Sociology of Work (2009/2010)

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Course code
4S02435
Name of lecturer
Giorgio Gosetti
Coordinator
Giorgio Gosetti
Number of ECTS credits allocated
6
Academic sector
SPS/09 - ECONOMIC SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONS
Language of instruction
Italian
Location
VERONA
Period
Sem. 1A dal Oct 1, 2009 al Nov 15, 2009.

Lesson timetable

Learning outcomes

Object of this course is knowing the actual changements in the work world, referring to organizational and contents dimension, and acquire the main reading keys of sociology of work. Studying classic and contemporaneous sociologists and specific central themes of the research activity actually held in sociology of work, you may individuate concepts, interpretative models, analysis instruments for the main themes about work, to understand in particular the constructing relationship between work changements and training.

Syllabus

The course is composed of two parts. In the first part we face general work aspects. Analyzing reflections of the main authors who characterized the development of sociology of work, we’ll see in one hand specificities of the discipline and in the other hand the contribute it has given during times to interpret rule, contents and changements of work. In the second part we’ll consider the different work dimensions (employment, unemployment, work market, work division, etc.), with a particular attention to the aspects relating to the relation between actual changements in work and training.

Texts for the examination:
M. La Rosa (a cura di), Il lavoro nella sociologia (Nuova edizione riveduta e integrata), Carocci, Roma, 2007.
E. Mingione, E. Pugliese, Il lavoro, Carocci, Roma, 2002.

To study some particular aspects of the course, we suggest the book:
G. Gosetti, Giovani e società dei lavori. Una ricerca fra gli studenti dell’Università di Verona, FrancoAngeli, Milano, 2008.

Assessment methods and criteria

The final examination is taken in oral form and it foresees the knowledge of the suitable texts to the preceding point.

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