PSYC6120
10 units
6000 level
Course handbook
Description
Interventions for physical and psychological health are vital to organisational effectiveness. This course focuses on the strategies that applied psychologists use to foster psychologically healthy workplaces. Students who take this course will be equipped with both the scientific evidence and the practical tools to implement workplace interventions in support of healthy workplaces. The content of this course addresses issues that impact individuals first, including the impact of mental health, resilience, stress, and work-life balance on workplace productivity, and the importance of training and career development. The second half of the course addresses organisational interventions that foster healthy and safe workplace environments, including intervention strategies targeting organisational culture and climate, safety culture, and managing workplace diversity. Students will conclude this course with an understanding of the key ways that organisations affect the physical and psychological health of their employees, including strategies to address these issues. Prior to 2020, this course was titled PSYC6120 Organisational Interventions. This course is not part of an APAC accredited sequence.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Singapore NAIHE
- Trimester 3 - 2024
Online
- Trimester 3 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Explain the signs of an unhealthy workplace at an individual employee level
2. Infer the signs of an unhealthy workplace that appear at an organisational level
3. Detect the core organisational problems that need to be addressed by an intervention
4. Construct appropriate intervention strategies to improve the physical and / or psychological health of an organisation's employees
Content
- Mental health in the workplace
- Work-life balance
- Training and career development
- Achieving a healthy organisational culture/climate
- Creating a strong safety culture using psychological principles
- Managing diversity
Assumed knowledge
Completion of an APAC accredited 3 year degree program in psychology or equivalent
OR
PSYC6000 and PSYC6050
Assessment items
Report: Case Study Report
Quiz: 6 multiple choice tests (5% each)
In Term Test: 4 short answer questions (5% each)
Contact hours
Trimester 3 - 2024 - Singapore NAIHE
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Online 4 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Trimester 3 - 2024 - Online
Self-Directed Learning-1
- Online 4 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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