Stress Management in IBM

Running head: IBM CASE STUDY
Stress Management in IBM
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IBM CASE STUDY
Question 2
Identification of Possible Work stressors and Suggestion of Feasible Stress Management
Strategies for the Employees of IBM by looking at Cultural and Social Concerns limiting
the Effectiveness of the Strategies
The organizational management of IBM has focused on work life integration for all
employees, so that every staff is able to provide maximum productivity without any issue or
complexity (Powell and Enright, 2015). It is an approach, which creates more synergies
within all the areas of work, life and their personal wellbeing. The approach also focuses on
the pivots and not only on the subsequent boundaries within various areas of life. Since, IBM
is one of the most popular and significant software companies in the world, it is extremely
vital to ensure that the employees are stress free and they are working in a work friendly
environment. It is needed to identify the possible work stressors in the company for the
employees in IBM, so that it becomes easier for the company to reduce work stress to a high
level. The major work stressors in IBM are as follows:
i) Workload: The heavier workloads and long working hours could easily make for
the stressed and over tired staff. Since the organizational growth of IBM is huge, it is evident
that the work pressure is high for all employees (Sharma and Rush, 2014). As a result, it is
needed to communicate with the management regarding responsibilities, conflicting deadline
and overload.
ii) Unrealistic Demands: As IBM is doing their business globally, it often occurs that
the employees have to face unrealistic demands from both organizational management and
customers. These demands can create massive frustration and anger and it could even
increaser their work stress.