A Study on Stress Management at Syndicate Bank

mba hr projectsThe workplace is a challenging job assignment followed by moderate doses of competitive spirit, constructive conflict and a zeal to get ahead of others and a ways in which individual cope, or deal with stress at work is called stress management.

Employers should provide a stress-free work environment, recognize where stress is becoming a problem for staff, and take action to reduce stress. Stress in the workplace reduces productivity, increases management pressures, and makes people ill in many ways, evidence of which is still increasing. Workplace stress affects the performance of the brain, including functions of work performance; memory, concentration, and learning.

Stress at work also provides a serious risk of litigation for all employers and organizations, carrying significant liabilities for damages, bad publicity and loss of reputation. Dealing with stress-related claims also consumes vast amounts of management time. So, there are clearly strong economic and financial reasons for organisations to manage and reduce stress at work, aside from the obvious humanitarian and ethical considerations.

Any research requires a proper understanding of the problem. A well-defined problem is “half work done”. Statement of problem is the section were the reason for taking up a particular topic for research is justified. Many creative efforts fail because the problem is either unclear or it is focused in the wrong place. If people have different opinions of what the problem really is, they will constantly diverge and never be able to find closure on a suitable solution.

It is generally said that the word “BANK” has been originated in Italy. In the middle of 12th century there was a great financial crisis in Italy due to war. To meet the war expenses, the government of that period a forced subscribed loan on citizens of the country at the interest of 5% per annum such loans was known as “compare”, “Minto”. In Germany the word “Monte” was named as “Bank”.

It is also said that the word “Bank” has been derived from the word “Banco” which means a Banch. The Jews money lenders in Italy used to transact their business sitting on branches at different market places.

The word ‘Bank’ is used in the sense of a commercial bank. It is of Germanic origin though some person trace it origin to French word ‘Banqui’ and the Italian word ‘Banca’. It referred to a bench for keeping lending and exchanging of money lenders and money chargers. There was no such word as banking before 1640. All though the practice of safe keeping and saving flourished in the temple of Babylon as earlier as 2000 B.C. Chanakya in his Arthashastra written in about 300 B.C. mentioned about the existence of Merchant of Bankers who received deposits advanced loans and hundise.



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