10684 (v.2) Health and Safety and Economics 582

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Area:	School of Public Health
Contact Hours:	4.0
Credits:	25.0
Individual Study:	1 x 4 Hours Weekly
This unit provides students with an introduction to the economic way of thinking about occupational health and safety. Students will examine the economic context in which occupational health and safety operates and will develop the skills necessary to analyse occupational health and safety issues from an economic perspective. Topics covered include - Introduction to basic economic concepts, marginal cost, opportunity costs, economic evaluation, economic growth, macro economics, micro economics. Economic rationalisation for occupational health and safety, downtime, workers compensation, rehabilitation. Budgets, workplace heath and safety programs, conflict, compromise in health and safety and economic growth and development.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2003 Bentley Campus Semester 1     Y 2003 Bentley Campus Semester 2     Y 2003 BPI Intern'l Group S'pore Semester 1   Y   2003 BPI Intern'l Group S'pore Semester 2   Y   2003 BPI Intern'l Group S'pore Summer Period   Y   2003 BPI Intern'l Group S'pore Trimester 2A Y     2003 Open University HK Semester 1   Y   2003 Open University HK Semester 2   Y   2003 Open University HK Summer Period   Y   2003 Open University HK Trimester 2A Y