ADMS 3400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Health Promotion, Organisation Climate, Flextime

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 3400
• Professor: Gary Blake

Document Summary

What is karoshi: death from overworking. What are some of the ways of dealing with fatigue, as mentioned in the article: the interesting the way to deal with fatigue is to find more ways to exercise. We are bit meant to just sit in front of desks: nutrition also helps, self help programs or therapy. The science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move towards a state of optimal health. Optimal health is defined as a balance of physical, emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual health. Lifestyle change can be facilitated through a combination of efforts to enhance awareness, change behaviour, and create environments that support good health practices. Of the three, supportive environments will probably have the greatest impact in producing lasting changes. Precontemplation: employees at this stage are not intending to change their behaviour (e. g. a person has no interest in quitting smoking).