...Stress is something that you feel when you have taken on more than you can handle, or are use to handling. It is the adverse reaction people have to excessive pressure placed on them from extraordinary demands, constraints, or opportunities (Robbins/DeCenzo page 227). The body responds to stress as if you are in danger producing hormones that speed up both your heart rate and breathing giving you a burst of energy ("Stress management- topic," 2009). There are different types of stress, some can be useful by helping with reaction time and others very harmful to the body. It is when stress happens too often and last for an extended amount of time that the body reacts negatively from the stress. Stress has been linked to cause illness and can have damaging affects on our relationships with others. There are ways to manage stress and keep it under control, not allowing it to have a negative impact on us. Work-related stress is a normal form of stress when taking on too much at one time. It can also be associated with fear of being laid off, overtime, pressures to perform at a certain level and pressure to work at optimum levels (Segal, 2012). It is the excessive stress that interferes with productivity and a person’s physical and emotional health. It is important that you have the ability to recognize stress and deal with it accordingly so it does not have the possibility to render you powerless when approached with difficult situations. The fact is everyone will endure stress...
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...Title | Stress | General purpose | To inform | Specific purpose | To inform audience about stress. | Central idea | There are three matters which are causes of stress, effect by stress and how to manage stress | Organizational pattern | Topical | INTRODUCTION | | A. Open with impact/ Attention gather | Stress is poison. The most disastrous effects of stress is committing suicide and this are often occur among students. “ Between 600 and 800 of 15 to 24 years old students killed themselves each year - equivalent to the population of a small secondary school.“ ( John Harkin, 2008, page 1) | i. Tie to the audience/ Reason to listen | Stress can be dangerous in various especially when it comes to lifestyle of the students themselves | ii. Credibility statement/ material | According to Lipsett (2008), nearly three-quarters (73%) of the 804 teachers and lecturers believe, children nowadays having more pressure than chilren 10 years ago. They agress that tests, exams, and family break-up causing the most distress to students. | iii. Preview of main points/ central idea | Today I’m going to explain what causes for the problem, what can be effect by stress and how to manage stress | Transition to body of speech: | I will start with the causes of the stress | Main point 1 | Causes of stress among students that may affect them such as interpersonal and academic. | Supporting details 1Elaboration 1 | The main cause of stress among student is interpersonal...
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...CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY 1.2.1 Definition of Stress According to Jay W. Marks (2011) , Stress is a feeling that’s created when we react with particular events or problems. It’s the body’s way of rising to a challenge and preparing to meet a tough situation with focus, strength and heightened alertness. In general, stress is related to both external and internal factors. External factors include physical environment – including job, relationship with others, home, challenges, difficulties and expectations you’re confronted with on a daily basis. Internal factors determine your body ability to respond to or deal with the external stress-inducing factors. Stress is simply a fact of nature. The individual responds to stress in ways that affect the individual as well as their environment. 1.2.2 Symptoms of Stress According to the article Understanding Stress by Melinda Smith, Robert Segal and Jeanne Segal (November 2012) , Stress is a common problem among people nowadays especially for the women. There are many signs or symptoms of stress. It is divided into four group that is – Cognitive Symptoms, Emotional Symptoms, Physical Symptoms and Behavioral Symptoms. Firstly is the Cognitive Symptoms. The symptoms are : i. Memory problem ii. Inability to concentrate iii. Poor judgement iv. Constant worrying v. Anxious thoughts Next is the Emotional Symptoms : ...
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...thing in common—stress. When students experience too much stress, it takes a negative toll on their physical, psychological, and behavioral health. A stress management group would be beneficial in the Studendt Services Agency of Eastern Kentucky University, for all students experiencing stress. This paper explains the purpose and details regarding the stress management group. It would allow students an opportunity to learn ways to reduce and manage stress often partially caused by school-related agendas. Theoretically, a cognitive-behavioral approach is most applicable to this stress management group’s structure; behaviors and new ways to adjust and adapt to managing stress are applied. Students will learn to identify current maladaptive responses and behaviors to stress, and learn new healthier approaches when coping with stress. Group Proposal Purpose The purpose of this stress management group is to teach students what stress is, how to identify stress, how stress affects them, and ways to manage their stress so they can better adjust and adapt. According to Conley, Travers, and Bryant (2013), “Teaching students…stress management skills can help them deal with the stresses they commonly face in college, as well as prevent later problems” (75). If the stress management group is successful, students are likelier to live healthier lifestyles, have overall better wellness, develop appropriate coping skills, and reduce stress. The type of...
