PSY512: Work and Well-being

Aim: to acquaint students with issues related to well-being of workers. Topics: theories and management of work related stress, mental health (and ill health) at work, and impact of retirement, retrenchment and unemployment. The unit also covers issues of safety and accident causation, safety measures, improving safety performance, and human factors underlying work performance. Focus will be on maintaining the physical and psychological well-being of the individual employee in a climate which is compatible with the organisational objectives.

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Points	3
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S2-internal
Contact Time	Up to 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites	Enrolment in PgCertOHRS or PgDipConsultPsych or MAppPsych or DPsych or MAppPsych/PhD, or for other Masters courses students need to obtain the permission of the Unit Coordinator.
Exclusions	Students who have successfully completed S569/S5691 Occupational Health and Welfare or MBS570 Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace may not enrol in this unit for credit.
School	School of Psychology
Unit Coordinator	Mrs Libby Brook Position: Lecturer in Psychology E-mail: L.Brook@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 1.026 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 2637
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Contact the Unit Coordinator MURDOCH S2: Internal (02/08/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)