Health Promoting Games as Part of the Strategy of the Organization
This article aims to discuss health promoting games as part of the strategy of the organization, models of safety culture levels and a proposal for a new approach There are several methods enabling organizational development. One of them can be incorporat
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Abstract This article aims to discuss health promoting games as part of the strategy of the organization, models of safety culture levels and a proposal for a new approach There are several methods enabling organizational development. One of them can be incorporating workplace health promotion into organizational philosophy and methodology. Health of the employees can be perceived as a cost-effective investment, and modern interventions targeting employee health are very often connected with the application of IT. Moreover, strategic games are gaining popularity as activities used to enhance the effects of organizational activities aimed at human resources development. Keywords Workplace health promotion health Games
Strategic management Occupational
1 Introduction Strategic management is one of the key areas of organization management. Every manager wishes to become expert in this field as it guarantees appropriate decisions made with regard to organization development. It is not an easy task though. It requires appropriate knowledge, abilities and experience. Additionally, making
K. Lis (&) Department of Labour and Social Policy, Poznań University of Economics, Al. Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań, Poland e-mail: [email protected] E. Wierzejska Department of Preventive Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Al. Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań, Poland e-mail: [email protected] A. Rytelewska WSB University in Poznan, Al. Niepodległości 2, 61-874 Poznań, Poland e-mail: [email protected] © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 P. Arezes (ed.), Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 491, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-41929-9_50
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decisions connected with strategic management requires carrying out a number of analyses allowing for the determination of organizational goals. It is said, therefore, that strategic management is now a firmly established field in the study of business and organizations [1]. The aim of the article is to discuss health promoting games as part of the strategy of the organization, models of safety culture levels and the proposal of a new approach towards health at workplace. The article is divided into eight sections. The first section is introduction of the paper. The second section is related to evolution of strategic management in the organizations over the years. The third section presents health as an investment in human resources. The fourth section describes the systemic approach to occupational health and safety. The fifth section presents the meaning of workplace health promotion. The sixth section discusses possible health promoting and disease preventing interventions. The seventh section is devoted to possible workplace health promotion implementations though internet and games. The eighth section are conclusions.
2 Evolution of Strategic Management Until the beginning of the 1960s, the concept of strategic management was not commonly applied in organizations. Most deci
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