In the future, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences will do more to promote health by expanding its existing individual health-promoting measures into a comprehensive workplace Health Management program (BGM). Workplace Health Management encompasses the entirety of all measures designed to maintain and promote the health and well-being of university staff. To establish such a Health Management system in a sustainable and meaningful way at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, a comprehensive strategic concept must be developed.
For the university administration, the topic of “health” is an important leadership priority. To guide the strategic development of a workplace Health Management system, the University Executive Board has therefore established a Workplace Health Management (BGM) working group under the leadership of the Chancellor.
The members of this working group are:
- Prof. Y. Stöbel-Richter (F-MK)
- Prof. M. Schmidt (F-S)
- Mr. P. Knebel (Director of the University Sports Office)
- Mr. C. Duscha (Head of Division of Human Resources and Legal Affairs)
- Mr. U. Hülle (Occupational Safety Specialist)
- Ms. I. Krusche (Representative of the Local Staff Council)
The Workplace Health Management Working Group takes the approach that workplace health management must combine occupational safety and health tools with measures for health promotion, workplace inclusion management, and human resources and organizational development.
To lay the groundwork for the future design of an Occupational Health Management system, information on the current health status of university staff will be gathered through a baseline analysis (survey) and its evaluation. To this end, the COPSOQ questionnaire (= Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire) for assessing psychosocial factors in the workplace will be administered by the Freiburg Research Center for Work Sciences. The COPSOQ has been used in many companies and institutions to date. The measurement qualities of this questionnaire as a screening tool within the framework of risk assessment have proven to be very good (see www.copsoq.de). The FFAW serves as the German reference center for the questionnaire. The analyzed data will be used to identify areas for action and develop meaningful workplace health management measures for you.
The university administration therefore kindly asks you to complete the online questionnaire by April 21, 2017.
All employees will receive the link to the questionnaire and the password for the secure website via email.
The questionnaires completed online will be entered anonymously directly into the FFAW database, and each respondent will receive personalized online feedback immediately after completing the questionnaire, including a graphical comparison of their personal scores with those of a reference group from the COPSOQ database (n > 200,000).
Participation in the survey is voluntary. All collected data will be treated as strictly confidential, and your anonymity will be strictly protected. It is not possible to identify you personally in the context of the evaluations.
The results of the survey will be discussed with the university community on June 1, 2017, as part of the Health and Environment Days (May 29–June 2, 2017).
Contact:
BGM Working Group
Email: BGM@hszg.de