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...Stress Management Why do people stress and what is stress you may ask? Why do people experience many feelings while they stress? Well I am here to let you know how stress is formed and the disadvantages of stress. I will inform you on how you can manage your stress and keep yourself healthy. Stress is the response of the body to the demands of daily living. Think about the demands you have on your everyday living. There are sources or causes which are called stressors that give demands that cause changes in the body. A stressor can be physical, mental, emotional, social, and even environmental. Stressor responses can be negative or positive. The positive stressor is Eustress, this is a healthy response. Eustress only means that you are not hurting yourself but being active and getting and adequate amount of sleep when you are trying to accomplish something. Distress is the negative response; it is harmful and produces negative results when you are trying to accomplish a goal. There are three stages of stress. The General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS), which is a series of changes that occur in the body when stress occurs. The first stage is the alarm stage of GAS in which the body gets ready for action. During this stage adrenaline starts to rush, in which the hormones that help your body get ready for emergency. Second is the resistance stage of GAS in which the body attempts to regain balance and return to normal. The final stage is the exhaustion stage, in which there is wear...
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...Informative Speech 11/20/14 How to Manage Stress It may seem that there’s nothing you can do about stress. The bills won’t stop coming, there will never be more hours in the day and your career and family responsibilities will always be demanding. But you have more control than you might think. In fact, the simple realization that you’re in control of your life is the foundation of stress management. Managing stress is all about taking charge of your thoughts, emotions, schedule, and the way you deal with problems. I think all of us can relate to stress, especially since we are all college students. We are faced with all different types of stress. Stress is constant in our lives and can be avoided; that’s why I would like to inform you on how to prevent, reduce, and cope with stress. In addition, I will give you a few tips on ways that you can help manage your stress. I think that the tips I give you can help with every day stress situations and make life more enjoyable. Being a college student can be very stressful and demanding. We all have our own lives, some of us work and have to take care of our families, and to add school work such as tests, papers, projects, and finals on top of that can be very stressful and time consuming. We all want to succeed in our classes and that can add a lot of stress as well, so we put overwhelming pressure on ourselves to do well and get good grades. We don’t want to disappoint our family and friends and especially ourselves, so at times...
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...Obstacles and how to overcome it Life is full of surprises and difficult situations. Overcome life obstacles is the key to success. As an adult working toward an education and catching up on life can be very difficult. Working an average fifty hours work week and dealing with challenges, like school, work and family is a difficult tasks. Most people facets this on a daily bases. Sometimes these challenges can be most devastating effects on my mind and bodies. In order for me to overcome these challenges, I must learn how to manage time, how to be flexible and learn how to manage stress appropriately. Time management is a big factor facing school, work, and home life obstacles. Learning to manage time can make almost everything in life much easier. I sometimes failed to manage my time and learned that the I would have to set a schedule with tasks to follow. I set deadline for myself to meet as this allow me to complete all tasks and make the best use of my times. Planning ahead can be very help with managing time, allow plenty of time to complete tasks and not wait until the last minutes. During the last minutes cramping, things usually come up and occupy my time. Time management is extremely important when managing multiple life demands. I learned early in life that when I am faced with a challenge, I must be flexible and face it straight/head on. Being flexible this allow me to adjust to things that come up and school/work schedules. I find and understand that flexibilities...
