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... The authors are all avid sports enthusiasts and collectively felt that certain managerial positions within sport carry with them a high degree of pressure and stress, leaving the coach susceptible to both heart disease and other stress related illnesses. ...
The designers then needed to fully research the topic of heart disease and increased blood pressure and how stress can bring about heart problems. ... 2
Background of Project
It became apparent that the whole area of stress in sports management is not a well documented issue in current times. ...
As was mentioned previously this Software Programme was designed to help managers both in professional and amateur set-ups acknowledge and deal with stress related illnesses. The programmes initial task is to alert the managers as to whether they are unconsciously suffering from stress and therefore susceptible to stress related illnesses. However before we could confidently say a person was suffering from stress a lot of research had to be completed. Also relevant studies and research had to be found to increase the group’s knowledge of stress induced ailment. ... This research allowed the authors to get an insight on the stress that a professional manager is put under during a game. ...
Stress Research
New research by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health has found that work may be hazardous to your health. Investigators found that people who reported persistent stress due to high work demands, low job security, or few career opportunities had the same level of risk for fatal heart attacks as people who smoke and do not exercise. High job stress was also associated with being overweight and having high cholesterol. ...
Through the investigation by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and personal research by the authors it became obvious that Type A personalities are much more liable to be affected by stress. ... Type A personalities react swiftly and forcefully and tend to view sources of stress as threats to their personal self control. They act in ways that increase their chances of encountering stress, by seeking out demanding, competitive situations and by creating artificial deadlines for themselves. ... Type A individuals react in a different manner to stress than Type B. ... The programme will then explain to the user what Type of persoanlity they are and whether they are more susceptible to stress. ...
Once the user has entered their personal details they are required to complete a Personality Test to check whether the user is Type A or B personality and whether they are more susceptible to stress. ...
The last screen is the form to advise the managers on the best methods to cope with stress. ... 1
Evaluation of the finished Project
Overall the designers of the software programme, ‘Minimising Managers Stress’ believed the project was a success. ... Research into the stress levels experienced by managers during competitive games is a particular interesting area of investigation because there are so many possibilities for study and the results and conclusions would not only benefit the sporting community but could in fact assist people globally in identifying and coping with stress. ... This programme is not just solely based in sport and could be used in any walk of life. ... 2
Questionnaire
Please fill out the following questionnaire only after using the software program Minimising Manager’s Stress. ... Yet another possible change to the program is its adaptation to a worker based version that would draw attention to the effects of stress on the body namely in terms of heart rate and blood pressure throughout the whole day in a work related environment. This new application of the study was hypothesised based on research recently carried out in Finland that suggests that the job that you do can have a detrimental effect on your health depending on the level of stress associated with that particular job.
Approximate Word count = 4404
Approximate Pages = 17.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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