Applying Health, Work and Stress in practice: case studies

This week’s topics

Applying Health, Work and Stress in practice: case studies

1. Case analysis
2. Linking theory to practice
3. Evaluating evidence

What you will be able to do

• 1.1 Analyse and discuss stress and describe its physical manifestations in an organisation context.
• 1.2 Assess definitions of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and burnout.
• 2.1 Analyse typical stressful conditions for people in the workplace in an organisation context.
• 2.2 Evaluate the relevance of factors emanating from the workplace in the context of stress in an organisation.
• 2.3 Evaluate the relevance of factors originating from the individual and outside the workplace in the context of stress in an organisational setting.
• 3.1 Critically analyse a variety of remedies for stress management in an organisational context.
• 3.3 Evaluate the likely benefits to organisations and individuals from health promotion programmes or wellness schemes in the workplace in an organisational context.

Activity

Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.

Study materials

Videos

• Wellbeing at the Bar? Is a Legal Aid Lawyer's Work all Stress and Distress? - Jo Delahunty · YouTube · Gresham College · 50 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Tackling work-related stress using the Management Standards approach: a step-by-step workbook (HSE WBK01, 2017/2019) · PDF · Hse, guidance; 60 pages · for registered students
• HSE INDG430: How to tackle work-related stress · PDF · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
• Workplace Dispute Resolution and the Management of Individual Conflict: Five Case Studies · PDF · Reading, article · for registered students