ORGANIZING PATTERNS OF LABOUR PROCESSES AND ON ORGANIZATIONS THEORIES. THE COURSE ASPIRES TO GIVE STUDENTS THE KNOWLEDGE NECESSARY TO UNDERSTAND LABOUR QUESTIONS AND LABOUR ORGANIZATION, BUT ALSO TO ANALYSE THEM EMPIRICALLY, APPLYING IN AUTONOMY AND CRITICALLY THE LEARNED THEORIES AND METHODOLOGIES. DURING THE LECTURES STUDENTS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO IMPROVE THEIR CAPACITY TO COMMUNICATE SCIENTIFIC CONTENTS BY DISCUSSIONS ON LABOUR, EMPLOYMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND EMPIRICAL CASES. THE COURSE WILL STIMULATE STUDENTS’ LEARNING SKILLS THROUGH THE READING OF HANDBOOKS BUT ALSO TEXTS WRITTEN BY LABOUR SOCIOLOGISTS AND ORGANIZATIONAL SCHOLARS AND THROUGH THE CRITICAL DISCUSSION ON THESE CONTENTS. KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS SHOULD BE FAMILIAR WITH THE MAIN THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGIC APPROACHES; THEY SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND SCIENTIFIC PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS ON LABOUR, EMPLOYMENT AND ORGANIZATIONS AND TO COMPARE DIFFERENT THEORIES ON SPECIFIC LABOUR AND ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES. CAPACITY TO EMPLOY KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION AT THE END OF THE COURSE STUDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THOSE THEORIES OF LABOUR SOCIOLOGY AND ORGANIZATIONS DISCUSSED DURING THE COURSE IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN AUTONOMOUSLY LABOUR AND ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS. STUDENTS SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THEIR EXPLANATION ABOUT ORGANIZATIONAL QUESTIONS AND ITEMS AND TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEMS. |
| Prerequisites | |
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| STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE A SOUND KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIOLOGY AND ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY |
| Contents | |
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| THE COURSE IS DIVIDED IN TWO PARTS, THE FIRST ONE FOCUSED ON ORGANIZATIONAL THEORIES, THE SECOND ONE ON LABOUR SOCIOLOGY. THE FIRST PART OF THE COURSE CONCERNS THE ORGANIZATIONAL THEORIES. THIS PART CONSIDERS BOTH THE MAIN THEORETICAL APPROACHES AND SOME SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS, SETTINGS, AND ISSUES, AS POWER RELATIONS, TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNICATION, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE. MORE PRECISELY, THE FOLLOWING ISSUES WILL BE ADDRESSED: - RATIONALIST MODELS (BUREAUCRACY AND TAYLORISM) - CRITICAL THEORIES OF THE RATIONAL APPROACHES - SUBJECTIVATION TRANSITION AND THE BOUNDED RATIONALITY (BARNARD AND SIMON) - POST-TAYLORIST THEORIES, FROM TOYOTISM TO WCM - ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE - ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION THE SECOND PART OF THE COURSE WILL BE DEDICATED TO THE TRANSITION OF WORK AND EMPLOYMENT FROM INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION TO SERVICES AND TO THE SERVICE SECTOR’S OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE. AFTER A DISCUSSION ON THE NATURE AND VARIETY OF SERVICES, THE COURSE WILL DEAL WITH A SPECIFIC PART OF SERVICE SECTOR, I.E. THE SERVICES TO CONSUMERS, AND IN PARTICULAR WITH THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: -NATURE OF SERVICES TO CONSUMERS AND THEIR OCCUPATIONAL AREA -STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF LABOUR PATTERNS WITHIN SERVICES TO CONSUMERS -LABOUR SPECIALIZATION IN THIS SECTOR; THE ‘SERVICE WORKERS’ AND THEIR WORKING CONDITIONS -PROBLEMS OF SERVICE WORKERS’ REPRESENTATION |
| Teaching Methods | |
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| THE COURSE IS ORGANIZED WITH FRONTAL LECTURES, BUT STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE AND DEBATE ON SPECIFIC ISSUES. |
| Verification of learning | |
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| THE LEARNING PROCESS WILL BE VERIFIED WITH AN ORAL EXAM ON THE TWO COURSE TEXTS. THIS EXAM AIMS AT CHECKING STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE AND AN EVALUATION OF STUDENTS’ CAPACITY TO EXPLAIN AND SUMMARIZE SPECIFIC TOPICS. THE EVALUATION OF STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE IS BASED ON THEIR CAPABILITY TO AUTONOMOUSLY ELABORATE THE THEORETICAL CONTENTS ILLUSTRATED DURING THE COURSE OR THROUGH TEXTS READING, MAKING ALSO EMPIRICAL EXAMPLES, AND ON THEIR ABILITY TO COMPARE DIFFERENT THEORIES ON SPECIFIC LABOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES. THE EVALUATION OF THE ATTENDEES WILL CONSIDER ALSO THEIR LEVEL AND QUALITY OF ACTIVE PARTICIPATION DURING THE LECTURES. |
| Texts | |
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| THE SYLLABUS IS NOT DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN COURSE ATTENDEES AND NOT ATTENDEES: CATINO M. CAPIRE LE ORGANIZZAZIONI, IL MULINO 2012, CAPP. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8 E 10 FELLINI I. IL TERZIARIO DI CONSUMO. OCCUPAZIONE E PROFESSIONI, CAROCCI, ROMA, 2017 |
| More Information | |
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| OFFICE HOURS: WEDNESDAYS 10:00-12:00 AM FOR ANY INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT ME BY EMAIL: DBUBBICO@UNISA.IT |
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