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Workplace Health and Safety Regulation, Systems and Complexity
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HLWHS6001 - Workplace Health and Safety Regulation, Systems and Complexity
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<p>This unit introduces the workplace health and safety regulatory environment and explores how the concepts of regulation, organisational leadership, culture and ethics operate to influence how organisations control workplace health and safety risk. It provides an overview of the complexity of organisations, as well as the impact of regulation, leadership, culture and ethics within a complex adaptive system. The concept of wicked problems factors is introduced as it related to workplace health and safety. Students are given an opportunity to work through these concepts as they may relate to their own practice and organisations.</p>
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<p>Evidence-informed practice. Occupational health and safety management systems/auditing. Leadership. Motivation. Systems thinking. Safety culture. Complex Adaptive Systems. Wicked Problems. High reliability organisations. Safety rules. Psychology and human behaviour. Resilience engineering. Ethics and professional practice. Introduction to work health and safety in Australia. Standard setting. Rights and obligations. Responsibility and liability.</p>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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Unit description
<p>This unit introduces the workplace health and safety regulatory environment and explores how the concepts of regulation, organisational leadership, culture and ethics operate to influence how organisations control workplace health and safety risk. It provides an overview of the complexity of organisations, as well as the impact of regulation, leadership, culture and ethics within a complex adaptive system. The concept of wicked problems factors is introduced as it related to workplace health and safety. Students are given an opportunity to work through these concepts as they may relate to their own practice and organisations.</p>
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<p>Evidence-informed practice. Occupational health and safety management systems/auditing. Leadership. Motivation. Systems thinking. Safety culture. Complex Adaptive Systems. Wicked Problems. High reliability organisations. Safety rules. Psychology and human behaviour. Resilience engineering. Ethics and professional practice. Introduction to work health and safety in Australia. Standard setting. Rights and obligations. Responsibility and liability.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Public Health
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
30
EFTSL:
0.25
Field of education:
061301 - Occupational Health and Safety
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>On-line Learning</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/hlwhs6001">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
Prerequisite
None
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
<p>must not have completed all of "SCOHS5510" / "SCOHS5514"</p>
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
Learning Outcomes
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K1
<p>Examine concepts of workplace health and safety / occupational health and safety law & regulation;</p>
K2
<p>Evaluate the role of law & regulation in controlling workplace health and safety / occupational health and safety risk;</p>
K3
<p>Relate concepts of systems and complexity to workplace health and safety management;</p>
K4
<p>Predict the role of leadership, ethics and culture in workplace health and safety and controlling risk.</p>
S1
<p>Scrutinise legal issues in workplace health and safety practice;</p>
S2
<p>Evaluate the role of workplace health and safety regulation in controlling risk;</p>
S3
<p>Critique concepts of systems and complexity to workplace health and safety management;</p>
S4
<p>Analyse the role of leadership, ethics and culture in controlling risk.</p>
A1
<p>Critique the effect of regulation and law in workplace health and safety practice;</p>
A2
<p>Generate systems approaches to regulatory and legal requirements;</p>
A3
<p>Apply critical thinking and problem solving in scenario analysis;</p>
A4
<p>Incorporate organisational leadership, ethics and culture into evidence-based recommendations.</p>
Assessment
Learning Tasks and Assessment
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Learning outcomes assessed
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<p>Individual presentation based on an OHS law case and pertinent aspects of complex </p><p>systems theory, leadership and or culture</p>
<p>Presentation</p>
<p>20-30%</p>
K3, S3, A3
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<p>Fact sheet based on legal case and integrating concept of work done versus work as imagined (WAD v WAI) and motivation</p>
<p>Fact Sheet</p>
<p>20-40%</p>
K4, S4, A3, A4
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<p>Major research project related to a workplace issue</p>
<p>Major research project</p>
<p>40-60%</p>
K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, A1, A2, A3, A4
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Public Health
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
30
EFTSL:
0.25
Field of education:
061301 - Occupational Health and Safety
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>On-line Learning</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/hlwhs6001">View unit fees</a>
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Internal reference: HLWHS6001 - U2.1