Stress

PRESENTED TO: DR. GITIKA NAGRATH

PRESENTED BY: TANIA JASWAL (12100180)
SAMRITI SAINI ( 12100210)
 What is Stress?
 Stress is the feeling of being under too much mental or emotional
pressure.
 Stress can affect how you feel, think, behave and how your body
works. In fact common signs of stress include sleeping problems,
sweating, loss of appetite and difficulty concentrating.
 INTRODUCTION

 Stress is a dynamic condition in which an individual is

confronted with opportunity, demand, or resource related
to what the individual desires and for which the outcome
is perceived to be both uncertain and important.
 Stress can be good and bad.
 Stress is associated with demands and resources.
Consequences of Stress Management

Symptoms can be subsumed in three general categories

Physiological symptoms

Psychological symptoms

Behavioral symptoms
 Physiological Symptoms

 Stress could create changes in metabolism

 Increase heart rates
 Breathing rates
 Increase blood pressure
 Headaches
 Induce heart attack
 Psychological Symptoms

 Stress can cause dissatisfaction

 Job dissatisfaction is “ the simplest and most obvious
psychological effect
 Less control people have over their work, greater the
stress
 Behavioral Symptoms

Behavior related stress symptoms include change in :

 Productivity and turnover
 Eating habits
 Increased consumption of alcohol
 Sleep disorders
 Most widely used pattern to studied stress-performance
relationship is “ INVERTED U RELATIONSHIP”
Managing Stress

Individual Approaches

Organizational Approaches
 Individual Approaches

 Time Management
 Physical Exercise
 Relaxation Techniques
 Social Support Network
 Organizational Approach

 Improved selection and job placement

 Goal Setting
 Redesigning Jobs
 Participative Decision Making
 Organizational communication