The course aims at developing the following general learning objectives in order to develop in students the specific knowledge, skills and expertise in the human resources areas of education and in business organizations with reference to the European perspective of lifelong learning, the VET and to the demands of continuing education.
The course presents the main theoretical foundations of the organization, emphasising the educational problems (in particular the company, the organizational structure, the operating systems, the different organizational forms, the development trends of the organization), the organizational shape of central structures: the central management, the personnel function (organizational structure and role); emerging perspectives in lifelong learning in observance of the Italian and European legislation and an analysis of issues related to adapting workers’ skills; an analysis of training sub-systems: training needs analysis, delivery and evaluation of results, design of the training process, basic training, specialized training, management training, different training methods and reporting systems.
The course presents the main theoretical foundations of the organization, emphasising the educational problems (in particular the company, the organizational structure, the operating systems, the different organizational forms, the development trends of the organization), the organizational shape of central structures: the central management, the personnel function (organizational structure and role); emerging perspectives in lifelong learning in observance of the Italian and European legislation and an analysis of issues related to adapting workers’ skills; an analysis of training sub-systems: training needs analysis, delivery and evaluation of results, design of the training process, basic training, specialized training, management training, different training methods and reporting systems.
teacher profile teaching materials
o From the concept of organization as a "machine" to the new explanatory paradigms (culturalist and cognitivist approach)
o The relationship between the individual and the organization: syntonies and antinomies
o People in production contexts and the dynamics of collaboration and competition. Elements of Human Resource Management
o Strategic variables of organizational systems: training, communication, evaluation
o Organizational learning and the development of continuous training systems
o Lifelong learning of adults: theories and practices in business organizations
2. Dafano F. a cura di Cecchini G. (2019) Lezioni di Organizzazione aziendale – Dispensa a supporto della didattica.
3. Dafano F. Benini R. (2020), Il Posto Giusto, Risorse Umane e Politiche del Lavoro per l’Italia, Eurilink University Press, Roma (seconda parte - il fattore umano e la sua gestione evolutiva p.107 a p. 280).
Testi suggeriti per ampliare la preparazione (facoltativi):
- Knowles M. (1996), La formazione degli adulti come autobiografia. Il percorso di un educatore tra esperienza e idee, Raffaello Cortina, Milano
- Cocozza A. (2009), Diversity management e valorizzazione delle risorse umane.
Programme
o Historical evolution of organizational studies: theories and development of modelso From the concept of organization as a "machine" to the new explanatory paradigms (culturalist and cognitivist approach)
o The relationship between the individual and the organization: syntonies and antinomies
o People in production contexts and the dynamics of collaboration and competition. Elements of Human Resource Management
o Strategic variables of organizational systems: training, communication, evaluation
o Organizational learning and the development of continuous training systems
o Lifelong learning of adults: theories and practices in business organizations
Core Documentation
1. Dafano F. (2014), Individuo e Organizzazione: suggestioni e chiavi d’interpretazione (2014), Aracne Editrice, Roma; (escluso capitolo IV "La comunicazione umana e l'esperienza individuale nella dimensione organizzativa e VI "L'Integrità")2. Dafano F. a cura di Cecchini G. (2019) Lezioni di Organizzazione aziendale – Dispensa a supporto della didattica.
3. Dafano F. Benini R. (2020), Il Posto Giusto, Risorse Umane e Politiche del Lavoro per l’Italia, Eurilink University Press, Roma (seconda parte - il fattore umano e la sua gestione evolutiva p.107 a p. 280).
Testi suggeriti per ampliare la preparazione (facoltativi):
- Knowles M. (1996), La formazione degli adulti come autobiografia. Il percorso di un educatore tra esperienza e idee, Raffaello Cortina, Milano
- Cocozza A. (2009), Diversity management e valorizzazione delle risorse umane.
Type of evaluation
Oral exam