PREVENTING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

behavior, behaviorology, to the understanding, prevention, and deterrence of workplace violence, and does so on three levels: The course examines the scientific analysis of punishment as punishment informs many practices present in workplace settings that match the violence–prone profile. Next, the course emphasizes the acquisition and application of the behavior management–related knowledge and skills, known as performance management, that are relevant to changing the circumstances that lead to workplace violence so as to prevent its possible occurrence. Then the course extends its systematic and data–based orientation from the understanding of workplace violence, and its prevention, to developing, comparing, applying, and evaluating policies and procedures to intervene in the dynamics, indicators, types, and triggers of workplace violence to deter its imminent occurrence. These three levels are considered for all workplaces including those in industrial/manufacturing, organizational, marketing, financial, institutional, or retail business settings