Behavioural Science for Organisations and Innovation

How employee wellbeing can support a productive work environment

Are you looking to develop a cooperative, creative and collaborative culture in your organisation? Effective collaboration and positive organisational culture can have a huge impact on well-being, innovation and incentivising team members.

In this Postgraduate Award, you will gain the tools and skills to design jobs and workplaces that promote well-being and productivity. You will be introduced to a range of perspectives on behavioural science that can be used to improve the effectiveness of organisations and how individuals work within organisations. Examining the importance of wellbeing for collaboration and productivity, and the role that companies or organisations have in fostering wellbeing within their workforce. You will also learn ways to encourage creativity and innovation within your workforce, and how to actively incentivise collaboration.

Start Date 3 October 2023
Duration 4 days
Location London - The Shard
Format Part-time
Fees £4,200 *

* See fees and funding for fees breakdown.

Duration

This Postgraduate Award will run across four days of face-to-face teaching at our London base in The Shard, with a six week window to complete your assignments.

Structure

Day one: Led by Redzo Mujcic. You will explore the behavioural science of wellbeing within modern organisations and societies. You'll develop an understanding of how you can measure success with human wellbeing, and create more productive and successful work places
Day two: Led by Redzo Mujcic. You will discover how to improve employee wellbeing as well as design consumer products and services
Day three: Dive into the world of creativity. You will explore what it means to be creative and develop techniques such as reframing problems, generating ideas, and evaluating and revising potential solutions
Day four: You will consider the hidden rules of appropriate behaviour that arise in your own lives and organisations, and how they can impact your responses and behaviour. You will develop skills to improve your own communciation as an individual, as well as skills to foster collaboration and communication in your teams

To consolidate your learning, you will complete a reflective essay and a case study. The assignments will provide you with an opportunity to apply your learning to real-life situations, allowing you to take back tangible knowledge that could support your organisation.

What will you learn?

You will explore the latest theory and insights around collaborative behaviour, entrepreneurial behaviour and wellbeing in organisations from experts
You will develop skills and techniques that you can apply within your organisation to improve employee happiness, productivity and business performance

"This Postgraduate Award explores the role of wellbeing within employees and wider organisations. It identifies the benefits in productivity, collaboration and innovation that come from having a healthy and happy workforce. We also explore ways in which the workplace and teams can be designed to maximise these positive outcomes."

Tim Mullett Course Director

Benefits to you and your business

Applied learning - Each Postgraduate Award provides knowledge, tools and strategies to take straight back to the workplace. Assignments directly link what is learnt in the classroom to your organisation
Flexible on time - This Postgraduate Award will run across four days of face-to-face teaching at our London base in The Shard, with a six week window to complete your assignments
Flexible on finance - You can pay for each Postgraduate Award individually, allowing you to build up to higher awards gradually, when budget allows

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Start Date 3 October 2023
Duration 4 days
Location London - The Shard
Format Part-time
Fees £4,200 *

* See fees and funding for fees breakdown.

Qualifications Available

Postgraduate Award

Postgraduate Awards (PGAs) can be a great way back into higher education if you haven’t studied for a while.

Through a concentrated period of study you will rapidly delve into a subject area and develop projects to apply directly to your organisation.

They can enhance your working practice or prepare you to make the change you want to see in your career.

This qualification is accredited by the University of Warwick.

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Postgraduate Certificate

Successful completion of three Postgraduate Awards will grant you a Postgraduate Certificate.

It is ideal if you aren't sure whether you want to take your studies onto the Executive Diploma level, but want to make your mark with an accredited qualification from the University of Warwick, and enhance your CV.

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Executive Diplomas

Successful completion of four themed Postgraduate Awards, plus an assessed Project Module (40 credits), will grant you an Executive Diploma in one of our specialist subject areas.

You can complete your Executive Diploma in just over one year, through four modules each studied over four days. If you need to, you have up to five years to complete your Executive Diploma. This is an accredited qualification, awarded by the University of Warwick.

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Design your own Executive Diploma

You can completely tailor your qualification by completing any four Postgraduate Awards from our selection of subject areas below, plus the assessed Project Module (40 credits) to gain an Executive Diploma in Advanced Management.

If you need to, you have up to five years to complete your Executive Diploma.

This is an accredited qualification, awarded by the University of Warwick.

View the Executive Diploma in Advanced Management