UK Business: Problem Solving & Decision Making for Work Stress

This report explores problem-solving and decision-making strategies to address work-related stress among employees in the UK. It begins by defining the nature of job dissatisfaction and work-life balance issues, followed by an in-depth analysis using various frameworks. A Fishbone diagram is used to identify potential factors causing stress, while a SWOT analysis assesses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats related to the UK workforce. The PESTLE analysis examines the political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors influencing work stress. Furthermore, the report utilizes PMI (Plus, Minus, Interesting) decision-making and GRITT (Grit, Resilience, Initiative, Tenacity) analysis to evaluate potential solutions and individual perseverance. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the importance of implementing effective policies and procedures to mitigate work stress and improve employee well-being in UK businesses. Desklib provides access to similar solved assignments and resources for students.

Problem Solving and
Decision Making

Table of Content
•Introduction.
•Nature and Job dissatisfaction and Work Life Balance
•Fishbone Diagram
•Swot Analysis
•Pestle Analysis
•PMI Decision Making
•Gritt Analysis
•Conclusion .
•References

Introduction
Problem solving consist of using generic and it
provide the relevant set of solution that driven high rate
of productivity. To determine exact issues and implement
better strategic solution to gain more positive outcomes.
the role of problem solving in decision making. Decision
making is set of process where it helps to identifying a
better decision making to gain more competitive
advantages by business..

Nature and Job dissatisfaction and Work Life Balance
• Job dissatisfaction is when an employee does not to make
feel content in their job. This cause the issues due to
various of professional and personal reason such as lack of
advancement, poor management, negative job environment
within limited work life balance and more. The impact of
job dissatisfaction produces morale as low within among
workers and also undesirable. If the job environment is not
appropriate then the individual employee behaviour would
also get impacted through it

Fishbone Diagram
The fishbone analysis which was drawn by manufacturing
team to understand source of design the product to defect
quality prevention and identification to make potential
factors casuing the overall effects..

Swot Analysis
• This is a strategic planning techniques which is better used to help a person or organisation for
effective identify strength, weakness, opportunities and threats. Similarly , As UK is facing high
work stress the Swot analysis conducted as per accordingly
Strength Weakness
 The employees of UK business are
efficient and highly skilled workforce.
 In UK, there are advanced corporate base
polices and procedures which create more
benefits to new fresher and experienced.
 The GDP of UK is quite stable and many
job opportunities are there in small
business as well as large business.
 The UK is having effective education
territory where well educated individual
would get provide services based
industries.
 The UK is known for poor transport
system and specially for industrial ones.
This some of the extend a result of high
population and lots of industry.
 To compared within the United States as
it is one of growing country and some of
the areas of Europe but UK has poor
performance by production process.
 The United Kingdom is one growing
disparity and affluence of its poorer and
more wealthy.

Pestle Analysis
Political: This factor is basically introducing the degree of
government intervention in the economy which makes the certainty to
the industry as well. The influences of the government showing
concerned and make the classification of the business, by which
includes the government norms, policies, political stability or
instability, corruption, tax policies, foreign policies etc.
Economical: The UK economic is one of 6th largest economy within
the nominal GDP. As there are some of uncertain factor which makes
the UK economy performance more disbalanced due to as economic
growth, inflation, recession, interest rates, unemployment rates. These
factors have direct and indirect affect on a company, by the increasing
and decreasing the purchasing power of consumers and could
fluctuates the demands and supply structure in the economy

PMI Decision Making
The PMI decision making is having brain storming
where decision makes its critical thinking tool. This
is also used to better encourage the examination of
ideas and concept along with maintain discipline in
environment.

Gritt Analysis
• The Gritt scale analysis is help to measure the extend on
which individual are able to maintain focus on interest
and preserve to obtaining for long term goals. In
perspective of Work Stress of UK

Conclusion
From above presentation, it is summarised about work stress which face by UK
employees and different models has been applied to analysed the how UK employees
work stress can be reduces effectively. Further Swot and Pestle Analysis helps to
understand UK based employees stress level and challenges how UK policies and
procedure can better influence to individual employees.

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