Overcoming Stress in the Workplace

Paper Summary:

The paper identifies the typical work-related stressors and paints a picture of the stress experienced in the workplace by those in the legal services profession. The paper then explores three areas of organizational management that are key in avoiding and overcoming stress in the workplace; project management, information management and operations management. The paper shows how these three areas of organizational management are critically required in order to promote effectiveness, efficiency and best practices in the organization.

Outline:
Scenario
Purpose of the Study
Importance of the Study
Methodology
Introduction
Work-Related Stressors Identified
Overview of Today's Legal Services Profession
Workplace Stress and Employee Burnout
Project Management
Information Management
Operations Management
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The stress experienced in the workplace by those in the legal services profession, whether through government funded initiatives or whether a law firm handling issues for their clients is often the primary aspect that demands focus but receives the least because it is such a sensitive issue to deal with. Societal paces in the hive-like fashion of fast-paced and rapidly expanding technology linking the world leaves the individual frazzled, burned out feeling like war heroes due to the internalization of this stress and the organizational inflexibilities that drive this stress both in and among workers in today's legal society. Policy and legislation of powers has rapidly altered the landscape of that which constitutes the 'law' or 'legal' aspects of the law firm has these firm scrambling to make meaning of the rules of play in many areas and on many levels of the legal system in today's society."

Sample of Sources Used:

• A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (2004) PMBOK Guide. 3rd ed. The Project Management Institute.
• Business: The Economy Taxing Workplace Stress (1999) BBC News. 27 Oct 1999. Online available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/the_economy/487977.stm
• Gorkin, Mark (2003) The Four Stages of Burnout. 'The Stress Doc'. Online available at: http://www.stressdoc.com/4stages.htm
• Health Stress Tops Work Sickness League (1999) BBC News 3 Oct. 1999 Online available at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/463853.stm
• Information Systems Management (2008) Document workflow. Online available at: http://www.freewebs.com/managing-workplace-information/informationsystems.htm

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