organisational stress - Pondicherry University DSpace Portal

1.0 BACKGROUNDStress Management is drawing more and more attentionnowadays, particularly in the corporate context. There is no suchth~ng as a stress- free job.Everyone in his work is exposed totension, frustration and anxiety as he gets through the dutiesassigned to him. In order to make our work experience andenwonment as pleasant as poss~ble, it is better that we learn thetechn~que of moderating and modulat~ng our personal stresslevels Infact, stress can be used as a pos~tive and forceful ally forach~evrng success In our l~fe and for glvrng us the r~ght level ofrnotlvatlon and dr~ve to wn through any obstacles on the way.When people talk about stress In the workplace. their vlewsfall into two major d~vls~ons Flrst. we have the people who treat ~tas some k~nd of an a~lment, someth~ng ak~n to a threat and ah~ndrance. sornethlng to be dreaded and eschewed at all tunes.and at any costThe second posttlon rnforrn us that we must'appear' to be stressed - all the time - so that we are accepted asefic~ent persons. We must understand that stress is not theproblem. Them is an optimum level of smss, where we work atour best. This may vary from person to person. Some smss isbetter than no stress; the objective is not to abolish stress, but2