University HRM Report: Managing Workplace Stress and Performance

This report delves into the critical issue of stress management within the modern workplace. It emphasizes the significance of human resource management in mitigating employee stress, which is often exacerbated by increased job demands and responsibilities. The report highlights the importance of work-life balance, employee engagement, and training and development programs in reducing stress and enhancing performance. It references key literature, including works by Cooper & Quick (2017), Elnaga & Imran (2013), Anitha (2014), and Seaward (2013). The report concludes that reducing employee stress leads to improved organizational effectiveness and overall performance, making it a crucial area of focus for businesses today. It suggests that by fostering a positive work environment and implementing effective HR strategies, organizations can create a healthier and more productive workplace.

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Managing stress in the workplace
Introduction
In the contemporary business scenario, one of the key issues being faced by the
organizations regarding their human resource management is the mental pressure or stress of the
employees in their workplace. This is due to the reason that, in the current business scenario,
employees have to take much more pressure and responsibility in their workplace along with
looking after diversified job profiles (Cooper & Quick, 2017). Thus, it is one of the reasons that
employees in the contemporary business organizations have more stress, which lead to the
reduction in the productivity of them.
Managing stress in the workplace
However, there are various contemporary theories being given by different authors about
managing stress of the employees in the workplace. According to Seaward (2013), effective
management of human resources is one of the key steps to be initiated by the organization to
reduce the stress of the employees. According to him, one of the key ways will be maintaining
the work-life balance of the employees. Maintaining effective work-life balance will help the
employees to balance their personal life effectively along with their professional life. Thus, the
more they will get time to spend in their personal life, the more they will feel motivated to
engage in their workplace. Thus, it will in turn help the organizations to enhance the
performance of the employees along with enhancing the organizational effectiveness and
performance.
Maintaining of effective working environment

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Working environment in the organizations also determines the stress and mental pressure
of the employees. Working environment in the organization refers to the providence of training
and skill development programs to the employees, maintaining the workplace health and safety
and initiation of employee welfare programs. According to Elnaga and Imran (2013), providing
training and skill development programs to the employees will help them to equip and motivate
in case of facing any organizational challenges. Moreover, due to the fact that, training will
enhance the skill sets of the employees, thus they will have the access to different approaches in
accomplishing their job. It will eventually reduce the stress from the employees.
On the other hand, initiation of various steps in order to enhance the engagement of the
employees in their workplace such as job rotation, enrichment and enlargement will help the
organization in reducing the monotony of the employees in the workplace. Thus, reduction in the
monotony for the employees will help them to reduce the stress in their workplace. According to
Anitha (2014), initiation of employee engagement policies by the organization will help the
employees in enhancing their performance in the workplace along with reduction in stress. Thus,
with the increase in the performance and satisfied and motivated employees, the organizational
performance will also get increase.
Conclusion
Thus, it can be concluded that in the present business scenario, stress will be there for the
employees considering the challenging business scenario. Accordingly, this report discussed
about the steps that should be taken in order to reduce the impact of stress on the employee
performance. It is being concluded in this report that, the less stressed will be the employees, the
more will be the effectiveness and performance of the employees.

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Reference
Anitha, J. (2014). Determinants of employee engagement and their impact on employee
performance. International journal of productivity and performance management.
Cooper, C. L., & Quick, J. C. (Eds.). (2017). The Handbook of Stress and Health: A Guide to
Research and Practice. John Wiley & Sons.
Elnaga, A., & Imran, A. (2013). The effect of training on employee performance. European
Journal of Business and Management, 5(4), 137-147.
Seaward, B. L. (2013). Managing stress. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.