Specialist course

Public Management & Development: Staying Healthy and Avoiding Burn-Out

Are you equipped to deal with work-related stress? In this specialist course, you will learn about the tools and methods a manager can use to prevent, recognise and combat stress in the workplace.

The specialist course:

is intended for anyone working in management in non-profit organisations and the public sector;
teaches theory and methods that can be used to recognise and combat the stress encountered in traditional and new modes of working;
enables you to carry out your management responsibilities without stress and assist colleagues in combating their own stress;
enables you to recognise personal stress situations and stress triggers and take action to tackle them.

Continuing education at the BFH Business School during the Corona pandemic (in German)

Factsheet

Degree/Certificate Specialist course
Duration 7 study days
Schedule According to timetable
Application deadline 6 weeks before the start of the course. If places are available, later registration is possible.
ECTS credits ECTS-credits will be credited after the completion of the CAS Public Management & Development

Costs CHF 2,850
Teaching language German
Location Bern, Schwarztorstrasse 48
Department Business School
Next session Mai to June 2021

Contact

Downloads (in German)

To register, please visit the German website.

To the German Website
Information on Organisation + Registration

Content + structure

Portrait

As a person in a position of leadership, how do I combat my own work-related stress? How do I recognise stress in my colleagues and help them to tackle it? This specialist course gives you the knowledge and strategic skills you need. You will learn what stress is, how stress arises and the proactive, preventive steps managers can take to tackle the phenomenon.

Learning outcomes

You will understand what stress is and its consequences for your colleagues and your organisation.
You will appreciate the stress risks you are exposed to in management and will be able to take active steps to combat them.
You will develop leadership skills that enable you to manage your colleagues without stress.
You will understand how to establish a stress-resilient culture in your team.
You will be in a position to recognise the threat of stress in colleagues and provide them with active and outcome-oriented support.
You will understand how to promote and systematically develop workplace health in your organisation (workplace health management)

Course structure

Key content

Introduction to the basic principles of stress in the workplace, how it develops and its consequences.
The impact that digitalisation and new modes of working can have on stress.
Management style and management skills as a means of preventing and combating stress.
How to assist colleagues in recognising and combating stress.
Development of stress management and health-promoting strategies at team and organisational level.

Methodology

The specialist course is based on the latest adult education teaching practices. You will enjoy active contact hours, where a generous amount of time will be given over to practical exercises and in-depth discussions with fellow participants.

Assessments

You will select an organisation to study and will deploy stress tools and/or interviews to gather information about current stress levels. You will then design potential measures for prevention and improvement. You will present the results during the course and offer your reflections on the theory-practice transfer for discussion. The competency assessment is made up of the presentation and the related documentation.

Title + qualification

Confirmation of attendance of the course.

This specialist course is part of the CAS Public Management and Development programme.

Lecturers

Proven experts in workplace psychology.

Course coordinator

Prof. Nina Gasche
- Dozentin
- +41 31 848 44 52
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Address Berner Fachhochschule
Business School
Brückenstrasse 73, 3005 Bern
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Prof. Nina Gasche
- Dozentin
- +41 31 848 44 52
- Show e-mail
Address Berner Fachhochschule
Business School
Brückenstrasse 73, 3005 Bern
- See profile

Requirements + admission

This specialist course is intended for anyone working in management in non-profit organisations and the public sector.

Admission requirements

You do not need to meet any specific admission requirements to participate in this specialist course. If you would like your completion of this specialist course to be credited towards the CAS Public Management and Development programme, the general requirements for admission to university-level continuing education will apply.

From attending the first day of the specialist course, you have three years to complete the CAS.