MGS3210 - Organisational wellness - 2018

This unit is designed to develop students' awareness of current theoretical perspectives on and of empirical evaluations of organisational initiatives designed to foster wellbeing at both the individual and organisational level. The unit will provide a macro-level framework for examining an organisation's social, ethical and environmental responsibility, followed by an examination of organisational level approaches to wellness including work/life initiatives and OH&S initiatives. At the micro-level, the unit will address strategies individual employees may use to manage their own state of wellness.

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

1. appreciate the relationship between the changing face of organisations into today's business environment and the need for managers to attend to organisational wellness
2. identify predictors and consequences of 'wellness' and 'toxicity' in the organisational context
3. describe and evaluate current organisational wellness initiatives
4. analyse and evaluate current theoretical frameworks of 'wellness' in order to understand and devise 'healthy' organisation initiatives.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

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