EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES: THEIR RATIONALE, BASIC PRINCIPLES AND ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

Knowledge of the basic principles and rationale

Knowledge of developmental theory An ability to draw on knowledge of the developmental factors that shape an individual’s experience of themselves and others (i.e. the importance of early relationships/attachments). An ability to draw on knowledge of the different types of personality organisations (i.e. neurotic, borderline, psychotic) An ability to draw on knowledge of the operation of defenc...

Assessing the effects of employee assistance programs: a review of employee assistance program evaluations.

Employee assistance programs have grown at a dramatic rate, yet the effectiveness of these programs has been called into question. The purpose of this paper was to assess the effectiveness of employee assistance programs (EAPs) by reviewing recently published EAP evaluations. All studies evaluating EAPs published since 1975 from peer-reviewed journals in the English language were included in th...

Basic Concepts and Principles

This paper reviews and discusses some key concept and principles of risk analysis and risk management, based on a set of statements, formulated as myths about risk. Examples of such myths are: risk is equal to the expected value, risk equals uncertainty, risk can be expressed by probabilities, risk is equal to an event, risk acceptance criteria contribute to obtaining a high safety standard, an...

Basic principles and practical application

Introduction, Basic Theory and Principles

The main spectroscopies employed to detect vibrations in molecules are based on the processes of infrared absorption and Raman scattering. They are widely used to provide information on chemical structures and physical forms, to identify substances from the characteristic spectral patterns (‘fingerprinting’), and to determine quantitatively or semi-quantitatively the amount of a substance in a ...