1. People in Organisations Positive Psychology: a prodigal son? Dr. Simon Burnett ( [email_address] ) Lent Term 2009 Organisation, Work and Technology 221/2

3. ‘ The Happiness Agenda’ (Burnett, 2008). Information Gathering Scientists Economists Philosophers Psychologists Politicians Authors Academics Managers Self-help gurus The media Ideological shocks Macro-politics and philosophy ( Utilitarianism ) Meso-organisational policy ( Human Relations ) Micro-practices ( Positive Psychology ) Distribution Political policies and law Corporate and educational initiatives Seminars Television, newspapers, and magazine pieces Books, tapes, videos Philosophical debate Audiences Citizens Employees Individuals

6. Principles and beliefs: the cost of happiness…? (Taken from Andrew Oswald’s lecture on Happiness, given at Lancaster University). Valuations (in £) See friends once a month £57,500 p.a. See friends once a week £69,500 p.a. See friends on most days £85,000 p.a. Getting married £50,500 p.a. Losing a job -£143,000 p.a.

10. However...a prodigal son? “ [Positive psychology’s] manifesto could have been written by humanistic psychologists such as…Abraham Maslow, but positive psychologists aspire to be far more experimentally oriented than them ” (Martin, 2007:89).