The Economic and Organizational Impact of Stress in the Workplace

Most people agree that stress can be dangerous to your health.  Even medical doctors cannot deny the havoc that excessive stress can wreak on a person’s mental and physical health.  And not only does stress affect our personal lives, it also affects our professional lives.  In fact, according to a study by Northwestern National Life in 1999, one-fourth of employees view their jobs as the number one stressor in their lives.

This course discusses how stress can ultimately impact our performance and productivity through the excessive pressures and expectations that our jobs demand.   It focuses on how to identify factors that contribute to stress at work, what the consequences of stress are, and how to control and minimize the effects of stress.

TARGET AUDIENCE
Managers/Supervisors/Risk Management & HR Professionals

TIME TO COMPLETE
75 minutes

PURPOSE
To increase managers’ and supervisors’ knowledge of factors that contribute to stress in the workplace, to demonstrate the consequences that stress can have on your company, and to help you control and minimize the negative effects of stress in your workplace. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this course, the learner will be able to:

• define stress and dispel misconceptions about stress;
• identify and describe the causes of stress;
• discuss the physical, psychological, behavioral, and organizational effects of stress; and
• summarize the three most effective responses to stress (a stress management program, improving workplace conditions, and the responsibility of managers and supervisors).

TOPICS COVERED

1. What is Stress?
2. Sources of Stress
3. Reactions to Stress
4. Organizational Consequences of Stress
5. Effective Ways to Handle Stress

ACCREDITATION
HR CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE
This program has been approved for 1.25 recertification credit hours toward PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification through the HR Certification Institute.  For more information about certification or recertification, visit the HR Certification Institute homepage at www.hrci.org.

(The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of this program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.)

The State Bar of Georgia
The State Bar of Georgia has accredited this course for 1.50 hours of Regular CLE credits. For more information about CLE credits, visit The State Bar of Georgia homepage at www.gabar.org.