Contingency Analysis of Wellbeing in Organizations and Beyond is the kind of topic that looks straightforward until it collides with the speed, ambiguity, and competing demands of supervision meetings, staff training, clinic systems, and performance review. In Contingency Analysis of Wellbeing in Organizations and Beyond, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better performance, lower drift, and more sustainable team development, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →A growing body of scientific evidence suggests implicit biases influence ways our actions may affect others to the extent that may favor some and detract from others. Biases can be deleterious and throw decisions off course just enough to harm others (e.g., women and minorities) or unjustifiably protect special interests. Moreover, the numerous examples of ways diversity can promote organizational success and quality of healthcare have generated interests of organizational leadership in relation to bias and diversity across industries. In their role as guides, leaders create new verbal relations between the current and future state of the organization, between the future organization and its niche in the future environment, and between current employees and the future organization. In many ways, leaders' communication and decision making shape the interlocking behavioral contingencies, aggregate products (i.e. metacontingency), and the behavior topographies of consumers (i.e., cultural practices and macrocontingency). In addition, this process can bear positive or negative influences on the wellbeing of the organizational members plus the external environment (including the physical and social environment). This presentation provides an overview of ways behavior science can contribute to the design of healthy environments in organizations and beyond that support the well-being of all and reduce inequitable use of resources.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
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| BACB® | 1 | General |
Ramona Houmanfar is Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Behavior Analysis Program at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). She currently serves as a trustee of the Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, Chair of the Organizational Behavior Management Section of Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies, editorial board members of the Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, and Behavior & Social Issues, and Coordinator of the Publication Board at the Association for Behavior Analysis International. Dr. Houmanfar has served as the editor of Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, senior co-chair of the ABAI convention, Director of the Organizational Behavior Management Network, President of the Nevada Association for Behavior Analysis, and Co-Coordinator of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Board at ABAI. Dr. Houmanfar’s expertise and interests in behavioral systems analysis, cultural behavior analysis, and contextual behavioral science have guided her research associated with the analysis of verbal behavior (e.g., symbolic language, leadership communication, team communication), rule governance, value- based governance, and wellbeing in cultural groups including organizations. She has published over 70 peer reviewed publications, and four co-edited books titled “Organizational Change” (Context Press), "Understanding Complexity in Organizations", “Leadership & Cultural Change (Taylor & Francis Group), and “Applied Behavior Science in Organization” (Taylor & Francis Group) sponsored by ABAI. Other accomplishments include being awarded Association or Behavior Analysis International, and Association for Contextual Behavioral Science Fellow designations.
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