Overview

SMART Work Design is an Australian developed methodology built on decades of research. Join us for this interactive event to hear more about what it is, why it matters and how you can apply it for your own job and for others.

We are extremely fortunate to have Dr. Caroline Knight here in Queensland at the UQ Business School. As one of the key contributors to this work, she is expert in explaining it, applying it and measuring the outcomes for employee health, safety and wellbeing as a result.

Psychosocial risk management often defaults to training people to cope with poorly designed work, rather than considering work redesign as a mechanism for preventing and managing psychosocial risks at their source. Take this opportunity to explore this topic both with an expert and with your colleagues to build your own understanding.

By the end of the session, you will have greater insight into how work design can be used as a practical approach to psychosocial risk management and how redesigning work to make it SMARTer can promote health, engagement, and higher performance for yourself and the teams you work with.

The event will be in hybrid mode so that our regional colleagues can join in. It will commence with the opportunity to meet and network with friends and colleagues and light refreshments for those attending in person.

As always, we appreciate the support of the UQ Centre for Business and Organisational Psychology (CBOP) to deliver this event to the Org Psych community.

Please note: The event will be in hybrid mode so that our regional colleagues can join in. It will commence with the opportunity to meet and network with friends and colleagues and light refreshments for those attending in person. Please ensure you choose the St Lucia registration option for in-person attendance and the Online registration option if you will join in virtually.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this event, participants should be able to:

• Outline the key elements of the SMART work design model.
• Explain how to apply both individual led, bottom up and top down, manager led approaches to redesigning work.
• Describe the critical role of organisational systems, policies, and practices in enabling and sustaining SMART work design

Presenter(s)

Dr. Caroline Knight

About the presenter(s)

Caroline Knight is a Senior Lecturer in the University of Queensland Business School, Australia. Caroline’s research focuses on understanding how to design work which is optimally healthy for individuals and organisations, with a particular focus on work design, remote and hybrid work, work redesign interventions, and well-being. Caroline has attracted funding worth over AUD$1,000,000, including leading a successful Australian Research Council Discovery Project worth over AUD$650,000 focusing on how to optimise hybrid work. Caroline currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Organizational Behavior and publishes in top-tier academic journals including the Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Relations, Human Resource Management, the Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Work & Stress, as well as practitioner journals such as Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review.

Notes

Registration includes light refreshments for in-person attendance. Please provide any dietary requirements when registering.

Parking is available for a modest cost near the GCI. P10 is usually the best option.  

Target Audience

This activity is aimed at all psychologists working in organisational settings and HR and WH&S practitioners.

Please note:

• This is a Member Groups event. All communication will be sent to the registrants’ registered email address. This includes event reminders with details (such as the venue details, zoom link) and any pre-event or post-event resources, if provided by the facilitators.
• A post-event email will be sent within two weeks of the event’s completion to each registrant’s registered email address. This email will include the CPD certificate, event-recording, and any additional resources shared during the session.

Duration of Access

This event will be recorded. The recording will be emailed to all registered within 2 weeks post event and available for viewing up to 90 days.

CPD

It is up to attendees to assess and determine how learning from this event aligns with the requirements of their learning plan. The providers accordingly do not make any representation that the event counts towards attendees’ CPD learning requirements. If an attendee determines themselves that the learning they complete aligns to their learning plan, then they can decide to count those hours towards their CPD requirements for the registration cycle.

The information in this presentation has been prepared in good faith and for educational purposes only. Therefore, the information is general in nature and should not be relied upon in the treatment of any condition and you should seek your own independent professional and/or legal advice concerning any specific issue. The APS accepts no responsibility for any errors, omissions or decisions relating to the information. The content should not be reproduced without permission or unless permitted by law.

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