Stressisacommonproblemforthepeoplelivinginthemodernsociety.Youmayfeelthepressurefromyourstudying,yourwork,yourteacher,yourparents,yourboss,orevenyourfriends.Whatevertypethestressis,youareabletocopewithit.Youcantryrelaxingyourselfbytakingashort-termexcursion,orjustgotoamoviewithyourfriends.Youcanalsospendaweekendstayingathome,haveanicesleepandreadafewbooks.Lifeislong,andyoushould“stopandsmellthefowers”,andthatwillmakeyoufeelbetterandgoonwithareleasedheart.

　　Howtodealwithstress

　　Howtodealwithstress?Manypeopleareunderstressandtheyfelttired.Therearemanywaystodealwithstress.Thefirstwayistodosports.Sportscouldmakeapersonveryrelaxedanditcouldmakeyouforgetthings.Youcanlistentothemusicalso,itwouldmakeyourelax.Andmaybeyouneedtowritethethingsthatmakesyoufeelstressfuldown.Thenyouwouldfindyou'rerelaxafterdoingallthesethings.

　　Itiscertainlyagiventhatmostpeoplehavejobsorcareersthatcontributetosomelevelofstressintheirlife.Ithasbeendiscovered,recently,thatmanypeoplehaveahigherthannormalamountofstressintheirplaceofemploymentduetotechnologyrelatedissues.Withtechnologyboomingmanycompaniesarejumpingonthebandwagonandincorporatingnewandhightechprogramstoimprovethequalityandproductivityoftheirbusiness.Unfortunatelymanyofthesecompaniesareimplementingthesenewprogramswithoutgivingthenecessarytoolstheiremployeesneedtomakethenewprogramsworkeffectively.Thishascausedagreatdealofstressintheworkplaceforallpartiesincludingupperlevelmanagement,lowerlevelmanagement,employeesandtheITdepartment.

　　InastudyconductedbyAthabascaUniversityinAlbertaCanadaconcludedthat"only20%ofrespondentsbelievedthatIThasnotincreasedthestresslevelsofemployeesandonly27%thoughtthattheirorganizationmanagestheintroductionofchangebroughtaboutbyITverywell"(Robinson,Irving&Carr,2001,p.45).Thesenumbersarestaggeringsimplybecauseimplementingnewtechnologiesintheworkplaceareusuallyintendedtodecreasetheworkloadandstressoftheemployees,notincreaseit.Themostapparentproblemthatemployeeshavewithnewtechnologyisthattheyfeeltheirjobscouldhavebeenperformedbettertheoldway,whichwasusuallymanually.

　　Thefirstissuethatleadstoemployeestressusuallystemsfromtheverybeginningofthechange,thebuildingoftheprogram.NormallyITspecialistsarejustthat,specialists,andareverycompetentinperformingtheirjobduties,buteveryonehasabadidea,oranideathathasnotbeencarefullythoughtthrough,everyonceinawhile.Itisafactthattheseprogramsarenotalwaysthoughtoutproperlyandareinsufficientfromtheverybeginning.Thenwhenbadtraining,pooraccesstotechnicalsupportandtheinabilitytogeterrorsfixedinatimelymannerarefactoredin,itcanbearecipefordisaster.

　　Theincreaseofworkplacestresshascausedmanynegativeconsequencesinorganizationstoday.Inanarticlewrittenin2003,astudybytheUK'sHealthandSafetyExecutiveestimatesthat"workrelatedstressaccountsformorethanathirdofallnewincidentsofillhealth,andthatintheUKnearlythirteenmillionworkingdayswerelosttostress,depression,andanxietyin2004-5"(Teed,2006,p.4).

　　Therearemanythingsthatanorganizationcandotorelievestressonits'employeesincludingadequatetrainingofemployeesonnewsystems,programstomonitorandpreventITissues,andemployeestressrelievingprograms.Thelargestcontributortostresswhennewprogramsareimplementedislackoftrainingforemployees.Trainingwouldseemlikeanobviousstepintheprocess,yetitissometimesoverlooked.

　　Inadequatetrainingisnotusuallydoneintentionallybyuppermanagement,yetitissomethingthathappensentirelytoooften.Employeesfeelcomfortablewhentheyfeeltheyknowtheirjobdutieswell.Whenanewwayofdoingthejobisintroduced,employeeswillimmediatelygoonthedefensivebecausetheynowfeellostinaworldtheyusedtoknowsowell.Theresistancetochangeisonlymagnifiedwhentheemployeesaredealingwithanewsystemthatisnotwellsuitedfortheirjoboronethathasnotbeencarefullythoughtoutandtested.

　　Oncetheemployeeisabletoadjusttothenewsystemitisimporta