Management Stress

Abstract: Stresses and crises that characterize the careers of management personnel are described and analyzed for manager and executives. Actual situations involving managers and their problems are examined to illustrate the pressures and dynamics of the management process and to explore contemporary internal and external trends that contribute to existing pressures or create new pressures. The material provides an understanding of the stress development process and presents strategies for successfully coping with management stress. Personal strategies for coping with stress focus on the interaction of work pressures and personal pressures, while organizational strategies focus on support systems that act as buffers against stress and help with the management of change. (wz).

CONTENTS:
The need to know about stress -- The population at risk -- Managerial stressors -- Controlled from above -- The striving-satisfaction balance -- Executive coping style -- Pressures from within -- Organizational dynamics -- The evolving organization -- External sources of stress -- Coping with stress : organizational strategies -- Social support systems -- Personal coping strategies -- Counseling for stress.