Better ability to cope at office: More attention to working position and own wellbeing - More effective work

Abstract

Aim of this thesis was to promote better wellbeing in offices, provide information and give tools for the workers to affect their own physical and mental wellbeing in work. The purpose of this thesis was to find out according to literature how office worker can affect on his wellbeing in work, add workers knowledge about how they can improve ergonomic in their working place, give information about pause exercises, discuss about sedentary works risks and affects, and most of all, why this topic is important, why it is important to pay attention to own working habits and ergonomic. As a result of this thesis project was created informative package for the local company.

This bachelor thesis was performed as an operational project. The needed infor-mation was gathered by reading literature; articles and books related to the subject. The project has been started August 2013 and the purpose was to end it during spring 2014. The topics in the informative package were health promotion for working aged, wellbeing in office, physical and mental ergonomics, and methods to maintain own ergonomics. This package also included pause exercises program for office worker. The purpose of this informative product was to provide facts about sedentary works effects, to encourage and give tools for workers observe their own wellbeing and habits in offices.