The General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) is a model that describes the body’s response to stress. It consists of three stages Impact of Stress on Work Performance Employees experiencing negative stress (distress) often show signs of decreased performance at work. In the alarm and resistance stages, this might manifest as inattentiveness, carelessness, and increased errors. As […]
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Stress on the job is an unfortunate fact of life and probably something that is here to stay until the inevitable robot uprising (probably another cause for stress to be honest) but controlling our reactions to the stress we experience on the job is a crucial component of work–life satisfaction. Some common strategies for reducing
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The Social Science of Organizational Behavior (OB) Organizational Behavior (OB) is a social science focused on understanding human interactions, processes, and dynamics within a workplace setting. Unlike hard sciences such as Physics and Chemistry, OB delves into the intricacies of human behavior, relationships, and how these influence organizational effectiveness. It examines how various factors, including
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PRINCE2 stands for PRojects IN Controlled Environments and is a very popular method for effective Project Management. PROJECT MANAGEMENT While PRINCE2 is one way of managing Projects, it is worthwhile defining what exactly a project is and why it needs management in the first place! A project is specific task/role that needs to be completed to meet certain
Matrix management is somewhat different to the standard way of managing people and processes; however for a Project Manager, this is generally the only way of getting things done. Most projects operate in some kind of a matrix environment where resources to actually get the job done are acquired and released from other teams. In
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Your type does not determine your behavior. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is simply a categorization of how you “prefer” to behave and even this is to some extent situation dependent as while someone might be a “E” type personality (i.e. Extraversian), after a full day at work and meeting/greeting/interacting with people – their inclination at
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There are many ways of learning what is essential in your business. However probably the most powerful and least practiced is that of Customer Feedback. Having the greatest widget in the world is useless if your customers don’t want to buy it and if it doesn’t resolve a perceived need. Getting that information from your
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Managing technical staff is becoming more of a challenge daily. Even more so, when your staff are MORE technical than you are – which to some extent is expected … you are a manager and responsible for multiple area’s of the company, they are specialists and able to focus on their area to the exclusion
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This is an interesting question that delves into the dynamics of employee motivation and workplace culture. Should employees receive additional rewards for fulfilling the basic requirement of their job—showing up? After all, they are being paid to do so anyway. The answer, however, isn’t a straightforward yes or no. Instead, it depends on several factors,
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OK – its great to have friends at work. In fact I think its a necessity – there are very few of us who would do this (or any) job for no pay and as such work is just that … its work. If it was easy and always fun it would be called PLAY.
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