Managerial skills for OHS management

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	040-0714/01
Abbreviation	MSOHSM
Course title	Managerial skills for OHS management
Credits	6
Coordinating department	Department of Occupational and Process Safety
Course coordinator	Mgr. Ivana Slováčková, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Psychology, sociology, ethics. Soft skills and their importance for the competence of OHS professionals.
2. Safety management system in company.
3. Organizational culture and safety culture.
3. Leadership and safety leadership, motivation and engagement - differences, support.
5. Basics of cognitive psychology – cognitive biases, especially in decision - making, critical thinking.
6. ABC model of human behavior and its application in the field of safety.
7. Human factor and its influence on safety, difference between safety I and safety II.
8. Group behavior, teamwork, creating safe habits.
9. Communication and its specifics in the field of safety.
10. Education in the field of OHS.
11. Psychosocial risks, stress and its management, burnout syndrome.
12. Conflicts and their solutions. Ethical issues in OHS.
13. Change management.

E-learning

The study materials are available on MS TEAMS

Literature

KAHNEMAN, Daniel. Thinking, fast and slow. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. ISBN 9780374275631

Safety culture in nuclear installations: guidance for use in the enhancement of safety culture, IAEA, VIENNA, 2002 IAEA-TECDOC-1329 ISBN 92–0–119102–2

KLETZ, Trevor A. An engineer's view of human error. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis, c2001.

Harter, Jim. First, Break All The Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently, Gallup Press, 2016, IBSN: 97815956211

Duhigg, Charles. The Power of Habits: Why We DO What We Do in Life and Business, Random House, 2012,

Advised literature

HOLLNAGEL Erik. Safety-I and Safety-II: The Past and Future of Safety Management, Ashgate Publishing Company 2014, ISBN: 9781472423054

Key practical issues in strengthening safety culture: INSAG 15/a report by the International Nuclear Safety Advisory Group, - Vienna: Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 2002,

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