EPF019 Modern stress management and holistic development of the individual

Objectives and competences

In this course students: 1. Systematically enhance their theoretical knowledge in the field of stress management. 2. Gain the ability to apply their theoretical knowledge in complex practical problems in the field of stress management 3. Acquire approach to analysis of stress management. 4. Make critical judgements based on a sound theoretical base.

Content (Syllabus outline)

• Definition of stress • Stress models • The importance of stress for employees, organizations, and society • Sources of workplace stress in private life • Symptoms of stress in humans • Consequences of stress in the form of physiological, psychological in behavioral problems • What is burnout and how to prevent it • Creating a strategy to reduce stress in employees in the work environment • Designing programs to overcome stress in employees • How to raise the mental well-being of employees • Individual overcoming of stress in dosing goals - different techniques of stress management • Definition of personal development • The importance of personal development for the individual and the organization • Essential factors of personal development • Components of personal development: professional, work and personal development • The link between personal development (all its elements) and stress management.

Learning and teaching methods

• lectures • discussions • workshops • team building • case studies • učenje in poučevanje s pomočjo generativne umetne inteligence (npr. ChatGPT, Bing, Co-Pilot) • The "Jigsaw Puzzle" method • Mentimeter

Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding

Cognitive/Intellectual skills: • Analysis: Critically analyzes complex, incomplete or contradictory areas of stress management communicating the outcome effectively and personal development. • Synthesis: with critical awareness, can formulate information in a manner that may be innovative, utilising knowledge or processes from the forefront of the discipline / practice • Evaluation: Values and critically evaluates knowledge stress management and personal development that will allow her/him critically to evaluate research, advanced scholarship and methodologies and argue alternative approaches • Application: Critically evaluates problems and solves them.. Plans and executes tasks at a professional or equivalent level, making decisions in complex and unpredictable situations

Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes

Key/Transferable skills • Group working: Leads a team or participates as a team member. Clarifies tasks and make appropriate use of the capacities of group members. Negotiates and resolves conflicts with an appropriate degree of confidence. • Learning resources: Uses a full range of learning resources • Self-evaluation: Evaluates his performance and the performance of others to improve performance. • Management of information: Undertakes competently research tasks with minimum guidance • Autonomy: He conquers knowledge independently and self-critically. He directs the learning process in others, he knows how to identify areas in which he should develop further. • Communications: Engages confidently in academic and professional communication with others, reporting on action clearly, autonomously and competently • Problem solving: Independently acquires the knowledge necessary for continuing professional development. Utilizes the expertise of others where appropriate and necessary. Practical skills: • Application of skills: Operates in complex and unpredictable and/or specialised contexts, and has an overview of the issues governing good practice • Autonomy in skill use: can exercise initiative and personal responsibility in professional practice • Technical expertise: has technical expertise, performs smoothly with precision and effectiveness; can adapt skills and design or develop new skills and/or procedures for new situations.

Readings

• Treven, S. (2005). Premagovanje stresa. Ljubljana: Gospodarski vestnik. • ŠAROTAR ŽIŽEK, Simona. Premagovanje stresa : dodatno gradivo pri predmetu Organizacija strokovnega dela in upravljanje s časom : študijsko leto 2017/18. Maribor: Ekonomsko - poslovna fakulteta, 2017. 22 str., ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 12819484] • ŠAROTAR ŽIŽEK, Simona (ur.), et al. Premagovanje stresa kot sredstvo za zagotavljanje dobrega počutja : znanstvena monografija projekta Chance 4 change. Maribor: Ekonomsko-poslovna fakulteta, 2013. Str. 95-102. ISBN 978-961-6802-23-9. [COBISS.SI-ID 11457820] • ŠAROTAR ŽIŽEK, Simona, TREVEN, Sonja, TREVEN, Urška, MILFELNER, Borut, SELINŠEK, Aleksandra, POTOČNIK, Amna, MULEJ, Matjaž, IVANOVIČ, Bogdan, et al., ŠAROTAR ŽIŽEK, Simona (urednik), TREVEN, Sonja (urednik), JIMÉNEZ, Paul (urednik), POTOČNIK, Amna (urednik). Stressabbau als Mittel zur Sicherung des Wohlbefindens: [wissenschaftliche Monographie des Projektes Chance 4 change]. Maribor: Ekonomsko-poslovna fakulteta, 2013. 260 str., ilustr. ISBN 978-961-6802-24-6. [COBISS.SI-ID 74763777] • ŠAROTAR ŽIŽEK, Simona, TREVEN, Sonja, ZOLAK POLJAŠEVIĆ, Branka. Osebni in osebnostni razvoj človeka v povezavi z inteligentnostjo. V: ŠAROTAR ŽIŽEK, Simona (ur.), et al. Aktualne teme managementa človeških virov. Knj. 2, Oblike sodelovanja med zaposlenimi, ključni kazalniki uspešnosti, osebni in osebnostni razvoj človeka. Ljubljana: IRDO - Inštitut za razvoj družbene odgovornosti, 2023. Str. 262-290, ilustr. Človeški viri in družbena odgovornost, 2. ISBN 978-961-7141-05-4. https://www.irdo.si/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2023-IRDO-MCV-AKTUALNE-TEME-2.-KNJIGA.pdf. [COBISS.SI-ID 174736131] • ŠAROTAR ŽIŽEK, Simona. Osebni razvoj : dodatno gradivo pri predmetu Razvoj človeških virov : študijsko leto 2017/2018. Maribor: Ekonomsko - poslovna fakulteta, 2017. [26] str. [COBISS.SI-ID 12818460] • ŠAROTAR ŽIŽEK, Simona, VEINGERL ČIČ, Živa. Osebnost in osebnostni razvoj zaposlenega. Bančni vestnik : revija za denarništvo in bančništvo. [Tiskana izd.]. jun. 2018, letn. 67, št. 6, str. 22-34. ISSN 0005-4631. [COBISS.SI-ID 13043228] • ŠAROTAR ŽIŽEK, Simona. Pomen osebnega in osebnostnega razvoja človeških virov v (slovenskem) turizmu. Academica turistica : tourism & innovation journal. [Tiskana izd.]. dec. 2008, letn. 1, št. 3/4, str. 42-48. ISSN 1855-3303. [COBISS.SI-ID 9725980] • ŠAROTAR ŽIŽEK, Simona, TREVEN, Sonja. Osebni in osebnostni razvoj človeka v povezavi z inteligentnostjo. V: Izkoristimo priložnosti. Murska Sobota: Pomursko društvo za kakovost, 2007. Str. 16-21. [COBISS.SI-ID 9323548] • ŠAROTAR ŽIŽEK, Simona, TREVEN, Sonja. Osebnost. V: ŠAROTAR ŽIŽEK, Simona (ur.), et al. Zagotavljanje zadostne in potrebne osebne celovitosti človeka. Maribor: IRDO, Inštitut za razvoj družbene odgovornosti, 2015. Str. 9-12. Zbirka Well-being. ISBN 978-961-93531-6-5. [COBISS.SI-ID 11919388]

Prerequisits

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Lecturer

red. prof. dr. SIMONA ŠAROTAR ŽIŽEK, univ. dipl. ekon.

Assessment: Weight (%)

Exam: 40%
case studies: 20%
Seminar: 20%
Cmpleted lab work: 20%

Additional information on implementation and assessment

Course structure

Lectures: 15 hours
Tutorial: 15 hours
Individual work: 60 hours

Language of instruction

Lecture: Slovenian
Tutorial: Slovenian

Modern stress management and holistic development of the individual