Objectives and competences
The student will:
- Know the characteristics of stress at personal and group levels.
- Understand methods of stress management.
- The student will be aware of uncertainty as a stressor.
- Know the impact of education as a way to prevent and manage stress.
Content (Syllabus outline)
The paradigm of stress
• Sources of stress
• Types of stress
• Phases of stress
Stress on workplaces/ professional stress
• Stress factors (psychological, environmental, social)Stress and uncertainty / psychological, physiological and behavioural consequences of stress
• Burn-out on workplace
• Costs as a consequence of stress
• Models of occupational stress management
• Education and training for prevention and Management of occupational stress (on the level of an individual)
• The role of the organization
• Intervision as a technique for stress prevention
• Aversive effects of occupational stress
Stress management on group level
• Supervision as a technique for stress prevention
• Social support as a form of stress treatment
- treating occupational stress
- social support as a form of treatment-
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures
Case studies
Project work on cases
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Describe the basic concepts related to stress in organisations.
- Differentiate between the presence of stress and its agents at personal and organisational levels.
- Apply appropriate methods to reduce and manage stress.
Readings
Leitch, Matthew (2017). Approach to stress management: why uncertinity causes stress and rension and how to stop it., http://www.workinginuncertainty.co.uk/stress.shtml
Peters, Achim, Bruce,, S. McEvans, F., & Fristton, K. (2017). Uncertainty and stress: Why it causes diseases and how it is mastered by the brain. Progress in Neurobiology, Volume 156, Pages 164-188.
Bukovec, Boris (2008). Nova paradigma obvladovanja sprememb. Fakulteta za uporabne družbene študije, Nova Gorica.
Terry A. Beehr (1995). Psychological stress in workplace. London Routledge.
Ovsenik Marija, & Ambrož, Milan (2011). Celovitost in neznatnost organizacije. Ljubljana: Institut za management
Prerequisits
No prerequisites.
Additional information on implementation and assessment - Oral exam (70%)
- seminar paper * (30%)
*Submitting and presenting a seminar paper is a prerequisite for the exam.
