The Center for Working Well helps students understand how communication, organizational practices, and evidence-based approaches influence healthier workplaces. Courses and partner projects give students practical experience with challenges that organizations face today, building skills they can use in internships and future careers.
Elective Course | 1 Credit Hour
Open to Undergraduate Students
Strong communication is the cornerstone of professional success. MGMT 39000: Communicating Well at Work helps you build the confidence and skills to communicate effectively in any workplace setting — from team meetings to executive presentations.
Through real-world case studies, hands-on exercises, and interactive discussions, you’ll learn how to craft persuasive messages, manage difficult conversations, and adapt your communication style to any audience.
Elective Course | 3 Credit Hours
Open to Undergraduate Students
Each year, millions of employees across the globe grapple with their well-being at work and home, leading to a critical question: What does it truly mean to “work well”? From burnout and physical exhaustion to a lack of motivation, meaning, and social connection, many factors influence how employees thrive both professionally and personally.
As part of the new Center for Working Well, this course helps you understand how to work well yourself—and how to help others do the same as leaders and coworkers. You’ll explore how individual, relational, organizational, and community factors shape our ability to work well. Together, we’ll identify solutions to common workplace well-being challenges using scientific evidence and hands-on learning experiences.
Through real-world assignments and discussions, you’ll gain experience addressing well-being challenges at work, developing strategies for improvement, and discovering your own path to working well.
At the Center for Working Well, classroom partnerships give students the opportunity to work with real organizations and apply research to workplace questions. Partners share a challenge, and students develop informed recommendations that reflect both evidence and practical constraints. These collaborations strengthen learning and provide partners with new ideas shaped by current research.
A recent partnership with Antique Candle Co., founded by Purdue Business alum Brittany Whitenack, demonstrates the success of this model. Students examined topics such as parental leave, burnout, and employee well-being. Teams reviewed workplace information, identified relevant research, and created suggestions suited to the company’s operations. One team developed ACC Well, a resource designed to help the company support employee well-being more consistently.
This approach helps students see how organizations make decisions about well-being and offers partners perspectives they can evaluate for their own use. Organizations interested in exploring a collaboration can contact the Daniels School Office of Business Partnerships.
The Working Well Council is a student-led group focused on strengthening well-being within the Daniels School of Business. Members work on research, advocacy, and events that help students and faculty create healthier ways of learning and working.
