Psycho-sociology of organizations

llsmg2010  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Psycho-sociology of organizations
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Cultiaux John (compensates Périlleux Thomas); Périlleux Thomas;
Language
French
Main themes
The course aims to develop an analysis about the "subjective condition" in the organisations. It proposes to study the organisational processes as a treatment of the individual's differences, aiming to promote "deliberation" in the collective activity. The themes are included in different levels that the purpose aims to articulate: - on a socio-affective and existential level: pleasure, angst, suffering, recognition, affective relationship at work; social construction of self, search of meaning, pathologies of performance; - on an ideological level: organisational culture, managerial ideology, models of "excellence" and "self-making" in contemporaneous society; - on an organisational level : institution of rules, bureaucracy and flexibility, power and authority, violence and legitimacy, communication, negotiation, management of conflicts, organisational
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 At the end of the class, students should be able to - develop the main concepts of the clinical approach in sociology of work and organisations; - adopt a global perspective on organisational process integrating and articulating the socio-affective and the socio-political dimensions; - be aware to the relational dynamics; - become familiar with the specific tools and methodologies of this approach.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Content The case for innovation Innovation concepts Case studies Innovation financing Innovation management processes
Other information
Evaluation : Class participation and oral examination, in French or English Support : Slides provided through icampus References : Provided during the class
Faculty or entity
CLSM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [60] in Management

Master [120] in Motor Skills: Physical Education

Master [120] in Communication