13626 (v.2) Health, Stress and the Management Environment 682

Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Stress on people working in health management and/or related areas. Understand and cope with their own and staff stresses. Stress and its effect on health and behaviour at work. Basic concepts, physiological mechanisms of stress, external sources of stress, mediating variables, symptoms, models of stress in the workplace, management and employee stress, burnout, strategies for dealing with management/employee stress.

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to- Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the concept of stress, including its implications for health. Identify some of the factors that create stress within the workplace, their possible impact onindividuals and the implications for organisations. Describe some of the management strategies which can be implemented to address workplace stress.

Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.

Unit References:

Aaron Antonovsky (1979), Health Stress and Coping. San Francisco, Jossey-Bass. Aaron Antonovsky (1987), Unravelling the Mystery of Health: How People Manage Stress and Stay Well. San Fransisco, Jossey-Bass. Bittles, A.H. and Parsons, P.A. (eds) (1996), Stress: Evolutionary, Biosocial and Clinical Perspectives Proceedings of the 31st Annual Symposium of the Galton Institute, London. New York, St Martin's Press in association with the Galton Institute. Comcare (1997), The Management of Occupational Stress in Commonwealth agencies: Implementing an Occupational Stress Prevention Programme. Comcare Australia. Cooper C. (ed) (1996), Handbook of Stress, Medicine and Health CRC Press, Boca Raton. Friedman, M. and Rosenman C. (1974), Type A Behaviour and Your Heart, New York, Alfred Knopf. Goleman D. and Gurin J. (1993), Mind Body Medicine, Yonkers, New York: Consumer Reports Books. Robbins S.P., Waters-March, T. et al. (1994), Organisational Behaviour, New York, Prentice Hall. Roney A. and Cooper C. (eds) (1997), Professionals on Workplace Stress: the Essential facts Essential facts series. Chichester, England, New York, Wiley. Winsborough and Allen (1997), The Less Stress Book.

Unit Texts:

No prescribed texts.

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Assignments 70%, Examination 30%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y		Y