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...2.4 Methodology 2.0 CAUSES OF STRESS 3.5 Environmental Stress 3.6 Internal Stress 3.0 EFFECTS OF STRESS 4.7 Physical Effects 4.8 Emotional Effects 4.0 STRESS MANAGEMENT 5.9 Unhealthy Coping 5.10 Stress Management Strategies 5.0 CONCLUSION 6.0 RECOMMENDATIONS LIST OF REFRENCES APPENDIX 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose The purpose of this report is to outline the importance of stress management, including the causes and effects stress has on individuals. This report will also discuss ways for individuals to manage stress. 1.2 Background Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. Stress is the body’s way of reacting to a kind of demand. There are two kinds of stress, acute stress and chronic stress, each with different effects on the body and mind. Acute stress results from specific events or situations that involve novelty, unpredictability, a threat to the ego, and leave us with a poor sense of control. Chronic stress results from repeated exposures to situations that leads to the release of hormones and causes wear and tear on body and mind. 1.3 Scope This report examines stress and its causes and effects, along with how to manage stress. This includes how stress effects individuals physically and emotionally, and will provide suggestions on how to manage stress in the right way. 1.4 Methodology Primary and secondary...
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...Organizational Trends Sharon Schlesinger, Carolyn Drake, David Woods, Lynnette Lyons, Jonathan Alvarez Axia College, University of Phoenix Online MGT 307 Danielle Pela December 12, 2011 Organizational Trends It takes a combination of technology, leadership, management, and good process in order for employees to be productive in the workforce in a high performance workplace. What increase the organizational structure within the workforce is the positive atmosphere, training, and development, benefit, competitive wages, two way communication, team effort, and good leadership. A team can help a high performance workplace resolve work-related problems so that there is progress and an increase in production, (Hunt, Osborn, Schermerhorn, 2003). A successful team in high performance workplace organization must feel motivated, feel collectively accountable, and have strong core values in order to meet their high performance objective, (Hunt, Osborn, Schermerhorn, 2003). The characteristic of a high performance workplace and organization is to embrace new innovations and change so that the financial results were increased. Organizations and workplaces need teams like self-managed teams, virtual teams, cross-functional teams, and problem solving teams to be successful, (Hunt, Osborn, Schermerhorn, 2003). Without it there wouldn’t be good performance, decrease in productivity, and no teamwork. In a high performance...
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...Human stress “You are only human. You don’t have to have it together every minute of every day.” By Anne Hathaway. While I was researching about human stress I found relevant information. Human stress is our body’s way of responding to any kind of demand of threat. In modern time humans stress is an issue that affect teenagers, adults and seniors. Human stress has causes, symptoms, affect our bodies, and there is ways to manage it. To begin, what is stress? Stress is our body’s way of responding to any kind of demand of threat. When your sense danger- is the body’s way of protecting you. Causing major damage to your health, your mood, your productivity, your quality of life. Another question that may come with this is what are the causes? Anything that puts high demands on you can be stressful. Stress can also be internal or self-generated, when you worry excessively about something. Common external causes of stress are: major life changes, financial problems, work or school,...
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...Stress Management in the Workplace What I Learned about Stress Management and How to Manage the Stress in the Workplace Jonathon Redone MGT 301 – CL01 Theodore Finney April 24, 2010 It is three o’clock on a Friday, and it will be three-day weekend and you plan on going to a vacation resort with your family when your supervisor comes into your office and tells you that they have an emergency project and that you and your team need to come in over the weekend and work on this project that is due first thing when the weekend is over. As the supervisor, it is your job to take that news to your team and tell them that information. Obviously this will cause stress on you, your family, and team. It will cause stress on your family because this was a planned tripped and they were looking forward to going on the trip. It will cause stress on your team because this is a last minute notice and your team may have plans for the three-day weekend. It will cause stress for you because you have to tell the bad news to your family and your team. Hopefully that stress will not over take you and cause any hardship on your physical and mental being. People spend a lot of time at work, whether it is to do the normal day-to-day work, overtime, or just spending some extra time just to catch up. The time that is spent at work is not normally care-free or easy, but can cause some work anxiety which in turn can cause stress. Stress can be mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting...
