SOCIOLOGIA DELLA SICUREZZA E DELLE ORGANIZZAZIONI UMANE
(objectives)
The course is the first one in the sociological area, it allows to learn the fundamental concepts of the discipline and to acquire the keys to understand the structural characteristics and the processes concerning social security (especially in urban areas) and contemporary organisations, also in relation to military contexts. The main knowledge acquired is cognitive. The course aims to introduce students to the problems identified, the concepts set out and the main theories developed by the sociology of security and the sociology of organisation: - in the study of complex organisations, in order to characterise the structural dynamics and processes of change that go through them; - in the study of security phenomena, with specific attention to issues pertaining to the Armed Forces and concerning urban security. The students will acquire cognitive tools useful in professional practice in military organisations and, more generally, in the security sector. The knowledge acquired will allow students to understand the dynamics, the relational aspects, the structural and superstructural variables that act in their social context of life and work. EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES 1. KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND At the end of the training activity the student will be able to: - read and summarise scientific texts on sociology of security and sociology of organisation; - describe the main theoretical concepts and research methodologies of sociology of security and sociology of organisation; - identify the main authors who have worked in the field of sociology of security and sociology of organisation. 2. APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY OF UNDERSTANDING At the end of the training activity, the student will be able to - place authors and theories of sociology of security and sociology of organisation in a line of temporal evolution; - summarise the main theoretical-scientific aspects; - define their limits and identify critical points. 3. AUTHONOMY OF JUDGMENT At the end of the training activity the student will be able to: - describe in sociological terms the characteristics of organisational structures and scenarios (with particular regard to the military and, more generally, to the security field), their actors, their social structures, their agencies; - identify and use sociological variables in the assessment of organisational structures and scenarios (with particular regard to the military and, more generally, to the security field); - understand the intrinsically social dimension of the processes of meaning-making, decision-making and operational organisation, and implementation that characterise societies, with particular reference to the institutional contexts and areas in which defence and security policies are implemented (especially in relation to urban contexts). 4. COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS At the end of the training activity the student will be able to: - use the scientific vocabulary of the sociology of security and the sociology of organisation in oral exposition and in writing; - discuss in public concepts, theories and social situations relating to the overall societal system considered and its articulations, especially those relevant to defence and urban security; - work in groups, sharing and exchanging the knowledge acquired in the sociology of security and the sociology of organisation. 5. LEARNING SKILLS At the end of the training activity the student will be able to: - independently find and deepen their knowledge of the new scientific orientations concerning the sociology of security and the sociology of organisation. - retrieve and deepen their sociological knowledge in the course of their cognitive and operational maturation process, especially in their professional career in the institutional military context.
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Code
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17741 |
Language
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ITA |
Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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8
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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SPS/07
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Contact Hours
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48
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Group: 1
Teacher
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NEGRI Michele
(syllabus)
Organization Sociology (Taylorism, motivation, organizational learning, post-Fordism, bureaucratic issues in Weber, Merton, Gouldner, Selznick, Crozier and Mintzberg, bounded rationality, organizational culture, organizational populations), Security Sociology,(security and insecurity in the contemporary society, urban security, global security), Military sociology (systemic theories and armed forces, conventional armed forces and the armed forces after the Cold War, and motivational value models of military human resources, Italian Armed Forces: organizational aspects in the peace support missions of the nineties, the reform of the Italian Defense)
(reference books)
G. Bonazzi, Storia del pensiero organizzativo, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2008, capitoli 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20
M. Negri (2010), Le politiche locali per la sicurezza, Aracne, Roma
F. Battistelli e altri (2008), Manuale di sociologia militare. Con elementi di psicologia sociale, FrancoAngeli, Milano
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
At a distance
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
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Group: 2
Teacher
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Selva Donatella
(syllabus)
The course programme includes analysis of the following topics: sociology of organisation (Taylorism, motivationalists, organisational learning, post-Fordism, the bureaucratic question in Weber, Merton, Gouldner, Selznick, Crozier and Mintzberg, bounded rationality, organisational cultures, organisational populations) sociology of security (security and insecurity in contemporary society, urban security, global security) military sociology (systemic theories and the armed forces, traditional armed forces and post-cold war armed forces, value and motivational models of military personnel, the Italian contribution to peace support missions in the 1990s, Italian defence reform)
(reference books)
G. Bonazzi, Storia del pensiero organizzativo, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2008, capitoli 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20
M. Negri (2010), Le politiche locali per la sicurezza, Aracne, Roma
F. Battistelli e altri (2008), Manuale di sociologia militare. Con elementi di psicologia sociale, FrancoAngeli, Milano
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Dates of beginning and end of teaching activities
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From to |
Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
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