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Level 7 Diploma in Business and Organisational Psychology

The Economics of Workplace Stress

BOP701 · Health, Work and Stress — Week 3 of 16

CourseBOP701
Week3 of 16
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This week’s topics

The Economics of Workplace Stress

  1. Direct and indirect costs of absenteeism and presenteeism
  2. Employee turnover and replacement expenditures
  3. Employer liability and legal claims
  4. Organisational productivity loss
  5. Work-related stress: How do you manage health and well-being at work?
  6. RETENTION 1/2 - HRM Lecture 10
  7. Mastering Workplace Torts: Non-Delegable Duties & The 'English' Rule | LexIntellect

What you will be able to do

  • 1.3 Appraise the cost linked with stress at work in an organisation context.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: appraise the cost linked with stress at work in an organisation context.

Study materials

Videos

  • Work-related stress: How do you manage health and well-being at work? · YouTube · acasorguk · 5 min · for registered students
  • RETENTION 1/2 - HRM Lecture 10 · YouTube · Armin Trost · 51 min · for registered students
  • Mastering Workplace Torts: Non-Delegable Duties & The 'English' Rule | LexIntellect · YouTube · LexIntellect · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Workplace stress: a collective challenge (ILO, World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2016) · PDF · Ilo, report; 63 pages · for registered students
  • HSE INDG430: How to tackle work-related stress · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
  • Organizational Behavior, ch. 18: Stress and Well Being · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 525–556 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Understanding Occupational Stress
  • Week 2: Burnout and Traumatic Stress
  • Week 3: The Economics of Workplace Stress
  • Week 4: Theoretical Models of Workplace Wellbeing
  • Week 5: Workplace Stressors and Structural Conditions
  • Week 6: Task Architecture and Job-Related Strains
  • Week 7: Individual Differences and Extra-Organisational Factors
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Organisational Interventions and Stress Remedies
  • Week 10: Psychological Interventions: CBT and REBT
  • Week 11: Workplace Wellness and Health Promotion
  • Week 12: Applying Health, Work and Stress in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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