COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PSYCHOLOGY OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
ÇEK 6149 PSYCHOLOGY OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TUNÇ DEMIRBILEK

Offered to

Labour Economics and Industrial Relations

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to teach students the theoretical knowledge about employee's occupational health and safety behavior to prevent work accidents and occupational diseases, and to gain students the ability to study the psychological dimension of occupational health and safety.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to define concepts and characteristics of safety behaviour
2   Being able to understand management system of safety behaviour
3   Being able to analyze the relationship between occupational safety conditions and safety behaviour
4   Being able to evaluate the employee's level of safety behavior
5   Being able to comprehend the methods to improve the employee's safety behavior

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Concepts and Chacteristics of Safety Behaviour
2 Safety Behaviour Management System
3 Safety Culture
4 Measurement of Safety Culture
5 Perceived Risk and Risk Assessment
6 Safety Program
7 Safety Training
8 Midterm Exam
9 Safety Participation
10 Safety Audit
11 Safety Communication
12 Safety Feedback
13 Safety Coaching
14 Safety Performance and Its Measurement

Recomended or Required Reading

Tunç Demirbilek. (2005). Iş Güvenliği Kültürü, Istanbul: Legal Yayın.
E. Scott Geller. (1996). The Pschology of Safety : How to Improve Behaviors and Attitudes on the Job, Radnor: Chilton Book Company.
David L. Goetsch. (2005). Occupational Safety and Health for Technologists, Engineers, and Managers, 5th Edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
Guidelines on Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems [Electronic Resource]. (2001). Programme on Safety and Health at Work and The Environment (Safework), International Labour Office, Geneva : ILO.
Edt.: Anil Mital, Asa Kilbom ve Shrawan Kumar. (2000). Ergonomics Guidelines and Problem Solving [Electronic Resource], Amsterdam: Pergamon.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, Assignment, Presentation, Question-Answer, Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+ 90 0.232.3010351
t.demirbilek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 16.00-17.00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 5 65
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 135

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511

CONTACT INFORMATION
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