| CODE | RSE5024 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Resilience in Occupational Systems | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit includes the following components: - Concepts and perspectives of resilience in complex systems; - Complex adaptive organizations: concepts, objectives and relevant variables; - From work designed to work as done in complex systems; - Characteristics and qualities of resilient professionals (personal characteristics, attitudes, etc.); - Motivation and commitment, dealing with work-related challenges, creative problem-solving. Study-Unit Aims: The aims of this study-unit is enable course participants to develop knowldge and practical skills in the resilience of complex systems. The course integrates a set of concepts essential to understanding the characteristics of complex systems, the influence of human factors on their performance and safety, and the perspective of the qualities of resilient professionals. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Analyse the main concepts, models and trends in the field of the resilience of complex systems; - Identify the dynamics of risk in complex systems; - Identify the theoretical models and factors associated with the resilience of professionals in complex systems. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Apply the main concepts, models and trends in the field of the resilience of complex systems; - Analyse in a systemic and integrated way the problems in the domain of the interaction of human factors with processes and technologies in complex systems, aiming at formulation of a diagnosis. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Amalberti (2001). The paradoxes of almost tottaly safety systems. Safety Science,37, 109-126. - Benard, B. (2004). Resiliency: What have we learned?. San Francisco: WestEd - Berg, S.H., Akerjordet, K., Eksted, M., Aase, K. (2018). Methodological strategies in resilient health care studies: An integrative review. Safety Science, 110, 300-312. - Morel, G., Amalberti, R., Chauvin, C. (2009). How good micro/macro ergonomics may improve resilience, but not necessarily safety. Safety Science, 47, 285-294. - Reiman, T., Rollenhagen, C., Pietikäinen, E., Heikkilä, J., (2015). Principles of adaptive management in complex safety–critical organizations. Safety Science, 71, 80-92. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Practical | |||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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