ISyE 663: Occupational Stress

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Catalog Description: 663 Occupational Stress. II; 3 cr. This course examines the nature of occupational stress, what it is, how it is measured, its anticedents and its consequences, and its effects on human performance and health. P: IE 349, Bus 530, or cons inst.
Course Prerequisite(s)

See catalog description above.
Topics covered

Theories of stress: physiological models, cognitive theories, transactional theories, systems approach, stress responses, measurement
Job and organizational stressors: job demands, job control, job content, organizational stressors, shiftwork, measurement
Methods for occupational stress management, reduction and prevention: individual interventions, job and organizational redesign, healthy organizations, management of change, case studies
Assessment of student progress toward course objectives

Mid-term exam
Final exam
Report on the analysis of stress, job stressors, and stress management in one occupation
Person(s) who prepared this description

Pascale Carayon

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Date last modified: 28-Dec-2007
Content by: prpeters@engr.wisc.edu
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