Question

I need a 250 word discussion post on the following for my class MAN 3326 Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Mira Smith is the human resources director for a manufacturer of airline parts in Montreal. The environment of the company is one of high stress, and Smith realized that she needed to take the steps to ensure that the stress would not affect the physical and psychological health of her firm’s employees.

Based on what you have read in Chapter 15 discuss what the outcome of high levels of stress can be on both the individual and the organization. If you were Smith, what kind of plan would you set up to help prevent the effects of stress?

Answer 1

Answer- Outcomes of high level of stress-

Outcomes for individual

• Stressful environment in organisation have adverse impact on the individual's family life .It can to to the child abuse or spouse abuse that further can lead to the separation or isolation from their family and even can lead to the divorce.

Other outcomes of stress at work place are :

• It can lead to decrease the individuals moral and demotivate them to achieve their personnel goals.
• It can also reduce the employees commitment towards the organisation and has adverse effect on his own performance level.  

Outcomes for organisations

• Stress can lead to low performance level of employees that lead to reduce the productivity of organisation.
• It can lead to increase absenteeism and turnover of employees in the organisations.
• It has adverse effect on the attitudes or behaviour of workers that can lead to increase the dissatisfaction in customers.
• Stress can result in alienation or separation of employees from their job and decrease in profits and the assets of company.
• It can project the bad image of organisation in industry that ultimately lead to ruin the reputation of organisation.

  All this can lead to the decrease in loss of business opportunities.

If i were Smith, i should have consider this stressful environment very critically because organisation deals with the employees have critical roles in the organisations as we are dealing in manufacturing of airline parts that could have very adverse impact on the public safety.So, i would have taken the steps to reduce or prevent the effects of stress such as

• Before considering the approaches to deal with the high level of stress i will make sure not to make any generalisations because every employee have different level of handling stress and various sources of stress in the organisation.It may be one source that one employee is taking as a challenge other employee can take it as source of stress.
• I would develop stress prevention strategies that will help in preventing the effects of stress on the individual and organisational level as well.

• I would consider the working conditions of employees as per their level of adaptation because every employee has different physical and mental ability to respond the particular working conditions.

• I would give an opportunity the employees so that they can participate in developing their work practices and strategies and when introducing any kind of change in organisation.

• I would develop the content and strategies that help in understanding the technological requirements and help in organisation of work responsibilities so, that there should be no stress related to managing or handling their job responsibilities.

• I would definitely consider the remuneration system and working hours of the employees.

• i would ensure that team leaders are not imposing very strict and controlled leadership.

• It would be ensured that their work responsibilities are giving them opportunities to make decisions, take initiatives and improve the social relationship.