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CODE 114772
ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/2026
CREDITS
LANGUAGE English
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 1° Semester

OVERVIEW

The course provides knowledge of the methodologies and tools that organizations can use so that their members are able to effectively manage the complexity of cognitive and social processes that regulate the formation of impressions and promote adequate decisions in the organizational context.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

This subject aims to provide knowledge on the soft and meta-level skills required of professionals by the complex organizational contexts that characterize the world of work.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Knowledge and understanding: acquisition of training on the non-technical skills needed in the workplace.

2. Ability to apply knowledge and understanding: correct management of professional relationships.

3. Autonomy of judgment: knowing how to detect problems and correct management of communication.

4. Communication skills: knowing how to express the logical concatenation in the decision-making process and adequate argumentation relating to the correct management of professional relationships.

5. Learning ability: degree of participation in the teaching, monitoring and final evaluation activities envisaged by the course.

PREREQUISITES

Basic notions of corporate structure and interpersonal communication, applied to the topics of the course.

TEACHING METHODS

• Lectures, with discussion

• Guided study of the textbook

• Guided exercises

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The course covers: the bases of social perception that contribute to the formation of impressions, the formulation of judgment resulting from the causal attribution process, the roots of prejudice, the implications and possibilities of its reduction (heuristics and errors of human reasoning), in order to improve the outcome in terms of adverse events.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Flin, R., & O'Connor, P. (2017). Safety at the sharp end: a guide to non-technical skills. CRC Press.

LESSONS

LESSONS START

02/10/2024

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written test

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Written report