Describe how the body responds to stress (6 marks) Acute stress causes the arousal of the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS comprises of the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) which prepares the individual for ‘fight or flight’ and the parasympathetic branch‚ which returns the individual to their original state of relaxation. Part of the SNS response is the sympathetic adrenal system (SAM)‚ this system along with the SNS is collectively called the sympathomedullary pathway. The SNS is activated
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Conflict - a state of discord caused by the actual or perceived opposition of needs‚ values and interests. It can be internal (within oneself) or external (between two or more individuals) such as‚ social disagreement‚ conflicts of interests‚ and fights between individuals‚ groups‚ or organizations. Competitive situations will‚ by their nature‚ cause conflict. Cooperative situations can also be the source of conflict. Two or more individuals or parties may have consistent goals‚ but the manner
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Chapter 4 Individual in the Organization A study of the individual in an organization is important‚ for the bulk of the adult population spends more than a third of its waking hours in the organization by which it is employed. And for most people‚ formal organizations represent a major part of the environment that exerts a significant effect upon their behavior. To represent individual in an organization‚ we must look into organization as a social system. 1. Social System a. Human Organization
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To what extend do you accept the view that conflict is an inevitable feature of management and organizational behaviour? Suggest how management can attempt to avoid the harmful effects of conflict. Introduction All organizations‚ by their very nature‚ have built in conflicts Conflict is seen as an inherent feature of organisations and induced‚ in part‚ by the very structure of the organisation. The causes might stem from individual characteristics‚ interpersonal factors‚ communications‚ behavior
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Religion and control of stress for national development Religion plays important roles in human’s life‚ activities and cultural practices. It restructures and influences his other endeavours including stress control. In Nigerian traditional ethnic groups‚ traditional religion plays important role in controlling the total life of the people. Today‚ apart from the traditional religion‚ Christianity and Islam are the two predominant religions practiced. Their cumulative effects of long patronage
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Individuals and Work Work is a productive activity that occurs in a variety of settings. The nature of work changes over the lifespan‚ requiring balance with other aspects of an individual’s life. The changing nature of work-related situations requires an understanding of social change‚ cultural influences‚ economic policies and political processes that impact on work. Students develop skills necessary to manage these changes. In this module‚ students consider how contemporary workplace practices
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four main responses to conflict are exit‚ neglect‚ loyalty‚ and response. Together these responses create a four-dimensional figure to illustrate active‚ constructive‚ destructive‚ and passive approaches humans take to deal with conflict. For the exit response‚ individuals completely withdrawal from certain situations. This withdrawal can be characterized by physical or psychological behavior. For example‚ whenever a conflict arises such as an argument between two individuals‚ he or she may completely
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Conflict Management and Conflict Solutions Michael SchmalzerSouthern New Hampshire University OL-500-X2946 Human Behavior in Organization x2946 Abstract Managers utilize different resolution styles and recommendations for specific situations to resolve conflict. Conflict inevitably occurs for any project. Managers must understand that one style of conflict resolution will not work for every situation. By managers implementing some of the following recommendations‚ the workplace will start
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Individual Report Discussion on Kinds of Organizational Structures Huang Shitong 0931500048 Strategic Human Resources Management Dr. Herman Tan 2012/12/29 Every company cannot exist without their own organizational structure just like human beings cannot alive without human skeleton. If an organization structure is compared as a human skeleton‚ then departments within an organizational structure are functioning like organs within human body. In order to understand better‚ I usually
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“Functional Conflict vs Dysfunctional Conflict Functional conflict Conflict is constructive when it improves the quality of decisions‚ stimulates creativity‚ innovation and encourages interest and curiosity among group members. Conflict challenges the status quo that resulted in the creation of new ideas‚ promotes reassessment of group goals and activities‚ and increases the probability that the group will respond to change. It supports the goals of the group and improve performance
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