32438 - Fundamentals of Human Resources Psychology, Counselling and Career Guidance

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course, students knows and understands the principal explanatory theories of the Psychology of the Human Resources respect to the practices of scholastic-professional guidance and the typologies of guidance activities and counselling; - he knows and understands objectives and methods of the professional activity of the psychologist within the Human Resources during the whole working career; - it is able to delineate a project for the organizational management and the inherent managerial practices the profession of work psychologist especially in the contexts of the job, of the organizations and of the human resources; - it is able to delineate a strategy of promotion and marketing of the profession especially in the contexts of the job, of the organizations and of the human resources.

Course contents

This course ( 8 ECTS) is functionally composed of two parts (each of 4 ECTS):
The first part: Fundamentals of Human Resources Psychology (Marco Giovanni Mariani)
The second part: Counselling and Career Guidance (Vincenzo Sarchielli)

The course pursues the general objective to introduce the students to the study of the processes implicated in the heterogeneous activities of management of the personnel by their entry, permanence up to the different forms of separation and contextually to introduce the students to the study of the psychological and social processes which are kept in consideration in the contemporary activities of scholastic and professional orientation.  The course articulates in two parts.

The first one  furnishing a picture of scientific technical reference regarding the activities of management of the human resources used by the public and private enterprises. The second focuses besides particularly on the analysis of the theories and the approaches adopted in the activities of scholastic and professional guidance and on the analysis and experimentation of the present different activities of guidance in the scholastic and formative systems, in the services for the job, in the specialistic services and in the enterprises.

Readings/Bibliography

Teaching materials and exam's readings for students who regularly attend classes:

For the first part - Fundamentals of Human Resources Psychology:
COSTA, G.,  GIANNECCHINI, M. (2009), Risorse umane. Persone, relazioni e valore. SECONDA EDIZIONE. Milano: McGraw-Hill.
Lengnick-Hall, M.L., Lengnick-Hall, C.A., Andrade L.S., Drake B. (2009). Strategic human resource management: The evolution of the field. Human Resource Management Review, 19, 64–85.
Lengnick-Hall, M.L., Lengnick-Hall, C.A., Andrade L.S., Drake B. (2009). Strategic human resource management: The evolution of the field. Human Resource Management Review 19 (2009) 64–85.
Papers and articles will be share with students.

For the second part - Counselling and Career Guidance:
COUTINHO M.T., DAM U.C., BLUSTEIN, D.L. (2008), The psychology of working and globalisation: a new perspective for a new era, International Journal of Education Vocational Guidance, 8, 5-18
FRACCAROLI, F. (2005).  Progettare la carriera. Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore.
GUICHARD, J. HUTEAU,  H. (2003) Psicologia dell'orientamento  professionale. Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore (solamente prima e seconda parte fino a pag. 121)
Papers and articles will be share with students.

Teaching materials and exam's readings for students who regularly don't attend classes:

For the first part - Fundamentals of Human Resources Psychology:
G. COSTA, M. GIANNECCHINI, (2009), Risorse umane. Persone, relazioni e valore. SECONDA EDIZIONE. Milano: McGraw-Hill.
Lengnick-Hall, M.L., Lengnick-Hall, C.A., Andrade L.S., Drake B. (2009). Strategic human resource management: The evolution of the field. Human Resource Management Review, 19, 64–85.
Papers and articles will be share with students.

For the second part - Counselling and Career Guidance:
COUTINHO M.T., DAM U.C., BLUSTEIN, D.L. (2008), The psychology of working and globalisation: a new perspective for a new era, International Journal of Education Vocational Guidance, 8, 5-18
FRACCAROLI, F. (2005).  Progettare la carriera. Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore.
GUICHARD, J. HUTEAU,  H. (2003) Psicologia dell'orientamento  professionale. Milano: Raffaello Cortina Editore  (prima e seconda parte fino a pag. 121 e parte quarta)
Papers and articles will be share with students.

Teaching methods

Didactic methods that will be used to improve knowledge are: lecture & questions, group work assignments and exercises, small group discussion, student oral presentation, student paper and student reading. Expert practitioners will be invited to present cases.

Assessment methods

Tasks and assignments will be of the following kind:

- Knowledge examination (open and closed questions about curse topics)

- group tasks concerning analysis and discussion of case studies, or design of intervention,

- individual (or group) tasks concerning analysis of empirical papers.

Teaching tools

Office hours

See the website of Marco Giovanni Mariani

See the website of Vincenzo Sarchielli