Change In The Workplace: Working In Health Care

Students will examine the concepts of change in the workplace. Historical aspects of the Canadian Health Care System and recent changes to the system will be explored. The significance of these changes to the citizens of Canada and Ontario, and to the roles of workers in the field will be considered. Areas to be addressed include: management and employee decision making, integration of roles, motivation and job satisfaction, accepting and coping with change, introduction to stress and becoming employed. Application of these concepts to related work settings provide an employee's perspective to working in a rapidly changing field.