Stress Management

CAVEAT: No graduate credit will be awarded if HBD4759 has been successfully completed.

UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE COMPETENT IN:

• Comparing and contrasting definitions of stress by noted researchers.
• Describing physiological reactions of the body to stress.
• Comparing the relationship of personality to stress.
• Discussing the management of stress-induced drug and alcohol abuse.
• Identifying and categorizing sources of stress in business organizations.
• Comparing the actual and psychological costs of stress.
• Identifying causes and symptoms of burnout.
• Designing a burnout prevention program.
• Listing variables involved in overall job satisfaction.
• Outlining the problems of expressing anger, hostility, frustration, and aggression.
• Demonstrating the ability to monitor one’s physiological reactions to stress and applying stress-reduction techniques.
• Discussing the relationship between life events and the onset of illnesses.
• Developing a holistic model of managerial lifestyle that calls for a balance in the following dimensions of life: professional, financial, social, cultural, creative, and personal.
• Discussing the cognitive appraisal concept as it relates to stress.
• Describing psychosomatic disorders as manifestations of stress.
• Discussing sources of stress in the family and the community and the social approaches to stress management.
• Identifying stress reduction strategies including biofeedback, relaxation techniques, and pharmacological methods.
• Recommending and/or designing a stress management strategy for business.
• Reviewing the current research on stress in the United States.
• Discussing the unique stresses of the twenty-first century brought about by changes in the American culture.
• Analyzing the different causes of stress brought about as a result of multiculturalism.
• Designing a personal stress prevention plan.