Overall objectives:

0 - The purpose of this course is to prepare students for the important task of leading and motivating employees and managing their teams. The syllabus of this course aims to:
1 - Analyse the most recent developments in the scope of organizational change management and the respective leadership;
2 - Provide students with a practical and current view of leadership, in all its components, providing the application of a practical model;
3 - Make available to students a set of specialized information sources, knowledge and tools through which they can monitor these topics in organizations/companies;
4 - Likewise, to provide in practical simulation the application of different models of change management and team management in organizations;
5 - Provide a set of solutions for them, namely through the practice and learning of "Case Methods", which will be presented and monitored in practical classes.

Syllabus:

1 - ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP
1.1 - Organizations and People: the study of Organizational Behaviour
1.2 - Management, the Manager and their roles
1.3 - Explanatory factors of individual behaviour
1.4 - The links between perception and the individual decision-making process
1.5 - The Business Ethics
2 - THE INDIVIDUAL'S MOTIVATION
2.1 - The motivational process
2.2 - The main views on motivation
2.3 - Contemporary views
2.4 - Motivation techniques
3 - THE TYPES OF LEADERSHIP
3.1 - A definition of Leadership
3.2 - The Personality Trait based Approach
3.3 - The Behavioural Approach
3.4 - The Contingency Approaches
3.5 - The future of Leadership Theory: Charismatic leadership, Transformational and Transactional leadership
3.6 - Communication in organizations
4 - TEAMWORK
4.1 - Group and Team Definition
4.2 - Team Characteristics and Developments
4.3 - The Motivational Process in Teams
4.4 - Key competences of the teams

Literature/Sources:

Pereira de Almeida, P. & Rebelo, G. , 2004 , A Era da Competência , RH Editora
Rego, A. e Pina e Cunha, M. , 2003 , A Essência da Liderança , RH Editora
Rego, A. & Pina e Cunha, M. , 2006 , Comunicar , Edições D. Quixote
Robbins, S. P. , 2001 , Comportamento Organizacional, 8.ª ed. , New Jersey: Prentice-Hall
Rego, A;, Cunha, R.; Cabral-Cardoso, C. & Cunha, M , 2003 , Comportamento organizacional e Gestão. Casos Portugueses e Exercícios , RH Editora

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
In accordance with the expected for the Professional Higher Technical Courses.