I – Introduction to Economic Science

1. Notion and Object of Economics
2. Basic problems of economic activity
3. Inter relations with social sciences
4. The methodology of Economy
   II – Concepts, practices and principles of Social Economics
5. Historical evolution of Social Economics
6. Conceptual delimitation of Social Economy
7. Legal and institutional forms of Social Economy
8. Social Economy in Portugal and in the world
9. Social Economy, public policies and social change
   III – Innovation and Society
10. Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprises
11. New Challenges and issues in Social Economy

1 – Leadership
1.1 – Leadership vs management
1.2 – Leadership styles
1.3 – Emotional Intelligence in leadership
1.4 – Leadership and motivation
2 – People management
2.1 – Current trends in recruitment, selection and professional integration
2.2 – Performance evaluation and management
2.3 – Professional training and skills development
2.4 – Compensation Management
2.5 – Incentive systems and social benefits

1. Introduction to Management
   1.1. Management functions
   1.2. management levels
   1.3. Manager: required tasks and skills
   1.4. New management paradigms
2. Strategic Planning and Management
   2.1. Strategic thought
   2.2. Strategy formulation: Vision, Mission, Objectives
   2.3. Analysis of the environment
   2.4. Organization analysis
   2.5. Definition and choice of strategies
   2.6. Strategies at corporate level
   2.7. planning models
3. Strategic management of non-profit organizations

• Definition of concepts within the project methodology;
• The identification of social needs and the development of social diagnostics;
• The role of the director / social worker as a manager of social intervention projects;
• The stages of development of social intervention projects;
• The identification of funding programs and their application procedures;
• The evaluation of social intervention projects.

1 – Ethics, moral and deontology;
2 – Social intervention in organizations/projects;
3 – The great ethical issues of the present time;
4 – Humanization in organizational work;
5 – The ethical dilemma;
6 – Exemplary practical cases of the ethical dilemma

1. Quality – concept and its relation with a Management System
2. The SPQ – Portuguese Quality System and the IPAC – Portuguese Institute for Accreditation
3. Normative references applicable to social responses
4. The Quality Assessment Models of Social Responses: genesis, structure and support tools
5. Principles, concepts and terminology of quality management, according to NP EN ISO 9000:2015
6. The process approach
7. Process mapping, sequence and interaction
8. Certification process of social responses: from application to certification
9. Quality Assessment Models of the Institute of Social Security, I.P. (MAQRS)
10. Design of a Quality Management System for each organisation according to ISO 9001:2015 and Level C of the
    Social Security Qualification Levels – practical exercise.

1 – Non-Profit Organizations, Social Marketing and Communication;
2 – The Importance of Communication and Social Marketing in Non-Profit Organizations;
3 – Measures for Effective Marketing and Communication Planning;
4 – Identification and recognition of the environment;
5 – Positioning and branding;
6 – Relationship with the media;
7 – Communication with internal and mixed audiences: employees, donors, volunteers and supporters.

1. Entrepreneurial Attitude
2. The challenges to social organizations
3. Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
4. Identification and recognition of innovation and social entrepreneurship initiatives
5. Idea development and description
6. Benchmarking analysis
7. Analysis of strategies and programs to support social entrepreneurship
8. Business/social entrepreneurship model for the development of the idea
9. Social impact, sustainability and feasibility

1. Fundamental concepts of accounting
   1.1 The heritage
   1.2 Balance Sheet
   1.3 Profit and loss account
   1.4 Analysis of accounting documents
   1.5. The Accounting Standardization System for non-profit sector entities
2. Economic and financial analysis
   2.1 Framework
   2.2 Methods and techniques of economic and financial analysis
   2.3 Financial sustainability of non-profit organizations

1. Contributions to an analysis of the functions of direction and management in the social sector;
2. Contributions to an analysis of the social intervention organizations;
3. Contributions to an analysis of social intervention in diversified contexts, such as: childhood; old age; family and
   community; socially disadvantaged groups; addictions; disease; disability.
4. Application of diagnostic studies and identification of social needs;
5. Preparation of projects related to the creation and promotion of social responses.

1. The Epistemological problematic
   1.1 Research in HSC
   1.2 Research Paradigms
2. From the research project and/or intervention to the investigation
   2.1 From the idea of research to the research project
   2.2 Conducting the research
   2.3 Methods of collecting information
   2.4 The process of analysis of information
3. The research report

Students must choose one of the following:

Project

The objectives of this Curricular unit are:

• Definition of concepts within the project methodology;
• The identification of social needs and the elaboration of social diagnoses;
• The role of the Technical Director as manager of social intervention projects;
• The stages of elaboration of social intervention projects;
• Identification of funding programs and respective application procedures;
• The evaluation of social intervention projects.

Dissertation

In the scope of this course the student must produce a dissertation text, duly scientifically and empirically supported,
under the guidance of a specialist in the chosen thematic area, as a corollary of all the presential and autonomous
learning developed in the curricular units of the course.

Internship

This internship focuses on the approach of contents that allow to contextualize the intervention of students in host
institutions. Measures of social policy, current social issues and competences of Technical Directors in the direction of
Organizations will be analyzed.

• Framework for social intervention: policies and social problems;
• Institutional/organizational contexts and dynamics;
• Functions of institutions/organizations in the various areas of social intervention; – Theoretical-practical framework of
  the Technical Management;
• Attributions of the Technical Director and his role in the institutional structure;
• The Technical Director in multi-sector intervention;
• Social intervention at the host institution, in accordance with the guidance of the internship supervisor