Energizing the Workplace: A Strategic Response to StressThis book offers a totally new approach to the management of stress in organizations. It focuses on the organizational strategies and managerial actions required for reducing stress. It looks at how stress is created organizationally so that any response can deal with the problem at all levels in a targeted and tailored way to suit the culture and orientation of the business. |
Contents
A NEW APPROACH | 7 |
A new approach to stress management | 17 |
The continuing presence of stress in the workplace | 30 |
UNDERSTANDING | 33 |
CHAPTER 4 | 49 |
Identifying with the organization | 58 |
Stress and boundaries | 64 |
The anxiety of change in a system | 70 |
CHAPTER 6 | 77 |
Common terms and phrases
action addressing stress appropriate argument aspects awareness behaviour Cary Cooper causes of stress collecting data concern consider containing anxiety counselling schemes create culture data collection data on stress dealing with stress defenses develop difficult Director of Personnel discussion dream Effective stress Emotional Focus emotional intelligence employee example executive coaching experience of stress explore factors feelings fight or flight focused going happen impact important individual involved Isabel Briggs Myers issues ization looking at stress management team managerial managing stress ment Michael Diamond options organization's organizational culture organizational level organizational stress management particular perspective political skill pressure problem providing support psychological contract questionnaire recognize role senior managers strategic approach stress management group stress management initiative stress management strategy supportive environment Systemic Thinking tackling stress talk task tegic things tion top performance top team topic Transactional Analysis understanding viduals workplace