IDENTIFYIG AND MANAGING STRESS IN COMPANIES OF GROUP IMPOL

Ko se soočamo s številnimi spremembami, pogosto doživljamo stresne trenutke. Stres je postal del našega vsakdana, s katerim se moramo naučiti živeti, preventivno ravnati, da se mu čim bolj ognemo in ga pravočasno prepoznamo in ustrezno obvladujemo. Predvsem pa je treba vedeti, da lahko stres na nas vpliva negativno ali pozitivno. In nekaj stresa ljudje dejansko potrebujemo, saj nas motivira in nam omogoča, da se osredotočimo, sprejemamo odločitve in delujemo pozitivno. Kot glavni izvor stresa ljudje vedno bolj navajajo delo in z njim povezljiva dogajanja. Dejavnikom stresa dela se še vedno posveča premalo pozornosti. Stres ni karakteristika samo managerskega dela, ampak je povezan z vsemi deli oz. delovnimi situacijami. Ostra konkurenca, prestrukturiranje podjetij, reorganizacija proizvodnje in menedžmenta, stalne spremembe v tehnologiji, potrebnih znanjih, veščinah in pogojih dela, grožnja ukinjanja delovnih mest, nadurno delo in odpuščanja ter druge lastnosti sodobnega dela in poslovanja dodatno vzpodbujajo stres in nikomur ne prizanesejo. V nalogi smo dali poudarek na obravnavo stresa na delovnem mestu, ki postaja vse večji problem tako za posameznike (zaposlene) kot za delodajalce (delovne organizacije). V teoretičnem delu naloge smo raziskovali pojem stres v širšem smislu in pojem stresa na delovnem mestu, vrste in izvore stresa ter vpliv prisotnosti stresa na delovnem mestu na učinkovitost zaposlenih. Znano je dejstvo, da zaposlenim, ki so pod stalnim negativnim stresom, upada produktivnost, prav tako se pogosteje zatekajo k absentizmu, kar pa posledično vpliva tudi na uspešnost organizacije. Zato bi moralo biti prepoznavanje in obvladovanje stresa na ravni organizacije in prav tako na individualni ravni ena izmed temeljnih strategij. Raziskali smo tudi individualne in organizacijske metode obvladovanja stresa. Če posamezniki in organizacije poznajo izvore stresa, njegove učinke in posledice, potem se z njim tudi lažje in učinkovitejše soočajo. Teoretična stališča različnih avtorjev smo poskušali podkrepiti s praktičnim delom magistrske naloge. Zanimalo nas je predvsem, kaj anketiranci-zaposleni v skupini Impol navajajo kot izvor stresa na delovnem mestu, ali pri sebi opažajo simptome, ki bi lahko bili posledica stresnih situacij, ter metode spoprijemanja in obvladovanja stresa v domačem okolju in na delovnem mestu. Z raziskavo smo prišli do zanimivih spoznanj, ki so predstavljena v nadaljevanju magistrske naloge.In dealing with various changes in life we often feel stressful moments. Stress has become a part of our daily life, with which we have to learn to live with, to act preventively to avoid it as much as possible and to recognise it early enough to manage it properly. We have to be aware, that stress can have negative as well positive effects. And some portion of it is anyway needed by human beings, as it motivates us and enables us to focus, take decisions and act positively. As the main source of stress people more and more frequently blame work and work related happening. Factors of work related stress still do not have enough attention. Stress is not only present in management work but it is related with all work and work situations. Tough competition, restructuring of companies, production and management, frequent technological changes, frequent demands for more knowledge, fear of loosing work, overtime work and actual loosing of job together with other characteristics of modern work cause additional stress and hardly anyone can avoid those challenges. The subject of our work is basically work related stress (stress on workplace), which becomes important issue for individuals (employees) as well as for employers (work organisations). In theoretical part of our work we explored the term stress in its broader meaning as well as work related stress, whereas we focused also on types and sources of stress and influence of stress in workplace on efficiency of employees. It is no new fact, that employees under constant negative stress are less productive and more absent from work, which negatively influences the success of work organisation. Therefore recognizing and managing stress on individual as well as on organisation level should be one of core strategies. Our research focused also on individual and organisational methods of managing stress. In case individuals and organizations have good knowledge of sources of stress, its influences and effects, they can easily and more efficiently deal with stress. In analytical part of our work we tried to tie theoretical views with practice. We were mainly focused in employees of group Impol and their perceptions regarding sources of stress, any recognized symptoms of stress arising from stressful situations by themselves as well as in their methods of dealing and managing stress at workplace and at home. Our research showed interested results, which are in detail showed in our work