Skills for Higher Education: Workplace Well-being and Productivity

This essay delves into the critical importance of employee well-being within the context of higher education, examining its profound impact on workplace productivity and overall organizational effectiveness. The discussion encompasses various dimensions of well-being, including physical, psychological, academic, and social aspects, emphasizing how a healthy and supportive environment contributes to improved learning capacity and enhanced employee performance. The essay references several studies and publications to highlight the direct correlation between employee well-being and productivity levels. The essay also explores the benefits of well-being programs and the negative consequences of neglecting employee health, such as increased errors, conflicts, and reduced productivity. The research highlights the importance of management's role in addressing mental health issues, providing necessary support, and implementing strategies like workplace spirituality to foster a positive and cooperative work environment. The conclusion emphasizes that well-being is essential for both students and workers, leading to improved learning, higher productivity, and long-term organizational success. The essay provides professionals with insights and strategies to create a healthier and more productive workplace.

Skills for Higher
Education

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5
Books and Journal........................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Well-being is a condition or a situation or a state in which a human being is healthy
happy and comfortable (Ehlers, 2020). Well being at workplace refers to the process which is
related to all aspects of working life searches safety and quality of physical environment feeling
of workers towards their work their working environment the climate at work and many more. It
is essential to provide workplace wellbeing to the Employees as it is a key factor for the long-
term effectiveness of an organization. This essay contains various ways in which the research on
the topic of well being will be beneficial for the professionals and management in an
organization and workplace.
MAIN BODY
As per the E-book of Hughes, there are several dimensions for a well being of a student
that are physical psychological academic and social. Well being helps to improve the academic
performance of an individual which will later help them to have good skills for career growth. If
a person is not well it effects is learning capacity as the brain stops working when body feels
unwell. Well being does not mean physical illness in the health but also include mental illness
which is created from the pressure and other life issues which are faced by an individual. A
healthy mind is active to grass new things which help an individual to learn in effective manner.
The author helps to know the value of well being to improve the academic performance of
children in their learning stage (Alt and Raichel, 2020). Their learning at that early stage will
help them to build confidence in them which is beneficial for the professionals in the workplace
to guide and direct them towards the organizational objectives.
There are several studies and books which show that there is a direct impact of General
Health and wellbeing of an individual on productivity levels (Pardo-Garcia and Barac, 2020). It
is not only in the workplace but also in case of academic performance. An organization needs to
make sure that their employees should be well in both the men on either mentally or physically.
There are so many organizations which consider that well being of their workers is very essential
for their organization because they know that human resources and imported resource for their
organization. Management of the workplace has an important role in the mental well being of
workers as they can assess various issues they are facing at workplace due to which the workers
are facing mental problems. For the physical well being of workers management provides
various sick leaves and other assistance which is required to their workers in case of bad physical
health. There are several things which happened in the workplace which cause mental stress to
the workers such as bullying, alcohol, conflict, drug abuse, mental health disorder, stress and
many more which needs to be address by the management in an efficient manner.
This research is beneficial for professionals and Management in various ways as it
provides then a study on the value of well-being of their workers which helps them to understand

the concept and apply it in there organization. These articles will motivate the organization to
provide various wellbeing programs in the organization which will improve the behavior of
health of the employees (Gong, Yang and Cai, 2020). Wellbeing programs are the programs
which provide various suggestions to the workers by helping them to adopt and maintain healthy
behavior in their life. It will help an individual to lower the health risk which for the lead to
chronic disease. It will reduce the Healthcare cost of the employees which will help them to earn
more for their families. Organizations can adopt this hue to improve well being of their workers
as it will help the company to get more present of employees in the organization and create
healthy environment.
An organization which does not focus on well being in the workplace shows negative
impact on the performance of the organization in various ways such as increased mistakes and
errors, conflicts, sickness and absenteeism, reduced productivity, poor customer service and
quality, low morale and negative atmosphere, resignation and termination, poor reputation of
employer and many more in it. It shows the importance of well being in the eyes of management
of the organization. This research is beneficial in increasing productivity of an organization. This
research helps the management and professionals to understand that with Poor health an
employee is physically presented at work but their working is not effective as they are not well.
It shows poor productivity in the organization which causes more to the organization. This
research survey helps the professionals to know that the cost which is associated with the
employees who are physical present but are not working in the organization is at least two to
three times greater than direct help care expenses of an organization. Understanding this graph of
poor employee productivity helps the professional to take care of their workers in effective and
efficient manner and provide various strategies to be followed in the organization to improve
mental as well as physical well being of workers (Cotronei-Baird, 2020) It will not only increase
the productivity but also decrease the absenteeism in the organization. It means that the active
and healthy person will take less absent from the work and adopt good health behavior which
helps to control their absenteeism and stress in the organization.
As per the view point of Hodgins, Flemming and Griffiths, 2016, An organization should
take several steps which will help them in to promote health and wellbeing of employees in a
workplace. An organization can follow various practices such as self care break life balance and
many more. In order to promote well being at workplace and employee should ensure that proper
welding is maintained around the environment of the business full stop then workers are
provided various basic necessities and health safety and environment in the organization which
helps to maintain well being of the employees. As it is known to everyone that prevention is
better than cure and all these practices taken by the management and other professionals in the
organization helps to prevent employees from various health issues. Continuation in work also
affect the health of employees which needs to be considered by the professionals in the
workplace and provide a proper break in the organization to make the employees feel refreshed
and ready to work again. This break will help the employees to make them self mentally free and

increase their productivity level in the organization. The book also helps professionals in the
organization to get various ways to promote health and Wellness in the employees. It requires
you to provide various health programs to the Employees which provide knowledge to the
Employees about the usefulness of exercise and movement during the long day of sitting without
so much physical activity and educate them regarding various physical and mental health
matters. It also helps an individual or worker in the organization to adopt healthy options in the
organization (Goble and Bye-Brookes, 2016). This article helps the professional to understand
the value of new equipments and comfortable equipments which need to be offered to the
Employees as their jobs require long days of sitting and this can cause uneasiness and various
problems related to health in their body.
As per the view point of Garg, 2017, Workplace spirituality is a process which helps to
develop a feeling of Trust between various individuals Indore organization forms a part of
specific work process. This workplace spirituality helps an individual to instigate Cooperative
feelings between them which help to get positive response from them. This workplace
spirituality also helps in the health and wellbeing of employees in the organization as it provides
a better cooperation between teams which results in less conflicts in the organization. Sometimes
conflicts are the reason behind the stress of employees in the organization and adaptation of
workplace spirituality by the professionals in the workplace helps them to ensure less stress in
the employees and good mental health for them. The research helps professionals to understand
the concept of workplace spirituality and adopt it in the organization to provide better working
environment to the Employees which has a positive impact on the health and wellbeing of
workforce in the organization
CONCLUSION
From the all above discussion it can be concluded that well being of each and every
individual is essential for their productivity in life. Well being of an individual either they are a
student or worker helping them to make the mines act which will result in better learning
capacity. This improvement in the learning capacity of an individual will help an organization to
get an employee who is an active and quick learner which results in higher productivity in the
organizations. A healthy person is always active and attractive for people to interact with which
helps in the long term effectiveness of an organization.

REFERENCES
Books and Journal
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Pardo-Garcia, C. and Barac, M., 2020. Promoting employability in higher education: A case
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Gong, D., Yang, H.H. and Cai, J., 2020. Exploring the key influencing factors on college
students’ computational thinking skills through flipped-classroom
instruction. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 17,
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Cotronei-Baird, V.S., 2020. Academic hindrances in the integration of employability skills
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