Psychosoziales Gesundheitsmanagement im Betrieb

After presenting basic prevention concepts, preventive and rehabilitative tasks and initiatives in work places will be presented. It is pointed out that especially the promotion of psychosocial resources both at individual and organizational levels is a central issue in prevention. As the next step the basic principles of health management are described and relevant psychosocial topics and procedures are outlined. The different elements of a systematic process of health management and the implementation and evaluation of procedures are shown. It is demonstrated that such developments can only have a chance in an enterprise if they have quality assurance and are supported by all important protagonists of the organization. This is especially true concerning the management, because without their acceptance of such measures it is not possible to implement them.