Class Organizations and Psychology in the International Context

Current challenges to organisations posed by globalisation, information flows, internationalisation of organisations, and free movement of workers in the European space can, on the one hand, open up competitive advantages for businesses and professionals, but translate, on the other hand, into difficulties associated to the confrontation between different cultural patterns and uprooting of workers from their own culture. Thus, cultural diversity in organisations and between organisations may be an added value, but only if it is well-managed.

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1. Society and globalisation Concept of globalisation Migration and acculturation Intercultural communication   2. Foundations of the relation between organisations and culture Culture and organisation: national cultures and organisational cultures Cultural values and cultural model Cultural dimensions and implication for the organizations   3. The psychologist in an international context Global and Individual measures Culture training Cultural values and leadership Other impacts of cultural aspects: work teams, gender issues, values and ethics

The UC adopts a methodology based on the exposition of theoretical contents and the analysis of theoretical or empirical texts, complemented by case analysis.

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