Topic: Stress Management Techniques: The Need to Rein in Stress at the Workplace
Research Questions
1. What impact does employee stress at the workplace have on organizational performance?
2. What strategies and techniques should employees adopt so as to combat high workplace stress levels?
3. How would organizations benefit when employees are able to better handle stress in a more effective manner?
Thesis Statement
Employees need to be taught how to cope with stress so that they can perform better at the workplace. This would in turn further enhance organizational performance.
Type of Claim
In the words of Nazario, Borchers, and Lewis (2012), “there are four claims you can make in your thesis: claims of fact, claims of cause and effect, claims of value, and claims of policy” (p. 355). The claim in this case is a claim of cause and effect. This is more so the case given that it aims to highlight what exactly needs to be done so as to bring about desired change in some area. The cause, i.e. better stress management, will bring about better performance at the workplace (the effect).
Discussion
In the past, I have attempted to make the...
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