32522 - Joint Intensive Learning Unit (Winter School) I

Learning outcomes

This didactical activity is reserved only for the students of the Master Mundus WOP- Program.

At the end of the master programme, the student, as a future professional, needs to be able to integrate research and practice as a basis for the development of his/her professional competencies. By this we refer to:

• diagnose the research dimensions of some prob­lems posed by persons, groups and or­ganizations in different work settings;
• deal with practical problems in relation to criteria of scientific knowledge (hypothesis, test, proof,…);
• integrate theoretical and methodological research results all along the diagnosis and the solving of practical problems
• develop a sustained interest for the progress of research in the field of WOP-P.

Consequently this learning unit is not a traditional course but a “reflection space” to facilitate the task of integrating theory and practice.

As conclusion of the didactical activity the student has to write his/er Professional Report.

Course contents

This Unit (reserved for Erasmus Mundus Master WOP-P students) consists of:

a) a preparation phase (November-February);

b) an intensive work phase (between February and March);

c) an assignment phase (after March).

 

Main topics (examples):

·         State-of-the-art in WOP-P (f.i.: new forms of organizing and their consequences for organizational behaviour);

·         Organizational planning and Intervention;

·         New trends in organizational consulting;

·         Competences and Knowledge management in organizations;

·         Ethics in intervention

Readings/Bibliography

Documents will be communicated to students during the preparatory phase. The Platform at Valencia University (http://aulavirtual.uv.es/) will be used.

Teaching methods

Learning methods will be:

• Reading documents (papers, reviews, ...);
• Case studies and crticial analysis odf methods and interventions;
• Teamwork to develop a plan for research or intervention;
• Writing assignments
  

Assessment methods

Assessment will be made by the teaching staff, based on work done, participation to activities and final report

Office hours

See the website of Marco Depolo