Stress in the Work Place
MMSU
College of Business, Economics, and Accountancy
Ilocos Norte
Issues in Human Resource Management
Final Requirement
Submitted by:
Alvin R. Riton
BSBA-MM IIA Submitted to: Mr. Marlon Soria
Stress in the Workplace
Introduction It isn’t easy to find a generally acceptable of ‘stress’. Doctors, engineers, psychologists, management consultants, linguists, and lay-person all use the word in their own distinctive ways with their own definition. A useful definition is “a demand made on the adaptive capacities of the mind and body”. If a given person can handle the demand and enjoy the stimulation involved, then stress is welcome and helpful. If they can’t and find the demand debilitating, then stress is harmful. This definition is useful in three ways; 1. Stress can be both good or bad, 2. It isn’t events that determine if we are stressed, it is our reaction to them, and 3. Stress is a demand made upon the body’s capacities.
If our capacities are sufficient, we respond well. If they aren’t, we give way. Although stress is an essential element of many activities at work and at home, stress becomes harmful when it reaches intensity that impairs daily activities.
About Stress Stress is the number one problem for working people, many of whom are juggling work, home, and the care of their children and often times aging parents. It is no surprise that stress has increased. Stress creates the “fight or flight” response in the brain. The “stress hormone” then circulates in the blood stream causing the heart to speed up, the arteries to narrow, and blood sugar to rise. One of the indicators that we are under stress is our desire to consume more sweets, which then contributes to abdominal fat, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Under stress, our digestion is inhibited and we find ourselves using more antacid products to cope with acid indigestion. Chronic stress signals the body to store more fat. It
College of Business, Economics, and Accountancy
Ilocos Norte
Issues in Human Resource Management
Final Requirement
Submitted by:
Alvin R. Riton
BSBA-MM IIA Submitted to: Mr. Marlon Soria
Stress in the Workplace
Introduction It isn’t easy to find a generally acceptable of ‘stress’. Doctors, engineers, psychologists, management consultants, linguists, and lay-person all use the word in their own distinctive ways with their own definition. A useful definition is “a demand made on the adaptive capacities of the mind and body”. If a given person can handle the demand and enjoy the stimulation involved, then stress is welcome and helpful. If they can’t and find the demand debilitating, then stress is harmful. This definition is useful in three ways; 1. Stress can be both good or bad, 2. It isn’t events that determine if we are stressed, it is our reaction to them, and 3. Stress is a demand made upon the body’s capacities.
If our capacities are sufficient, we respond well. If they aren’t, we give way. Although stress is an essential element of many activities at work and at home, stress becomes harmful when it reaches intensity that impairs daily activities.
About Stress Stress is the number one problem for working people, many of whom are juggling work, home, and the care of their children and often times aging parents. It is no surprise that stress has increased. Stress creates the “fight or flight” response in the brain. The “stress hormone” then circulates in the blood stream causing the heart to speed up, the arteries to narrow, and blood sugar to rise. One of the indicators that we are under stress is our desire to consume more sweets, which then contributes to abdominal fat, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Under stress, our digestion is inhibited and we find ourselves using more antacid products to cope with acid indigestion. Chronic stress signals the body to store more fat. It