HADM 4495: Implementing Strategies for Tying Wellness Practices to Company Profit
Elective - 3 credit hours - Letter grade only
Offered Spring only
Faculty teaching this course in Spring 10:
There is increasing evidence linking job induced stress to overall health and happiness or lack thereof. Adding to workplace stress are the needs of its diverse and changing population. These stresses affect the financial health of the corporation as well as the psychological and physical health of the individual. The purpose of this course is to encourage future managers to evaluate the work environment and to enhance opportunities for diverse worker productivity which should increase the corporation's competitive edge. The emerging fields of complementary and alternative medicines are explored as preventive and cost effective methods of improving workers' health. Business models for encouraging workplace wellness, systems for implementation, reward and accountability of managers and corporate officers will be introduced in this course. Only a few corporations overtly reward managers and corporate officers for the well being and concomitant enhanced performance and productivity of their employees.