Prevention and Causes of Work Burnout in Human Service
Burnout is a serious issue in human resource management and the organization as a whole. The Human Services job can be exciting but at the same time, stressful. A large volume of work, lacking control, and balancing between work and home can cause the atmosphere to become stressful. This document seeks to assess burnout, explain some of the individual, organizational, supervisory, and social factors that cause burnout. It will also describe various individual, job role, and organizational methods to prevent burnout. My efforts in responding to personal and work-related stress to counteract burnout are also identified. Lastly, I will focus on the efforts I will employ as a human service manager in order to assist staff members experiencing burnout.
Burnout
The metaphor "burn-out," means that not only is that somebody "burning," but also that once a fire is on, it cannot keep burning unless resources are offered to keep it burning. In other terms, employees' power or potential to perform can reduce eventually when the workplace does not offer resources and is especially challenging. Terminally, a condition of mental, emotional and physical fatigue will occur making it difficult to address. There is another metaphoric description of burnout: Somebody could burn out if he or she were "burning" previously. Therefore, involvement, passion and attention in someone's job are a necessary precursor of burnout.
Individual, cultural, organizational, supervisory, and social support factors that cause burnout
A mixture of personal, cultural,...
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