040-0103/01 – Psychology of occupational safety (PBP)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Occupational and Process SafetyCredits5
Subject guarantorMgr. Ivana SlováčkováSubject version guarantorMgr. Ivana Slováčková
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory
Year3Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2018/2019Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesFBIIntended for study typesBachelor
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
REH0030 Ing. Jakub Řeháček
SLO0110 Mgr. Ivana Slováčková
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+2
Part-time Credit and Examination 16+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

The subject Psychology of Workplace Safety is aimed at practical application of fundamental knowledge of psychology and psychology of work in health and safety management within companies. After finishing the course, the students have knowledge about the psychology and the application of this scope in the area of occupational safety; obtain the skills to use the foundations of applied psychology in the context of identification of industrial risks and risk management system in the industrial companies; gain skills aimed to increase awareness about safety and motivate employees to safe behaviour; will raise their competency in the soft skills required for the job of H&S manager; have a awareness of safety culture and its stages from the perspective of employee behavior at the individual levels; are ready to evaluate the assumptions and risks relative to occupational safety and health for workers and apply them in practice; have information on the problems of the human factor in the field of safety and the risk of accident and can apply them in enhancing safety in the enterprise.

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Summary

The subject deals with applying the findings from psychology in the area of occupational safety. Most of the accidents are caused by the human factor and often they are consequence of unsafe behavior. Therefore, the modern safety focused on creating safe behaviour, safe habits, motivation of employees to compliance with safety rules and improving safety culture. To do this H&S managers need to have a basic knowledge from a range of human conduct. The subject contains information about principles of human behavior, about the model of human behavior and motivation. Term safety culture is explained and different models of safety culture are compared. An important part of subject is the development of soft skills, in particular from the field of communication, including practical training in presentation skills.

Compulsory literature:

DUHIGG, Ch.: Power of Habit, BizBooks, 2013, 280 pages, ISBN: 978-80-2650-055-1 MARCIANO, P.: Carrots and Sticks Don't Work, Motiv Press, 2013, ISBN, 978-80-904133-9-9 CIALDINI ROBERT B: Influence – Power of Persuasion and Manipulation, BizBooks, 2012, ISBN:978-80-265-0041-4 Safety Culture in Nuclear Installations: Guidance for use in the Enhancement of Safety Culture, Státní úřad pro jadernou bezpečnost a Výzkumný ústav bezpečnosti práce, v.v.i., prosinec 2010, ISBN 978-80-86973-44-9 BUCKINGHAM, M COFFMAN, C.: First, Break All The Rules, BizBooks, 2012, ISBN 978-80-265-0023-0

Recommended literature:

ARNOLD, J., SILVESTER, J., PETTERSON, F., ROBERTSON, I., COOPER, C., BURNES, B.: Work Psychology for Managers and Human Resources Officers. Praha: Computer Press, a.s., 2007. 605 s. ISBN 978-80-251-1518-3 PAUKNEROVÁ, D. at al.: Psychology for economists and managers, Grada Publishing, a.s. 2012, 264 p. ISBN 978-80-247-3809-3 KLETZ, T.: An Engineer's View of Human Error, CRC Press; 3 edition (July 10, 2001), 296 stran, ISBN: 978-156032910

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

The form of results verification is combined – oral and written. The student also prepares a semester's work within the course, which he presents as part of the exam.

E-learning

Other requirements

Continuous submission of tasks assigned to the exercises in terms set by the teacher.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. General psychology, work psychology and psychology of workplace safety-introduction to topic 2. Managerial psychology. The typology, the differences between individuals, the use in occupation safety 3. Principles of human action, basic types of behavior, the creation of safe and dangerous routine 4. Model of human behavior, encouraging safe behaviour, group behavior 5. Safety culture 6. Safety leadership 7. Communication in the workplace, communication skills and their development 8. Effective training – how to increase the level of safety by the training 9. Motivation and engagement 10. The worker and his/her working potential, assessment of people in the workplace 11. Solving work problems, conflicts and their solution 12. Stress in the workplace, personality and stress management, classification of the stressors 13. Human errors

Conditions for subject completion

Part-time form (validity from: 2018/2019 Summer semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit 40  21
        Examination Examination 60  30 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Elaboration of at least 5 worksheets Elaboration of a semestral project on a given topic and its presentation. Exam - written and oral part.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Elaboration of at least 5 worksheets Elaboration of a semestral project on a given topic and its presentation. Exam - written and oral part.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2023/2024 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety P Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety K Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety K Czech Lázně Bohdaneč 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety P Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety K Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety K Czech Lázně Bohdaneč 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety P Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety K Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety K Czech Lázně Bohdaneč 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety P Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety K Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety K Czech Lázně Bohdaneč 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety P Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety K Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety K Czech Lázně Bohdaneč 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2018/2019 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety P Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2018/2019 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety K Czech Ostrava 3 Choice-compulsory study plan
2018/2019 (B3908) Fire Protection and Industrial Safety (3908R001) Occupational and Process Safety K Czech Lázně Bohdaneč 3 Choice-compulsory study plan

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