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...Motivation, Stress, and Communication Karen Chandersingh Leadership & Organizational Behavior – BUS 520 February 11th, 2012 Dr. Sewkarran 1. Create a brief job description for a position within the company you research that you would like to fill. As a government employee I chose to do my research on the State of Florida and went to their website at http://www.myflorida.com and research the position of Emergency Management Specialist. This position has the responsibility in planning, coordination and program management activities that require broad discretion and strict accountability for one or more diverse and complex emergency management programs such as emergency planning, training, and education, public information, disaster recovery, and duties related to complying with the planning and confidentiality requirements of Chapter 252 of the Florida Statutes regarding the special needs program. This position reports to the Assistant Emergency Program Manager, who review work for compliance with established policies and procedures. (State of Florida, 2008) 2. Discuss ways that goal setting could be used to motivate your performance after you fill the position. Goal Setting is the process of specifying desired outcomes toward which individuals, teams, departments, and organizations will strive and is intended to increase organizational efficiency and effectiveness. Just as organizations strive to achieve certain goals, individuals also are motivated...
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...The problem in my life that I would like to solve is how to manage my stress better. I believe this is called stress management. Stress management is designed to help people reduce or cope with stress. A certain amount of stress is considered healthy and beneficial for people to have. But there are those that get stressed out over everything in their life and that is the stress that needs to be managed. The type of information I will gather to help me solve this problem are articles about stress and where stress comes from and articles on how to cope with stress in a healthy manner. These articles are available in various magazines and are reprinted on the health sites found on the internet. Since there are so many sites dedicated to stress management, it will be a challenge to read everything and decide which ones are reliable and which ones are not. There are many articles written by doctors, nurses, and health enthusiasts about stress management. The first step to fixing my problem is to gather information. Once all the information is gathered, the next step is to read it all through. As I read the information, I will be making notes and writing down which article I took the notes from. When everything has been read, I will then go through my notes and see if there are duplicates. Then I will correlate all my thoughts into cohesive sentences. My thoughts on how to get the information I need are is what I am reading valid? How much research did the author of this article...
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...Motivation, Stress, and Communication Chantey Strayer University BUS520 June 12, 2012 DR. Edward Olanrewaju Abstract In the paper discussed will be a description of a chosen position with a desired company. Described will be ways that goal setting could be used to motivate performance after filling a position. In the paper analyzed will be the reactions to situations and discussed will be the steps that can be taken to manage the stress associated with the new position. Presented will be how to address nonverbal and cultural barriers to communication. The company researched will be Lincoln Financial Group which is a diversified financial services organization with a strong focus on four core business areas- life insurance, annuities, defined contribution, and group protection; and three distribution platforms- wholesales, retail, and worksite. Create a brief job description for a position within the company you research that you would like to fill. The brief job descripition I have put together is as follows: HR generalist will partner with the Group Protection business function and develop and execution of HR strategies to support business goals and objective. Some of the HR focus and initiatives for this role will include HR organizational development, policies / processes, talent Primary Responsibilities include (Lincoln Financial Group , n.d.): * Provide HR support and guidance to Group Protection clients. * Implement organizational development process...
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...FGH Industrial Sales THE EFFECTS OF STRESS ON BUSINESS EMPLOYEES AND PROGRAMS OFFERED BY EMPLOYERS TO MANAGE EMPLOYEE STRESS (Business Report) 2015-2016 Suraydah R. Bod-oy Accounting Manager Table of Contents Introduction 3 Statement of the Problem 3 Significance of the Study 3 Scope of the Study 3 Review of Related Literature 4 Methods of the Study 5 Limitations of the Study 5 Introduction 6 Findings 6 Conclusions 10 Recommendations 11 Bibliography 12 Questionnaire 13 Section I Introduction to the Study Introduction Today, many organizations and employees are experiencing the effects of stress on work performance. The effects of stress can be either positive or negative. What is perceived as positive stress by one person may be perceived as negative stress by another, since everyone perceives situations differently. According to Barden (2001), negative stress is becoming a major illness in the work environment, and it can debilitate employees and be costly to employers. Managers need to identify those suffering from negative stress and implement programs as a defense against stress. These programs may reduce the impact stress has on employees' work performance. Statement of the Problem The purpose of this study was to determine the negative effects of stress on employees and the methods employers use to manage employees' stress. Significance of the Study There are three primary groups that may benefit from this study. The first group, consisting...
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