70011 - Research and Master Thesis (Final Examination I).

Course contents

Basic/fundamental topics of psychosocial and organizational research.
Research methods for psychosocial and organizational studies.
Carrying out a psychosocial and organizational research.

Readings/Bibliography

Professors will suggest books and papers at the beginning of the course

Teaching methods

Teaching methods will be lectures, in-class exercises, case study, active methodology, assignment on papers from mass media and scientific journals. Attendance at every class is expected and is monitored.

Assessment methods

Students attending classes will have to deliver the following products:

1) A paper showing the results of statistical analyses conducted in order to compute different statistical indicators, by using Spss.

2) A position paper, in which the student will describe a literature review and will design a resesarch study (maximum lenght 15 pages)

3) A reaction paper, attached as an appendix at the position Paper, describing in some detail a research method or a research instrument used in the research design of the position paper (maximum lenght 3 pages).

Teaching tools

Overhead projector, movies, database resources on internet.

Office hours

See the website of Stefano Toderi

See the website of Sara Zaniboni

See the website of Michela Menegatti

See the website of Fabio Massei

See the website of Marco Depolo

See the website of Simone Donati

See the website of Silvia Moscatelli