Work–life balance is a concept including proper prioritizing between "work" (career and ambition) and "lifestyle" (health, pleasure, leisure, family and spiritual development/meditation). This is related to the idea of lifestyle choice.
Task 1
Discuss the comments made by the pictures in the slide below.
Discuss the comments made by the pictures in the slide below.
Discuss the following aspects:
- Identity through work vs True Self
- Work Family Conflict
- Career
- Technology
- Mental Imbalance - Stress
- Lower Birth Rates
- Diversity - Sexual Orientation - Religion - Intersectionality
- Money Rich = Time Poor
- Dual Career Commuter Couples
- Death From Overwork
- Mompreneur
- On ramping or off ramping the workforce
- Personal life vs Social Role
- Leisure vs Necessity
- Presenteeism
- Peer Marriage
- Telecommuting and teleworking
- Time Bind (work is home and home is work)
- Total Worker Health and not only occupational safety
- Workaholic
- Work Life Interface - Interferences
Task 3
Complete the following questionaire in groups.
Task 4
Watch these videos and discuss the questions below.
What went wrong?
What could they have done differently?
Task 4
Watch these videos and discuss the questions below.
What went wrong?
What could they have done differently?