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Psychosocial risks in OSH

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 040-0634/01
Abbreviation PRvBOZP
Course title Psychosocial risks in OSH
Credits 2
Coordinating department Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator Mgr. Ivana Slováčková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to psychosocial risks.
2. Terminology of psychosocial risks and their consequences
3. Analysis, development and comparison of the EU and the Czech Republic in the field of psychosocial risks.
4. Classification of individual psychosocial risks according to their nature
5. Assessment of psychosocial risks and occupational stress from the perspective of occupational health services
6. Stress and its impact on health
7. Management of psychosocial risks and prevention of psychosocial risks
8. Preventive measures to reduce psychosocial risks
9. Holistic approaches to health promotion in the workplace
10. Organisational culture, role and position of the manager
11. Socially undesirable phenomena in the work environment
12. Motivation of work behaviour, workload as a key factor
13. Employee management, conflicts and their management

E-learning

Study materials are available on MS TEAMS

Literature

FLINTROP, Julia and Oscar VARGAS. Psychosocial risks in Europe Prevalence and strategies for prevention [online]. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2014 [cit. 2023-10-09]. ISBN 978-92-897-1218-7 . Dostupné z: doi:10.2806/70971
ISO. ISO 45003:2021, Occupational health and safety management - Psychosocial health and safety at work - Guidelines for managing psychosocial risks. Switzerland, 2021.

Advised literature

OGDEN, Jane. Health psychology: a textbook. 3rd ed. Maidenhead, U.K.: Open University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-335-21471-1 .
CHIRICO, Francesco. The forgotten realm of the new and emerging psychosocial risk factors. Online. Journal of Occupational Health. 2017, roč. 59, č. 5, s. 433-435. ISSN 1341-9145 . Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1539/joh.17-0111-OP. [cit. 2023-10-11].