73311 - SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO E DELL'ORGANIZZAZIONE

Academic Year 2018/2019

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Science Of Lifelong Educational Processes (cod. 8780)

Course contents

Making reference to the main concepts and topics of sociology of labour (the division of labour, the job contents, the analysis of the labour market, etc.) and of sociology of organization (the structure, the environment, the culture, etc.), the focus will be on the following topics:

  • the changes in organisation of work in the manufacturing and in the services sector;
  • the labour market regulation;
  • the changes in the labour market.

Readings/Bibliography

Semenza, R., (2014), Il mondo del lavoro. Le prospettive della sociologia, Utet,Torino

 

Fortunato, V., Palidda, R., (2012), I call center in Italia. Lavoro e organizzazione tra retoriche e realtà, Carocci, Roma

 

One of the following books:

Bolognini, B., (2012), La formazione nelle organizzazioni, Carocci, Roma (for those doing the assignments available on line)

 

Wilson, F., (2004), Lavoro e organizzazioni, il Mulino, Bologna (for those not doing the assignments available on line)

 

The books for Erasmus students are:

Fortunato, V., (2011), Temi e percorsi di Sociologia del lavoro, Carocci, Roma

Bolognini, B., (2012), La formazione nelle organizzazioni, Carocci, Roma

 

 

Teaching methods

Lectures, classroom discussions and e-learning (optional assignments, available from 5 November 2018 to 15 January 2019, https://iol.unibo.it/).

The three e-learning assignments include: the critical analysis of a scientific article; a job analysis on the basis of the expected recruitments by companies; the discussion of a current topic.

 

 

Assessment methods

Written test with open-ended questions (4 questions, 1 hour) aiming to verify the acquisition of the knowledge provided in the course programme.

Assessment of the e-learning excercises (optional).

To register for the exam, access AlmaEsami. https://almaesami.unibo.it/almaesami/welcome.htm

Teaching tools

Reading list for the classroom discussions (not for the exam):

11 October 2018

https://www.economyup.it/innovazione/cos-e-l-industria-40-e-perche-e-importante-saperla-affrontare/

 

18 October 2018

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2018/01/26/leadership-development-today-requires-that-faculty-act-less-as-experts-more-as-sherpas/


25 October 2018

http://www.lavoce.info/archives/53371/piu-attenzione-ai-bisogni-dei-lavoratori-se-il-manager-e-donna/

9 November 2018

https://hbr.org/2018/09/what-to-do-if-theres-no-clear-career-path-for-you-at-your-company


15 November 2018

https://www.istat.it/it/files//2018/09/NotaTrimOccupazione-II_2018.pdf

 

7 December 2018

http://www.lavoce.info/archives/53367/un-diritto-per-il-lavoro-nella-terra-di-mezzo/

 


Office hours

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