Archive for the ‘Workplace Stress’ Category
April 3rd, 2010 | 
Author: Going to work everyday can get stressful. You can also avoid this type of thing from happening. You can do this by not worrying about things that are going on at home while you are at work. It will help avoid having stress at work. Don’t leave the stress at home neither; leave it out of your head. Now that is the best way of avoiding stress period.
If the stress is caused by other employee’s, try to avoid having to talk to them. Don’t worry about what they think of you. All you need to do is focus on what you need to get accomplished for the day. A job that deals with working with a lot of people can be stressful, if you let it, especially if you have to deal with mean people. The best thing to do is handle them the best way you can, and then don’t worry about it after it has been done and over with.
There are different jobs that can be stressful in different ways. A job dealing with animals is not that stressful until you start worrying about different things that can happen. You may worry about not making enough money from the animals to pay the bills. Don’t worry about it until you find out for sure. If you own your own business, it can be stressful, but if you keep up with every thing it should all work out with no worries or stress. You may have a job that only you work by your self. You could get stress by not being able to accomplish all the work by your self, but if you put your mind to it, you should be able to do this without stressing your self.
Most stress at your job is when your job involves more than one person. The other people may try to tell you to do something that the boss told you not to do. You tell them this and it causes problems that could get stressful if you don’t do something about it. Once you talk to the boss about you problem you will feel relieved, and you will have less stress.
You could stress your self out even if you don’t have a job, by worrying about where you are going to get a job. Finding a job can be stressful also because you don’t know what type of job you want. You also could stress when you do find a job, but don’t have experience in what you’re going to do. Don’t stress about it that is why most jobs have training before you are on your own. Stress is the last thing you want to do at your job because your job is what you do to get your money to use to enjoy your life.
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What are the Management Standards for work related stress?
The Management Standards define the characteristics, or culture, of an organisation where the risks from work related stress are being effectively managed and controlled.
The Management Standards cover six key areas of work design that, if not properly managed, are associated with poor health and well-being, lower productivity and increased sickness absence. In other words, the six Management Standards cover the primary sources of stress at work. These are:
* Demands[1] – this includes issues such as workload, work patterns and the work environment.
* Control[2] – how much say the person has in the way they do their work.
* Support[3] – this includes the encouragement, sponsorship and resources provided by the organisation, line management and colleagues.
* Relationships[4] – this includes promoting positive working to avoid conflict and dealing with unacceptable behaviour.
* Role[5] – whether people understand their role within the organisation and whether the organisation ensures that they do not have conflicting roles.
* Change[6] – how organisational change (large or small) is managed and communicated in the organisation.
The Management Standards represent a set of conditions that, if present, reflect a high level of health well-being and organisational performance.
The Management Standards:
* demonstrate good practice through a step by step risk assessment approach;
* allow assessment of the current situation using surveys and other techniques;
* promote active discussion and working in partnership with employees to help decide on practical improvements that can be made;
* help simplify risk assessment for work related stress by:
o identifying the main risk factors for work related stress;
o helping employers focus on the underlying causes and their prevention; and
o providing a yardstick by which organisations can gauge their performance in tackling the key causes of stress.