Worldwide, organizations are starting to take the health and wellbeing of their knowledge workers seriously. This is increasingly important for optimizing productivity, sustaining employability, and attracting and retaining talent. With regard to physical activity, relaxation, nutrition and indoor climate, both problems and solutions can be found within the daily workplace. An innovative, interdisciplinary approach is needed to create the healthy workplace of the future.

Participate in a challenging practice-based project

The Minor Healthy Workplace brings students from different academic backgrounds and countries together. Real Estate Management, Human Resources Management  and Facility Management are fundamental disciplines. The programme is built around a challenging practice-based project. You will learn to prepare a solid business case for implementing health-promoting workplace interventions for a company involved. This particular skill is very much in demand by employers hiring internal and external workplace consultants and managers.

Linked to Living Lab Healthy Workplace

The program is closely linked to the Living Lab Healthy Workplace. In this innovation project, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, together with industry partners, develops new knowledge and tools for promoting healthy behaviours in the workplace. The Living Lab is a work environment in which data are collected with sensors, wearables and a mobile app toprovide workers with feedback and to measure the effects of interventions. Participating researchers and practitioners in the fields of built environment, psychology, health andtechnology are involved in the Minor Healthy Workplace.

Specifications Purpose

The purpose of the minor is to create business cases for workplace interventions.

European Credits

You can earn 30 credits.

Programme and ECTS

Project: business case for workplace interventions (10 ECTS credits)

• meetings with internal and external coach
• meetings with subject matter experts
• workshops business case development

Healthy workers & organisations (5 ECTS credits)

• workplace as a tool for HRM
• vitality, employability and performance
• behavioural change and change management

Healthy environments & behaviours (5 ECTS credits)

• workplace as a tool for FM/CREM
• healthy buildings and work environments
• workplace nudging

Personal portfolio (5 ECTS credits)

• start assessment: who am I, what will I take and bring to the programme
• building portfolio bases on desk research and project
• final assessment: what did I learn, how will I use this

Knowledge transfer symposium (5 ECTS credits)

• reflect on project experience
• link to trends in professional practice
• transfer to HWP network and successors

An introduction module and an excursion are also included in the programme. You can earn 30 credits with this minor.

Semester

The minor Healthy Workplace takes place in semester 1.

Language

English.

 

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Tentamens

Voertaal is Engels

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