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    Larry Field took a job as a crew chief for a surveying company after getting married and having a child, which caused him stress. As crew chief, Larry struggled to adjust to his new managerial responsibilities and found it difficult to cope with the stress, exhibiting signs like stammering and an angry red face. The case suggests that stress management is crucial for employees by setting limits, time management, and seeking high achievement to feel good about work. Effective stress coping methods for Larry could have included limiting responsibilities and saying no and pursuing stress-reducing activities. Overall, the case highlights how properly managing stress is important for maintaining a balanced professional and personal life.

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    Larry Field took a job as a crew chief for a surveying company after getting married and having a child, which caused him stress. As crew chief, Larry struggled to adjust to his new managerial responsibilities and found it difficult to cope with the stress, exhibiting signs like stammering and an angry red face. The case suggests that stress management is crucial for employees by setting limits, time management, and seeking high achievement to feel good about work. Effective stress coping methods for Larry could have included limiting responsibilities and saying no and pursuing stress-reducing activities. Overall, the case highlights how properly managing stress is important for maintaining a balanced professional and personal life.

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    Larry Field took a job as a crew chief for a surveying company after getting married and having a child, which caused him stress. As crew chief, Larry struggled to adjust to his new managerial responsibilities and found it difficult to cope with the stress, exhibiting signs like stammering and an angry red face. The case suggests that stress management is crucial for employees by setting limits, time management, and seeking high achievement to feel good about work. Effective stress coping methods for Larry could have included limiting responsibilities and saying no and pursuing stress-reducing activities. Overall, the case highlights how properly managing stress is important for maintaining a balanced professional and personal life.

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    Case Study13

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    Larry Field took a job as a crew chief for a surveying company after getting married and having a child, which caused him stress. As crew chief, Larry struggled to adjust to his new managerial responsibilities and found it difficult to cope with the stress, exhibiting signs like stammering and an angry red face. The case suggests that stress management is crucial for employees by setting limits, time management, and seeking high achievement to feel good about work. Effective stress coping methods for Larry could have included limiting responsibilities and saying no and pursuing stress-reducing activities. Overall, the case highlights how properly managing stress is important for maintaining a balanced professional and personal life.

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    Case study-13

    HRM Specialization

    Title: stress management


    Brief introduction of case:

    Stress occurs when you perceive that demands placed on you — such as

    work, school or relationships exceed your ability to cope. Some stress can be beneficial at

    times, producing a boost that provides the drive and energy to help people get through

    situations like exams or work deadlines.

    Stress management consists of making changes to your life if you are in a constant stressful

    situation, preventing stress by practicing self-care and relaxation and managing your response

    to stressful situations when they do occur.

     Larry Field had a lot of fun in high school. He was a fairly good

    student, especially in math.

     He worked harder than most of his friends, and somehow, he ended

    up going steady with Alice Shifflett, class valedictorian.

     He worked summers for a local surveyor, William Loude

     when he graduated Mr. Loude offered him a job as number-three

    man on one of his survey crews.

     The pay wasn’t very high, but Larry already was good at the work.

     He believed all he needed was a steady job to boost his confidence to

    ask Alice to marry him.


    Major and minor facts of case:

     Once he did, events unfolded rapidly. He started work in June, he and Alice were

    married in October.

     Alice took a job as a secretary in a local company that made business forms, and a

    year later they had their first child.

     The baby came as something of a shock to Larry and he had come to enjoy the

    independence his own pay check gave him every week.

     Food and rent took up most of it, but he still enjoyed playing basketball a few nights a

    week.

     He was only 20 years old, and he still wasn’t making much money. He asked Mr.

    Loude for a raise and got it his first.

     Two months later, one of the crew chiefs quit just when Mr. Loude’s crews had more

    work than they could handle.

     Larry Field a crew chief, giving his crew some of the old instruments that weren’t

    good enough for the precision work of the top crews, and assigned him the easy title

    surveys in town.

     He had never been very ambitious or curious, so he’d paid little attention to the

    training of his former crew chief.

     Larry found it particularly hard to adjust to being “boss,” especially since one of his

    workers was getting an engineering degree at night school.


    Suggestions of case:

     As an employee in any should manage the stress move forward to fulfill their needs

    and wants.

     Because of stress we can’t stop work efficiently levels and cant show any angriness in

    front of others.

     Stress management is very important while entering into the any field and managing

    works also plays crucial role.

    Question and answers:

    1. What signs of stress was Larry Field exhibiting?

    The signs of stress would be like:

     He can’t manage his works properly when he is in stress mood.

     He started smoking during difficulty situation.

     He can’t control about stumble words.

     He started stammering towards his wife.

     When he is in angry his face turned as red.

    2.How was Larry Field trying to cope with his stress? Can you suggest more effective
    methods?
     Here Alice thinking moving to California for earing income levels for family same

    like that Larry also feel that manage the work and personal things to earn money for

    their needy things.

     Being a high achiever can help you feel good about yourself and excel at work.

     Set limits appropriately and learn to say no to requests that would create excessive stress

    in your life.

     Using time-management strategies when you feel overwhelmed by a busy schedule


    Conclusion: according to this case study managing stress is very important in everyone’s life

    than only we can lead our life properly not only in professional wat but also maintain

    personal life.

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