Course Title: The Psychosocial Work Environment
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: The Psychosocial Work Environment
Credit Points: 12.00
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
PUBH1385 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
135H Applied Sciences |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2013, Sem 1 2015, Sem 1 2016 |
PUBH1385 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
171H School of Science |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2017 |
PUBH1385 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
325H Property, Construction & Project Management |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2019, Sem 1 2020, Sem 1 2021, Sem 1 2022, Sem 1 2023, Sem 1 2024 |
Flexible Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
PUBH1385 |
City Campus |
Postgraduate |
325H Property, Construction & Project Management |
Face-to-Face |
PGRDFlex18 (ZZZZ) |
Course Coordinator: Katrin Leifels
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 03 99252813
Course Coordinator Email: katrin.leifels@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 008.07.066
Course Coordinator Availability: by appointment
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
Course Description
This course will provide you with an understanding of the psychosocial work environment. This will include psychosocial hazards, such as stress and fatigue within organisations, their causes, and how they impact on health, safety and wellbeing of workers. These issues may individually have negative health impacts in their own right, or may exacerbate the effects of other work place hazards.
You will use techniques to assess psychosocial risk within organisation, and understand methods for practical controls to achieve a safe and healthy work environment.
Good organisational design and programs to improve worker well-being are discussed.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)
In this course you will develop the following program learning outcomes:
- Determine and apply knowledge of complex occupational health and safety theory, principles and best practice to applied projects to contribute to the profession and discipline of occupational health and safety
- Professionally communicate and justify project scope, design, implementation, strategy and /or outcomes, engaging effectively with diverse stakeholders across a range of industry sectors
Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)
On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Identify and critically discuss the characteristics and effects of psychosocial hazards and issues in the workplace
- Discuss the theories relating to the psychosocial work environment
- Examine and apply legislation, standards and codes relevant to psychosocial issues in the workplace with attention to ethical and confidentiality constraints
- Investigate and evaluate causes of psychosocial hazards using workplace data and relevant literature.
- Design workplace psychosocial intervention programs that include an evaluation strategy
Overview of Learning Activities
You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectures, tutorials, seminars, project work, class discussion,individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.
Overview of Learning Resources
RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems.
There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.
Overview of Assessment
You will be assessed on how well you meet the course’s learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes.
Assessment Tasks
Task 1: Organisational case study 25% Addressing CLO 2&3
Task 2: Stress, fatigue and bullying hazard report 35% Addressing CLO1,2,4
Task 3: Poster/video and presentation 40% Addressing CLO 4,5
Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks.
If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.