Quality of Worklife

Catalog description

This course will offer an examination of the various dimensions which affect the quality of work life. Among the issues to be discussed are work processes, organizational structure, styles of supervision, and impact on stress and burnout. Detailed discussion of such specific issues as physiological and psychological stress and forms of worker alienation will be offered. Students will be asked to use their own experiences in combination with reading and exercises to analyze problems and approaches for coping with the declining quality of work life.