Models of People Management and Wellbeing
Code: 45546Credits: 6
| Degree programme | Type | Course |
|---|---|---|
| Management of Human Resources in Organisations | OB | 1 |
Contact lecturer
- Name :
- Albert Espelt Hernàndez
- Email :
- albert.espelt@uab.cat
Teaching staff
- Albert Espelt Hernàndez
- Anna Muro Rodriguez
- Cesar Luis Fernandez Llano
Group languages
You can consult this information at the end of the document.
Prerequisites
It is advisable to bring a laptop to class.
Objectives
Critically analyse the meanings of work and its impact on physical and mental health.
Interpret the effects of climate change, technological development, and demographic shifts on occupational health.
Examine labour market trends and their implications for health and social inequalities.
Assess working and employment conditions as social determinants of health.
Evaluate the evolution of work-related injuries, illnesses, and disabilities using epidemiological data.
Identify the main actors and policies in occupational health.
Explain causal models linking job insecurity and informal employment to health issues.
Analyse psychosocial risks and their impact on mental and emotional health.
Define and distinguish between occupational accidents, occupational diseases, and work-related illnesses.
Describe the magnitude and distribution of work-related injuries and disabilities across sectors and populations
Learning outcomes
- (CA03) Assess the strengths and limitations of HR management models in terms of staff development and well-being.
- (KA04) Explain conclusions, motives and advanced supporting knowledge to specialised and non-specialised audiences in a clear, objective and unambiguous way.
- (KA05) Identify the type of needs or demands in terms of human resources management that an area of the organisation may have depending on the HR model it practices.
- (KA06) Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the demands of the areas of an organisation, in terms of HR, according to the model applied.
- (KA07) Identify the special features that characterise a given organisation in terms of people management.
- (SA05) Distinguish what type of HR management model is followed in a given organisation, based on a series of guidelines.
- (SA06) Jointly draft the implications of the different HR management models at the organisational, group and individual levels.
Contents
1. Concept of Work and Health
2. Concepts of Work and Risk Factors Related to the Job Task
3. Epidemiological Surveillance
3.1 Work-Related Diseases (those made mandatory by the public health law)
3.2 Physical and Mental Health Conditions Related to the Work Environment
3.3 Workers as a High-Risk Population
3.4 Sick Leave and Work Performance
4. Determinants of Workers’ Physical and Mental Health
4.1 Structural Determinants of Physical and Mental Health
4.2 Intermediate Determinants of Physical and Mental Health
5. The Social Dimension of Occupational Health
6. Promotion of Physical and Mental Health at Work
7. Disease Prevention in the Workplace
8. Occupational Health Communication to Workers
9. Ethics and Occupational Health
Learning activities and methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Design of interventions or training programs to promote health and wellbeing | 20 | 0.8 | CA03, KA04, KA05, KA06, KA07, SA05, SA06 |
| Literature and documentary review | 30 | 1.2 | CA03, KA05, KA06, KA07 |
| Type: Guided | |||
| Case analisis | 10 | 0.4 | CA03, KA05, KA06, KA07, SA06 |
| Indicator analysis | 2 | 0.08 | CA03, KA05, KA06, KA07 |
| Theoretical-practical classes | 30 | 1.2 | CA03, KA04, KA05, KA06, KA07, SA05, SA06 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| In-class group work | 9 | 0.36 | CA03, KA04, KA05, KA06, KA07, SA05, SA06 |
| Supervision of autonomous work | 9 | 0.36 | CA03, KA04, KA05, KA06, KA07, SA06 |
This course provides different activities based on active-learning methodologies that are centred on the student. This involves a \"hybrid\" approach in which we combine traditional teaching resources with other resources aimed at encouraging meaningful and cooperative learning.
Assessment
Continuous assessment activities
| Title | Weight | Hours | ECTS | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case analysis | 20% | 10 | 0.4 | CA03, KA04, SA06 |
| Design a programme to improve workplace health in an organisation | 40% | 15 | 0.6 | CA03, KA04, KA05, KA06, KA07, SA05, SA06 |
| Design of a specific competency model for an organisation | 40% | 15 | 0.6 | CA03, KA04, KA05, SA05, SA06 |
The evaluation consists of 3 learning outcomes that will be carried out for each of the 3 blocks:
BLOCK 1- Case analysis
A written work will be carried out in groups of 3-5 students analyzing cases on personality, motivation, development and well-being of workers in organizations.
BLOCK 2- Design of a program to improve occupational health in an organization.
A written group work with oral defense will be carried out.
BLOCK 3- Design of a specific competency model for an organization
An individual work will be carried out with the aim of designing a proposed competency model for an organization.
Bibliography
Benavides, F. G., Delclós, J., & Serra, C. (2018). Estado de bienestar y salud pública: El papel de la salud laboral. Gaceta Sanitaria, 32(4), 377-380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.07.007
Campoy-Vila, M., Espelt, A., Jubany, J., Borao, O., Canet-Torres, A., & Muntaner, C. (2025). Breaking the cycle: How Spain’s dependency care system creates occupational inequalities in geriatric nursing assistants and the need for reform. International Journal for Equity in Health, 24(1), 77. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02426-1
Comisión para reducir las desigualdades sociales en salud en España. (2015). Avanzando hacia la equidad Propuesta de Políticas e Intervenciones para reducir las desigualdades Sociales en salud en España. Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad.
Robles-García, M., Dierssen-Sotos, T., Martínez-Ochoa, E., Herrera-Carral, P., Rosa Díaz-Mendi, A., & Llorca-Díaz, J. (2005). Variables relacionadas con la satisfacción laboral: Un estudio transversal a partir del modelo EFQM. Gaceta Sanitaria, 19(2), 127-134. https://doi.org/10.1157/13074368
WHO. (2021). Healthy and safe telework: Technical brief. World Health Organization and International Labour Organization.
WHO. (2022). WHO Guidelines on Mental Health at Work (1st ed). World Health Organization.
Software
Jamovi
Course groups and languages
The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE
| Type of teaching | Group | Language | Semester | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (TEm) Theory (master) | 1 | Catalan | first semester | afternoon |