Università Roma Tre

The Company structures: an evolutionary vision 5 hrs
‐ Metaphors and models of business organization
‐ Organizational structures: consequences on Human Resources management models
‐ Working organizations as open systems in the Digital Economy
‐ Industry 4.0: the “collaborative enterprise”
‐ The Smart Working

The role of HR in organizations that innovate and learn 5 hrs
‐ The concept of Learning Organization
‐ The High Performance Work Organizations (HPWO): model and features
‐ International and European policies supporting HPWOs
‐ “European Workplace Innovation”: a European Program promoting informal learning in enterprises
‐ HR management models in organizations that innovate
‐ Innovation skills

The Human Resources Management System 4 hrs
‐ Recruitment, selection and integration
‐ The system of individual/organization expectations
‐ Diversity management: a focus on generational diversity
‐ The evaluation (of potential, performance, skills)
‐ The professional development and mobility

European Policies concerning Continuous training in enterprises 4 hrs
‐ European policies promoting adult education
‐ The European Qualification Framework (EQF)
‐ The ECVET system
‐ From the quality of training offer to the promotion of needs’ awareness: the French case and the Spanish case
‐ The promotion of social partnership for continuing education

National Policies concerning Continuous training in enterprises 5 hrs
‐ Financing sources for continuing education in Italy
‐ The Joint Interprofessional Funds for continuing training (FPI)
‐ The monitoring of the FPI: implementation and trends
‐ Training for innovation in FPI (case studies and testimonials)

Continuing training methodologies 4 hrs
‐ Overview on training methods and their relationship with goals, needs and target characteristics
‐ The experiential methodologies (with practical exercises)
‐ Learning technologies (with practical exercises)
‐ Coaching, mentoring and reverse mentoring

The digital skills 4 hrs
‐ The 8 key competences of citizenship and digital skills
‐ The European model DIGCOMP e Minimum Standard of Digital Competence
‐ The digital soft skills: how they are developed in enterprises (case studies / testimonials)

Training of managerial skills in the Digital economy 4 hrs
‐ The evolution of the managers’ professional profile
‐ New professional and technological scenarios of management and leadership
‐ E-leaders and innovation leaders

1. Butera G., Scienza dell’organizzazione. Il design di strutture, processi e ruoli, Carocci Editore, Roma, 2017 (Capitoli 1, 2 3 e 7).
2. Colombo C., Donadio A., Galardi A., Marini V., Solari L., The Human Side of Digital. Era digitale, capitale umano, nuovi paradigmi, Guerini Next, Milano.
3. Richini P. (a cura di), Strumenti per la formazione esperienziale dei manager, Isfol, Libri del Fondo Sociale Europeo, Roma, 2012, scaricabile gratuitamente da www.atlantedelleprofessioni.it/content/download/6262/39655/file/863.pdf o dalla pagina Linkedin del docente https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierluigi-richini-5b016b1a/ (sezione Pubblicazioni).

Supplementary reading

1. Hatch Mary Jo, Teoria dell’organizzazione, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2013.
2. Laloux Frédéric, Reinventare le organizzazioni, Come creare organizzazioni ispirate al prossimo stadio della consapevolezza umana, Guerini Next, Milano, 2016.
3. Inapp, XVII Rapporto sulla Formazione Continua in Italia. Annualità 2015-2016, Inapp / Ministero del Lavoro e delle PS, Roma, 2017, scaricabile gratuitamente da http://inapp.org/it/inapp-comunica/sala-stampa/comunicati-stampa/xvii-rapporto-sulla-formazione-continua-italia-annualita-2015-2016

Program Module I - Education of human resources and organizations
The course is divided into three modules of 10 hours each (for a total of 30 hours). In the first module we introduce the main themes of the discipline, giving particular attention to the dimensions of the contemporary debate. The topics will cover the organizational models, the methodologies of human resources management and recruitment in different organizational contexts, the relationship between learning and knowledge with particular reference to the issue of organizational cultures and sensemaking. In the context of a reflection on the contemporary transformations of labor induced by digitalization we will study 'the theme of Industry.4 and the smart working. The second module focuses on the approach of communities of practice, as a tool for training and knowledge management in organizations. In the third area is the training in the workplace (Work-based learning) to be examined, contextualized in the European scenario and in reference to the frame work VET and CVET. In this context, we will 'also studied the issue of apprenticeship in its regulatory developments and design. It is foreseen the participation of witnesses who will share their experience with particular regard to the field of Interprofessional Funds and experience of business finance. The last area, the fourth, faces the theme of the Human Development Index (HDI the issue, the theories of Sen and Nussbaum: the capability approach and social justice). The modules will provide Students with the methodological tools to interpret the complexity of organizational development and training in the workplace and generally in public and private organizations. The course consists of lectures alternating with periods of training design and case studies. In each module there will be a workshop to exercise on issues pertaining to the module topic itself. In each workshop some works of collaborative design will be started; these works will form part of the exam.


Area 1
• The socio-organizational pedagogy of human resources and organizations: theoretical framework
• Workshop on the “Analysis of knowledge”
• Workshop “Smart Working: case studies”

Area 2
• The theoretical approach of communities of practice
• Workshop “Project Management”

Area 3
• Work based learning, CVET e VET
• The competency model: the construct analysis
• Validation and certification of competences: the European approach (ECVET, EQF)

Area 4
• The foundations of the approach Nussbaum: capabilities and educational welfare
• Dimensions educational approach to habitat capability in social and educational

Reference books
• Alessandrini G. (2016), Nuovo Manuale per l’esperto dei processi formativi. Canoni teorico-metodologici, Carocci, Roma
• Alessandrini G. (2016), Smart Working, Cultura e Formazione, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce
• Alessandrini G. (2017), Atlante di Pedagogia del lavoro, FrancoAngeli, Milano (prima e terza parte)

Books of your choice (One book):
• Alessandrini G. (2004), Pedagogia delle risorse umane e delle organizzazioni, Guerini, Milano (prima parte)
• Alessandrini G. (2014), La “pedagogia” di Martha Nussbaum. Approccio alle capacità e sfide educative, Franco Angeli, Milano
• Alessandrini G. (2013), La formazione al centro dello sviluppo umano. Crescita, lavoro, formazione, Giuffrè, Milano (prima parte)
• Alessandrini G. (2007), Comunità di pratica e società della conoscenza, “Le Bussole”, Carocci, Roma
• Alessandrini G. & De Natale M.L. (2015), Il dibattito sulle competenze: quale prospettiva pedagogica?, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce (Introduzione, CAP. IV, V, VI, VII, IX, X, XII, XV, XVI)
• Alessandrini G. (2014), Apprendistato, Competenze e prospettive di Occupabilità, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce (prima parte)
• Alessandrini G., Pignalberi C. (2011), Comunità di pratica e Pedagogia del lavoro. Voglia di comunità in azienda, Pensa Multimedia, Lecce
* You will be agreed with the teacher the choice of a classic pedagogy of human resources.


Program Module II - Business Organisation and continuing education
Refer to the online bulletin board of the teacher (Dott. Pierluigi Richini).