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Managing Stress And Time

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Managing stress and time is one of the most crucial, yet neglected management skills in a competent manager repertoire. Adapted from ( Whetten & Cameron Text pg 112). Thomas in question couldn't cope with time and responsibilities that resulted in stress and the poor management concept of stress led him to an accident and a potential six months bed rest at the hospital. After reviewing the case. The sources of the stress were not just of Thomas, but Lack of effective management of the organisation. Before we look into the aspect of the organisation, its fair enough to look at what Thomas should do, skills that are expected, in managing personal stress. Having in mind that, the company will not stop its operation because of their objectives and goals. Should Thomas quit, Doesn't change them or improve the situation around the organisation. Suggested advice to help both parties is how Thomas can recognise, understand and develop, those skills required to make him a better man of himself and an effective manager of an organisation. Adopting strategies for eliminating stressors enhances the level of personal resilience and also utilises appropriate temporary coping responses.(Whetten & Cameron Text pg115) Stress do not just burn us out all of a sudden; it develops from one stage to another which we usually ignore. Thomas must have had the Alarm stage, which is feeling of shock or confusion. Negligence on that level leads to Resistance stage and that's when we usually attempt to control by using defence mechanism. When it doesn`t work, it elevates to the Exhaustion stage. According to (Whetten & Cameron Text pg115) a particular hierarchy of approaches has been found to be most effective in eliminating or minimising stressors. Enactive strategies, which simply implies eliminate stressor. Proactive strategies, this develops resiliency strategies. Reactive strategies, which is learning temporary coping mechanism. These are options of strat

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