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Human Relations-Chapter 14

This document discusses stress, its causes and effects, and ways to manage it. It defines stress as the body's response to changes that affect us psychologically and physically. Major causes of stress include workplace factors like long hours, new responsibilities, and fear of layoffs, as well as technostress from constantly changing technology. If not managed, prolonged stress can lead to burnout, with symptoms like avoidance, negativity, and loss of motivation. The document recommends managing stress through sufficient sleep, exercise, nutrition, meditation, humor, and entertainment. It also suggests focusing on priorities and controlling only what you can in order to avoid burnout.

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Human Relations-Chapter 14

This document discusses stress, its causes and effects, and ways to manage it. It defines stress as the body's response to changes that affect us psychologically and physically. Major causes of stress include workplace factors like long hours, new responsibilities, and fear of layoffs, as well as technostress from constantly changing technology. If not managed, prolonged stress can lead to burnout, with symptoms like avoidance, negativity, and loss of motivation. The document recommends managing stress through sufficient sleep, exercise, nutrition, meditation, humor, and entertainment. It also suggests focusing on priorities and controlling only what you can in order to avoid burnout.

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Human Relations

Chapter 14
Responding to Personal and
Work-Related Stress

Brian Bettencourt
College of the Sequoias
June 12, 2020
Stress…
Stress defined
 Stress is the behavioral adjustment to change
that affects you psychologically and
physically.
 How well we cope with change and
challenges.
 Stress results in a variety of ways.
 Most common is from our minds.
Fight or Flight Syndrome
 A means of dealing/coping with threats for
survival.
 Occurs when we are faced with threatening
situations and occurs unexpectedly.
 Physiologically affects our brain
Major Causes of Stress
 Workplace stress is the greatest health
problem of working adults.
 45% of employee turnover can be attributed
to workplace stress.
 Increases job burnout at an alarming rate.
 Commute time
Major Causes of Stress
Change
 Daily routines and assignments.

 New teams and new focus

 Fear of layoffs.
Major Causes of Stress
Technostress is the inability to cope with
computer and related technologies in a
healthy manner.
 Upgrading Technology
 Fear of technology.
 Information nightmare (email, PowerPoint,
Excel, OEM programs/applications).
Managing Your Stress
 Good stress vs. bad stress
Possible solutions:
 Sleep

 Exercise

 Nutrition

 Self-Reflection, Meditation, others

 Laugh

 entertainment
Burnout
 Burnout is the feeling of being emotionally
drained, worked over, and shaken to a state
of utter mush.
Symptoms include, but are not limited to:
 Avoidance of people
 Desensitized
 Increased negativity
 Loss of motivation
 Increased personal problems
Steps to avoid Burnout
 You can only control the controllables.
 Let things go
 Stay organized and focus on the priorities.
 Live well , you only have one shot at it.
Homework
 By next class:
 Perform and Complete the following
Hyperlink Stress Test.
 Print out result.
 Using Word, write 1 to 2 paragraphs on what
your results mean and how you can lower or
continue your stress level. What did you
learn?
 http://www.stress.org.uk/stresstest.aspx

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