Workplace wellbeing (5 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

The student
- is able to assess the impact of work, the work community and their own activities on well-being at work
- understands the factors influencing well-being at work and how to act as a member of a work community
- is able to generate new ideas and methods for promoting their own and the work community´s well- being
- can search for and evaluate evidence-based research data relevant to their own well-being and that of the work community
- is able to construct their own well-being at work plan.

Content

Positive emotional and motivational state at work – work engagement
What can I do as a member of the work community to achieve work engagement?
Environments in which creativity can flourish
Training your brain
Workplace as the arena for health promotion
Promoting work ability and healthy lifestyles in the workplace
Sit less and – move more during the working day
Tools for managing the changing and diverse working life – remote work, e-work, mobile work and multi-location work
Rest and recovery
Well-being at work plan
Workplace health and safety

Teaching methods

Orientation instruktions in Moodle before duedate 13.3.2023. Voluntary orientation in Zoom 15.3.2023 at 9.00-10.00
Virtual learning
Net learning, learning assignments.
6 (six) Moodletasks

Location and time

13.3.2023-30.4.2023
Net learning in Moodle, learning assignments.

Learning materials and recommended literature

Will be given at the Moodle net learning environment.

Alternative completion methods of implementation

N/A

Internship and working life connections

N/A

Exam dates and retake possibilities

Assignments during the study period.

International connections

N/A

Student workload

5 x 27 h = 135 h

Content scheduling

1. Megatrends in the field of work 0,5 ect
2. I as employee and time management and assessment 1ect
3. Safe and healthy working environment. 0,5ect
4. Challenging workplace situations 0,5 ect
5. My plan of well-being at work 1ect

Further information for students

Orientation instructions in Moodle before duedate 13.3.2023. Voluntary orientation in Zoom 15.3.2023 at 9.00-10.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Passed assignments (6) and peer commenting of those assignments during the study period.

Evaluation scale

Hyväksytty/Hylätty

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to:
- demonstrate familiarization with the knowledge base of the field
- distinguish everyday knowledge from scientific knowledge
- use the concepts of the field appropriately
- evaluate personal strengths and development needs
- demonstrate having reached the goals set for the core competence

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to:
- search for evidence-based knowledge diversely
- use concepts of the field extensively
- use rational justification for their actions
- focus on their work and develop it

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students can:
- use and evaluate evidence-based knowledge critically
- apply the concepts of their field extensively
- evaluate and apply alternative solutions to their decision-making
- work in a goal-oriented way and develop themselves

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student is able to:
- demonstrate familiarization with the knowledge base of the field
- distinguish everyday knowledge from scientific knowledge
- use the concepts of the field appropriately
- evaluate personal strengths and development needs
- demonstrate having reached the goals set for the core competence