2020-2021 / PSYC1079-2

Psychosocial change in the organisations

Duration

15h Th, 30h Pr

Number of credits

 Master in education (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Master in psychology (120 ECTS)3 crédits 

Lecturer

Alexia Beaumel, Jean-François Leroy

Coordinator

Jean-François Leroy

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

1. The concept of "change" within the organisational context.
2. Consultancy and intervention processes.
3. Quality control methods.
4. Training methods.
5. Group or team support methods.
6. Individual support methods.
7. Project management methods.
8. Organisational development methods.
9. Consultancy and the demands of professionalism.
10. Ethical problems posed by consultancy.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

1. To understand the conceptual and epistemological framework relating to change and its goals. 2. To acquire the theoretical foundations which enable students to decode the main processes of consultancy and psychosociological intervention 3. To acquire the methodological and technical foundations which enable students to carry out the main consultancy processes and psychosociological intervention 4. To raise students' awareness of contemporary issues in organisations and the role that consultancy plays in organisational psychology. 5. To put the professional opportunities of organisational psychology consultancy into perspective. 6. To develop a critical approach to consultancy and organisational psychology, as well as the theories and practices connected with it.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

PREQUISITE ; Change strategies based on the group (PSYC1045-1)
 

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face to face

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

Profession consultant, Robert Lescarbeau, Maurice Payette, Yves Saint-Arnaud
Reading folder.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

A case study will be given to students several months before the exam. In groups, students will analyse the problems presented by the case study, then will elaborate and document a proposal for intervention.


 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

A session of presentation of the objectives and structure of the course will be organized during the first semester in SPGO (B63a); mandatory presence.
 
Course from 27 January 2020 to 31 January 2020 09:00 AM to 06:30 PM
 
This course is not intended for Erasmus students  who are not fully operational in oral French.

Contacts

Teacher: J.-F. LEROY - Social Psychology of Groups and Organizations, B63a Mail : Jean-Francois.Leroy@ulg.ac.be
Assistant : Alexia BEAUMEL : alexia.beaumel@ulg.ac.be , tél. 04 366 51 36