Summary

Question 1

Wellbeing

Answer 1

• what is wellbeing
• stress (40% HSE, 2013)
• a model of stress
• basic stress response (fight- Cannon, 2013) (Gas- Selye, 1956)
• yerkes-Dodson Law
• burnout and work engagements (refers to - Jackson 1981)
• cognitive appraisal (interpretation - Simmons, 2007) (key determining - Folkman, 1984)
• symptoms & outcome
• organisations 6 main hazards
• what can organisations do, approaches
• individuals differences (Hardiness - kobasa, 1979)
• individual approaches
• presenterism (while Ill - Johns, 2009)
  (Productivity - Whitehouse - 2005)
  Prevalence (Mardon, 2010)

Question 2

Changing nature employee relationships

Answer 2

• today’s employment landscape changes
• organisations more like systems (all link)
• impact of shift on org and people
• what is employment relationship
• person- environment fit (definition - Furnham, 1992) (job sat- Furnham, 1984) (organisation commitment - Judge, 1994)
• psychological contract (Rousseau, 2004)
• psychological contract violation (interpretation - Rousseau, 1995)
• new dawn for psychological contract
• traditions vs today career
• protean/boundaryless career (Arthur, 1996)
• what protean/boundaryless career means for psychological contract (portfolio - Kanter, 1989)
• generations & Generation Y (hierarchy- deloittes 2012) (importance leisure increasing - Wray-Lake, 2011) (less inclined - Becton, 2014)

Question 3

Decision making

Answer 3

• Definition of decision making (Mintzberg, 1979)

• What is perception (see same thing - Gibson, 1994) (perception reality - Judge, 2017), Factors that Influence perception
• Attribution theory - how we judge people differently 

- Are bad outcomes always caused by bad decisions 
(Optimal - Milkman, 2009) (Satisfying - Simon, 1956)
• System 1 vs System 2 (West, 2000) Difference, When Best approach
• Decision framing (Kahneman, 1981)
- Decision making shortcuts 
- Decision making biases 

• Group decision making
• Group decision making - what can we do

• The organisational level & where gone wrong
• Organisational decision making & execution
• What can we do to improve our decision making (Nudge - Sunstein,2008)
• Cognitive Styles for different jobs
• What can we do to improve our decision making

Question 4

Individual Factor intelligence, personality & Values

Answer 4

• Why Useful for organisations to understand an employees’ individual differences
• Categorisation of differences 



• Intelligence (examined ‘g’ inter-correlations - Spearman, 1904)

• How does ‘g’ predict outcomes & Critisms 

• The hierarchal model of cognitive ability - (Carroll, 1993)

• Multiple Intelligences (can link - operate concurrently) (Gardner 1983)
• Triarchic theory of intelligence - (sternbergs 1985)

• Emotional Intelligence - how you relate/get on with other people (Jordan, 1006), (evidence patch - Conte’s 2005 review) (Invalid - Locke, 2003)
• What is personality
• 
Measuring personality e.g. Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
• Five Factor Model (FFM) (Costa,1989)
Give Factor Model Evaluation & Criticisms
• Other types of personality traits 

• Determinants of behaviour


• Values