Management and Organizational Studies 3344A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: World Health Organization, Health Promotion, Unemployment Benefits

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 3344A/B
• Professor: Julie Schermer

Document Summary

Active attempts should be made to ensure healthy and safe work environment. 90% of mid-sized american companies offer health-related programs. 67% of canadian organizations attempt to address employee concerns about work life balance. Major motivator of this trend is to reduce rising health care costs, improve productivity and build a supportive organizational culture. The world health organization defines health not simply as the absence of illness or disease but rather as an overall state of mental, physical and social well-being. Work-family conflict: a type of inter-role conflict in which the role pressures experienced in the work and family domains are incompatible. Associated with reduced work performance and absenteeism. Estimated direct organizational costs range from billion to billion annually. When indirect costs are factored in, the figure increases to an estimated billion to billion per year. Increase the amount of control that individuals have over their work schedule.