HRES 2303Occupational Health and Safety

Purpose: 

You will be writing an individual paper focussed on a psychosocial hazard, specifically the topic of Workplace Bullying. You need to think of the answers from the employee who is feeling bullied, the employee who is bullying and the organizational culture.  

Resources

• Chapter 1 – 7 powerpoint slides (Bow Valley College (2020) HRES@#)#; Occupational Health and Safety) [Powerpoint slides] retrieved from: https://d2l.bowvalleycollege.ca/d2l/le/content/230023/Home

• Chapter 1 – 7 of the course textbook. Kelloway, E.K. Francis, L. &Gatien, B. (2017) Management of Occupational Health and Safety. 7th Ed. Toronto. Nelson.

• Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Acthttp://www.qp.alberta.ca/documents/Acts/O02P1.pdf

• Alberta OHS Code Exxplanation Guide. Retrieved from:https://ohs-pubstore.labour.alberta.ca/li001

• The CSA Standard Z1003-13 (R2018) Retrieved from : https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/psychosocial/mentalhealth_checklist_phs.html

Your assignmentis to be written from your perspective as an Occupational Health and Safety Specialist.  One question to think about is how this material has increased your awareness of the importance of occupational health and safety in the workplace

Assignment Sections:

• Introduction – Provide an opening paragraph stating the context of the assignment and a clear outline, a road map, of what will be included in the following pages.

• Research–Research theAlberta Occupational Health and Safety Act.  Explain the purpose of this Act andidentify the section of the Act that covers Workplace Bullying.  From an organizational perspective, explain why it is important to deal with workplace bullying? Explain why this should be the responsibility of the Occupational Health and Safety officer or Human Resources Professional? 

• Psychosocial Hazard:  Define Workplace Bullyingin the workplace.  Comment on why you think that workplace bullying needs attention from the employee’s perception in the workplace.  Your answer should include reference to Stressors in the Workplace.Describe how these stressors will decrease performance in the workplace.  Suggest one metric that you might utilize to gather support for dealing with Workplace Bullying.  

• Outcomesin the workplace– Explain in your own words, at least fivemeasurable ways that the organization can observe workplace bullying.  

• Interventions in the workplace –Recommendfourways thatan organization could help employees who feel they are bullied.  In particular, what type of training could be offered to the organization to increase the awareness of Workplace Bullying? Specifically what type of hazard investigation do you as an Occupational Health and Safety Officer need to conduct with both the victim and the alleged bully?

• Summary – a brief summary of the key points in the report

Before submitting your work to the dropbox you need to make final edits to your assignment. A process I recommend is to read through your work using 5 lenses.

1. The first lens is your content lens. Is the information you have provided correct? Does it make sense? 

2. Your second lens is to check you have followed all the assignment instructions and included everything according to the rubric. 

3. The third lens is your APA lens, have you correctly used APA in-text citations and included all of your sources correctly in the reference section? Use http://bowvalleycollege.libguides.com/apa-styleUse the template I provided to help with APA

4. The fourth lens is your grammar and spelling. Make use of the spell check feature in Microsoft word. Grammarly is a free grammar check service you can make use of, you will find it at www.grammarly.com

5. The fifth and final lens is your formatting lens, is the front page the correct format? Check your margins are 1 inch, line spacing is double, font is Times New Roman, font size is 12, and formatting for titles is correct according to APA Style.

This assignment should be no more than threepagesof contentin length, not including the report front page and reference page.

Ensure that your assignment is clearly written and referenced according to APA Style, with in-text citation and reference list. You must follow Bow Valley College policies with respect to Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism. This is taken very seriously at the College and even if dishonesty or plagiarism is unintentional, it is my obligation to report it. Also, know that taking credit for work you did not contribute toisalso considered Academic Dishonesty and will be reported.  

Your assignment needs to be presented in a professional manner.  You must use Turnitin on the assignment, prior to me marking the assignment.  Remember to give yourself 24 hours for the software to accurately generate a report.

Marking Criteria