Understanding organisational and individual work rhythms for change management and wellbeing.

What will this presentation cover?

  • An overview of Business/Organisational psychology and its contribution to understanding organisational behaviours.
  • Applying theory: Introducing organisational rhythm theory and chronobiology, and how they can help us adapt to rapidly changing workforce dynamics.
  • An interactive session exploring some frameworks from the field and their applications.

Agenda

18:30 - Refreshments and networking.
19:15 - Presentation – Nicole Hynek.
20:15 - Questions and answers
21:00 - Close.

Speaker

Nicole Hynek. Business Psychologist, Associate Lecturer (Dept of Psychology) and Doctoral Candidate, University of Worcester

Who is this event aimed at?

BCS members, University, college, and school students, local businesspeople and the general public with an interest in psychology and how it can be applied within businesses and teams.

Speaker biography

Nicole is a Business Psychologist with approaching twenty years’ experience in business and organisational leadership. She is a “pracademic” with a professional interest in S.E.N.D and supporting current and future generations to thrive in the workforce. Nicole’s interest in organisational psychology is rooted in exploring ways in which psychological theory can be applied to identify operational patterns and explain challenges to promote growth whilst supporting the wellbeing of teams, managers, and leaders.

Nicole earned her MSc in Business Psychology in 2018 from the University of Worcester continuing her studies to doctoral level, exploring the psychological contract with autistic people as a novel approach to understanding the autism employment gap. She is an associate lecturer at the University of Worcester on the undergraduate psychology programme and MSc in Business psychology and is also part of the student research supervisory team with partner institution, the Hong Kong Management Association.

Our events are for adults aged 16 years and over.

This meeting is conducted in accordance with the BCS Code of Conduct for Meetings.

BCS is a membership organisation. If you enjoy this event, please consider joining BCS. You’ll be very welcome. You’ll receive access to many exclusive career development tools, an introduction to a thriving professional community and also help us Make IT Good For Society. Join BCS today

Please note, if you have any accessibility needs, please let us know via groups@bcs.uk, and we’ll work with you to make suitable arrangements.

BCS privacy notice: your data will be processed by BCS in accordance with our data privacy notice.

Photography: by attending this event, you may be photographed or filmed. Please speak to a member of staff if you do not wish to be included.

For overseas delegates who wish to attend the event, please note that BCS does not issue invitation letters.

This event is supported by: Hereford and Worcester branch in collaboration with BIPC Worcestershire.

The Rhythm of Work
Date and time
Thursday 15 October, 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location
The Hive
The Butts
Worcester
WR1 3PD
Price
Free
Map showing the location of The Hive