MGS3210 Organisational wellness
Faculty of Business and Economics
MGS3210 Organisational wellness is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Business and Economics, offered in 2020 in Semester 2 at South Africa. It needs MGF1010, MGS1010, MGW1010 or MGB1010.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Semester 2
- South Africa
- Assessment
- No exam
- 1 task
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2022 entry.
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Requisites
Before MGS3210
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After MGS3210
No unit lists MGS3210 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Overview
This unit is designed to develop students' awareness of current theoretical perspectives on and of empirical evaluations of organisational initiatives designed to foster wellbeing at both the individual and organisational level. The unit will provide a macro-level framework for examining an organisation's social, ethical and environmental responsibility, followed by an examination of organisational level approaches to wellness including work/life initiatives and OH&S initiatives. At the micro-level, the unit will address strategies individual employees may use to manage their own state of wellness.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | South Africa | On campus |
Assessment
- Within semester assessmentThreshold hurdle100%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
appreciate the relationship between the changing face of organisations into today's business environment and the need for managers to attend to organisational wellness
- 2
identify predictors and consequences of 'wellness' and 'toxicity' in the organisational context
- 3
describe and evaluate current organisational wellness initiatives
- 4
analyse and evaluate current theoretical frameworks of 'wellness' in order to understand and devise 'healthy' organisation initiatives.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops144 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. The unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Workshops.
Three principles drive the teaching approaches in this unit:
Constructive Alignment: Learning is strategically aligned to achieve the learning outcomes, as demonstrated through the assessment. Through the weekly lessons you should see clear connections to the assessment program, and learning should be directly ransferrable to the assessment program.
Scaffolding: Starting from lower level learning, new knowledge and skills are progressively introduced adding complexity and connections, and expecting higher-order learning. Within each lesson, and across the unit, building upon early activities, you should see your knowledge and skills demonstrate higher capabilities.
Team-Based Learning: Learning is social and interactive, and best achieved through purposefully designed activities that include these interactions. Through your personally developed and shared learning activities you should develop, analyse, connect, synthesise, interpret, evaluate, justify… more than you could on your own.
Learning resources
Required resources
The chapters listed in the readings refer to the following text: Workplace Well-being. Edited by Arla Day, E. Kevin Kelloway and Joseph J. Hurrell, Jr (2014).
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Ms Jennifer Nzonzo
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MGS3210?
You need MGF1010, MGS1010, MGW1010 or MGB1010 before you enrol.
When is MGS3210 offered?
In 2020, MGS3210 runs in Semester 2 at South Africa.
How much work is MGS3210?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does MGS3210 have an exam?
No. MGS3210 has 1 assessment task and no exam.