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Work Ability Management Overview
The survey for large and medium-sized workplaces and units provides an overview of work ability management and helps in identifying development needs.
What?
The Work Ability Management Overview tool consists of statements about
- the strategic nature of work ability management
- knowledge-based management
- operational models and implementation
- information flow and collaboration
- organizational culture.
For whom?
In medium-sized workplaces, it is advisable to conduct survey at the entire workplace, and in large workplaces in one unit, such as a profit centre, department, or service line at a time.
The survey is aimed at management, supervisors, HR management, occupational safety and health, and shop stewards.
Benefits?
The Work Ability Management Overview tool helps to identify and prioritize development areas in work ability management.
The tool provides method cards to support development.
What is work ability management?
Work ability management is an activity aimed at goals in line with the organization's strategy. It includes measures to promote and maintain the work ability of personnel, to promote the fluency and success of work, and to support extending work careers, in co-operation with other related actors.
This is how you can use the Work Ability Management Overview tool
What do the survey and report look like?
The 38 questions in the survey are divided into five areas of work ability management. The survey requires at least ten responses to form an overview of the work ability management.
The report shows the averages for the various areas and per-question averages. The report page will work for 60 days from the time the links were ordered. The results are available for download in PowerPoint format.
Method cards to support development
- Work Ability Management at a Strategic Level (pdf)
- Knowledge-based Management to Support Decision-Making (pdf)
- Operational Models for Work Ability Support as the Basis for Practical Activities (pdf)
- Flow of Information and Collaboration as Prerequisites for Successful Work Ability Management (pdf)
- Organizational Culture Supports Well-being at Work (pdf)
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Instructions for how to obtain an overview
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- Please select a contact person from your organization to be responsible for the use of the tool.
- The contact person orders to their email an organization-specific survey link and a link to view the organization's report from the tool's website.
- The contact person will share the survey link with the appropriate respondents. At least 10 respondents are required to ensure privacy protection. The survey link is valid for 21 days from the date of ordering the links.
- Each respondent responds to the survey independently. Completing the survey takes about 10 minutes. The survey must be completed at once.
- Once enough responses have been received, the contact person for the workplace can view the organization-specific report using the report link. The report link will be valid for 60 days. Save the report for yourself during this period.
- Method cards help in developing work ability management based on the results.
Guidelines for utilising the results
- Pay particular attention to the areas and questions labelled red and yellow.
- Use the method cards provided to support development.
- Discuss proposed solutions, for example in a joint workshop.
- Agree on how to carry out the development
- schedule and responsible persons for measures
- follow-up and evaluation
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About the use of information
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The survey is answered anonymously. The organization can only view the results as averages, and only based on large enough samples that individual respondents cannot be identified. A minimum of 10 respondents is required to report data at the organization or unit level.
The responses are collected in the Louhin service of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH). Individual respondents can't be identified. The experts of the FIOH use the stored group-level data for describing work ability management practices in different sectors. The data are used in the communications of the FIOH, and data may be reported as descriptive distributions, for example, on the website of the FIOH.
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Experts
Senior Specialist Irmeli Pehkonen, Senior Researcher Eija Haukka and Researcher Julia Anttilainen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health