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Stress and change are unavoidable in modern organizations. High workload, tight deadlines, role ambiguity and job insecurity can create stress, affecting performance and health. At the same time, organizations must change due to technology, competition and customer expectations. This topic explains work stress, its causes and coping strategies, and how organizations manage change and reduce resistance.
Stress is a psychological and physical response to demands or pressures (stressors) that exceed a person’s ability or resources to cope.
Burnout is a state of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion caused by prolonged stress.
Common signs:
Organizational change is any planned or unplanned alteration in structure, technology, processes, culture or people practices to adapt to internal/external requirements.
Lewin suggested:
Kotter highlights creating urgency, forming guiding coalition, building vision, communicating, empowering action, generating short-term wins, consolidating gains and anchoring change in culture.
Case: A company introduces a new software system. Employees resist, complain about training, and continue using old spreadsheets, causing errors.
Analysis: resistance due to fear, habit and lack of skills.
Fix: unfreeze through communication and urgency, provide training/support during change, and refreeze by aligning appraisal/rewards and stopping parallel old systems.
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Stress and change are unavoidable in modern organizations. High workload, tight deadlines, role ambiguity and job insecurity can create stress, affecting performance and health. At the same time, organizations must change due to technology, competition and customer expectations. This topic explains work stress, its causes and coping strategies, and how organizations manage change and reduce resistance.
Stress is a psychological and physical response to demands or pressures (stressors) that exceed a person’s ability or resources to cope.
Burnout is a state of emotional, mental and physical exhaustion caused by prolonged stress.
Common signs:
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Eustress vs distress:
Sources of stress (any three):
Stress is the psychological and physical response to demands (stressors) that exceed coping ability. In workplaces, stress can be positive (eustress) or harmful (distress).
Major causes and consequences:
Stress management:
Thus, managing stress is important for employee health and organizational performance.