Management of Social Intervention Organizations

Master’s Programme

This Master focuses its contribution to regional and national development, in an integrative strategy of innovation and quality of social responses, promoting success in the direction and management of social intervention organizations, serving both the networks of IPSS, Misericordie, Cooperatives, Mutuals and Foundations and private social support establishments, as well as national and international partners, providing training and research opportunities in direction and management of organizations and social intervention projects, collaborations with other internal study cycles (eg. degrees in Social Work, Social Education, Human Relations and Organisational Communication), and with institutional projects and close articulation with the Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences (CICS.NOVA.IPLeiria).

This Master aims to deepen and develop the problematization and research skills of leaders of social intervention organizations. It aims to train professionals with competence to perform functions of direction and management of social responses, projects and third sector organizations, such as: institutions of social solidarity, cooperatives, mutual societies, foundations, mercies, associations and NGOs. This goal is appropriate to the educational, scientific and cultural project of the institution because ESECS, initially focused on the training of teachers, began, in 1993, to offer new higher education courses in the areas of social sciences, namely Human Relations and Organizational Communication, Social Work and Social Education. Following the growing impact of courses in the social sciences area in its training offer, the School of Education was renamed School of Education and Social Sciences.

Programme Coordinator

Rui Miguel Duarte Santos
rui.d.santos@ipleiria.pt

School

Education and Social Sciences

City

Leiria

Language

Portuguese

Type

B-learning

Length

4 Semesters

Vacancies

General and International student contingent: 20

Notice

Edital 2025 2v (PT Doc)

DGES certification

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Objectives

Programme

Upon completion of this Master students should:

Develop knowledge to enable the development of conceptual frameworks and management tools in the context of the social sector;
Possess socio-emotional skills appropriate to the processes of leadership and management of multidisciplinary teams;
Have the ability to foster the humanization of projects, responses and organizations through theoretical and ethical frameworks based on the intercultural approach;
Be able to integrate theoretical reflection in the practical components of Social Intervention;
Design and implement action models that enable the optimization of projects, social responses and organisations;
Contribute to theoretical reflection on the issues and problems that arise at the level of Technical Management of social intervention organizations.

Study Plan

ECTS: 120

1. Year
2. Year

1. Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
	Social Economy Contexts	1S	4	17 h
I – Introduction to Economic Science Notion and Object of Economics Basic problems of economic activity Inter relations with social sciences The methodology of Economy II – Concepts, practices and principles of Social Economics Historical evolution of Social Economics Conceptual delimitation of Social Economy Legal and institutional forms of Social Economy Social Economy in Portugal and in the world Social Economy, public policies and social change III – Innovation and Society Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprises New Challenges and issues in Social Economy
	Leadership and People Management in Social Organizations	1S	7	49 h
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
	Strategic Management in Social Organizations	1S	7	33 h
Introduction to Management 1.1. Management functions 1.2. management levels 1.3. Manager: required tasks and skills 1.4. New management paradigms 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 Strategic management of non-profit organizations
	Design, Financing and Evaluation of Social Projects	1S	7	33 h
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.
	Ethics in Social Intervention	1S	5	17 h
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
	Quality and Certification of Social Responses	2S	5	33 h
Quality – concept and its relation with a Management System The SPQ – Portuguese Quality System and the IPAC – Portuguese Institute for Accreditation Normative references applicable to social responses The Quality Assessment Models of Social Responses: genesis, structure and support tools Principles, concepts and terminology of quality management, according to NP EN ISO 9000:2015 The process approach Process mapping, sequence and interaction Certification process of social responses: from application to certification Quality Assessment Models of the Institute of Social Security, I.P. (MAQRS) 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.
	Marketing and Communication in the Social Setor	2S	5	17 h
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.
	Social Innovation and Entrepreneurial Attitude	2S	5	33 h
Entrepreneurial Attitude The challenges to social organizations Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Identification and recognition of innovation and social entrepreneurship initiatives Idea development and description Benchmarking analysis Analysis of strategies and programs to support social entrepreneurship Business/social entrepreneurship model for the development of the idea Social impact, sustainability and feasibility
	Management and Financial Sustainability	2S	5	33 h
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 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
	Project Seminar	2S	10	44 h
Contributions to an analysis of the functions of direction and management in the social sector; Contributions to an analysis of the social intervention organizations; Contributions to an analysis of social intervention in diversified contexts, such as: childhood; old age; family and community; socially disadvantaged groups; addictions; disease; disability. Application of diagnostic studies and identification of social needs; Preparation of projects related to the creation and promotion of social responses.

2. Year
ID	Name	Semester	ECTS	Length
	Research Methodologies	S1	7	49 h
The Epistemological problematic 1.1 Research in HSC 1.2 Research Paradigms 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 The research report
	Project/Dissertation/Internship	Annual	53
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

Entry Requirements

Can apply for access to the cycle of studies leading to a master’s degree:

Holders of a bachelor’s degree or legal equivalent;
Holders of a foreign higher academic degree awarded as a result of a 1st cycle of studies organized in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Process by a State adhering to this Process;
Holders of a foreign higher academic degree that is recognized as meeting the objectives of the degree by the Technical-Scientific Council of the School of Education and Social Sciences;
Holders of an academic, scientific or professional curriculum that is recognized as attesting the capacity to carry out this cycle of studies by the Technical-Scientific Council of the School of Education and Social Sciences.

International Student
All information related to the international student application should be consulted on our International Students webpage.

Accreditation

State: Accredited
N. years of accreditation: 3
Publication date: 25-07-2022
Accreditation A3ES

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Application Fee

60€

Enrolment Fee

General contingent: 50€
International student contingent: 100€

Tuition Fee

General contingent: 1140€
International student contingent: 3000€

Management of Social Intervention Organizations

Management of Social Intervention Organizations

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