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work as well. Phase 4, focus groups (see Section 2e of this chapter), were conducted with representatives of the
staff who self-selected for participation. During the focus group the foremost consideration was on developing
feasible interventions for workplace changes identified in the log and interview phases. Therefore the areas ‘which
are working well’ were transferred to those ‘which are not working as well’, and as such interventions which were
identified could then be implemented throughout the department.
2) Methods
The following section will provide an analysis of the methods that have been used in the presented study. It
begins with an analysis of the suitability of use of two quantitative survey tools, followed by the description of a
pilot study conducted. Next the qualitative phases of the project, designed to make up the stages of the
Appreciative Inquiry cycle, are discussed critically alongside the procedure taken throughout the work. Lastly an
evaluation as to the ethics of the presented study is given.
2a) HSE Management Standards Indicator Tool (HSE, 2004)
A large number and variety of tools designed to attempt to assess workplace stress have been developed.
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have developed such a tool, named the Management Standards
Indicator Tool (MSIT), a questionnaire which is used by organisations to monitor the working situations (or
psychosocial hazards) which may lead to stress (Edwards et al., 2008).
It was in April of 1999 that the body responsible for health and safety in the UK (the Health and Safety
Commission) stated that a wide-ranging debate was required in order to discuss the way forward for the issue of