Class Leadership and Organizational Dynamics

The relevance of this UC lies in the fact that students are able to plan, implement and monitor the evaluation of an internal quality assurance system of an educational institution, following the supervisory procedures and its continuous improvement plan.

1. Notion of organization, structuring dimensions and levels of analysis

2. Sociological and organizational analysis theories and rationality models

3. The organization as a social system

3. 1 conflicting paradigms underlying social action/interaction in a global context

3. 2 Interests and values: implications for social action/interaction

4. Learning organizations: from theory to practice

5. Leadership in educational organizations.

5.1 The organizational dimensions of the school: mission and objectives, structures, dynamics, cultures and environment.

5.2 Areas of competence or management fields of educational organizations

5.3 Leadership

5.4 Power bases and leadership styles

5.5Transformational leadership: the leader as a manager and as an educator.

In-person work sessions and autonomous work. The work sessions are diverse: theoretical exposition from different perspectives, and respective authors, more representative of the themes under study, followed by critical debate, with mobilization of students' knowledge, experiences and previous conceptions, work in groups, supported by the teacher, to the construction of reflections on the issues addressed, based on a set of guiding questions; Independent work, which should include reading and analyzing texts and documents. Indication of texts to be covered in the following session, both for presentation by the teacher and for critical reading, discussion in small groups and presentation by students.

Al-Sada, M., Al-Esmael, B., & Faisal, M. N. (2017). Influence of organizational culture and leadership style on employee satisfaction, commitment and motivation in the educational sector in Qatar. EuroMed Journal of Business, 12(2), 163–188.

Batista, N., Kilimnik, Z., & Neto, M. (2016). Influência dos estilos de liderança na satisfação no trabalho: um estudo em uma entidade de fins não econômicos. Navus: Revista de Gestão e Tecnologia, 6(3), 24–39.

Chipunza, C., & Matsumunyane, L. L. (2018). Motivation sources and leadership styles among middle managers at a South African university. SA Journal of Human Resource Management, 16, 1–13.

Correia, P., & Sá, S. (2021). Liderança do Diretor Escolar e a sua relação com o Clima Organizacional. Revista multidisciplinar “Humanidades e Tecnologias (FINOM). Faculdade do Noroeste de Minas. Jan/mar. ISSBN: 1809-1628.