Work Stress Management of Management Faculty at Colleges in Tamilnadu

Abstract

Management faculty exposed to a high level of deliverables from the higher education institutions or schools create an enormous work stress on them. Author feels improper handling of such work stress leads to many personal, physical, social, physiological and economical problems soon. The paper aims to understand the root cause of work stress, building of work stress and management of work stress so that the impact of work stress can be reduced to a minimal or zero level by the management fraternity. Thepaper exclusively deals with the work stress problems of management faculties who is a generalist and expected to do the specialist work assignment. The management faculties are different from the other subject faculties in terms of their working environment. The average age of such faculties throughout the globe is around 25 to 35 years. The expectations of deliverables from the management faculties in the view of stakeholders are very high. The proofs of many management practices are not available. The faculties find it difficult to assume many variables and explain the same to the students. The average knowledge level of the present well informed internet students are very high as compared to the faculty makes it more work stressful to the teachers. More over the subject of management is relatively very young in terms of teaching. The subject of management became an important teaching subject only after the Second World War (1939 to 1945) and industrial revolution. The management gurus themselves keep upgrading their concepts to make the subject more vibrant. In this framework the Author would like to examine the various aspects of work stress and its impact on the management faculties and how best it can be overcome.