Technology brings the stress in the management

If the technology has advantages, then it means it also has disadvantages as well. Technology designed to make the manager’s life easier, but it seems that it makes it more stressful. Now managers are doing everything on computers, and latest technology comes into market which the company needs to adapt it for the sake of the company’s goodwill. The managers are having problem to change with the new technology every time which makes their life stressful. Customers also buy things from those companies which are up to date with the technology, and the management needs to be updated with the new system which is creating very problems to them. As managers constantly try to cope with the everyday stress, but they are often confronted with additional stress from the effects of technology and technology related responsibilities. Sometimes technology also break down or shut down which means that all the work is stop at a time, so the management needs to cope with this type of situation also and make sure that system does not get any bad impact on it.

With the adaption of the technology the manager becomes multitasking. He is doing different tasks at the same time. It increases the productivity of the company, but on the other side it is creating stress to the manager because he needs to be careful all the time to do things in a very frequent time and in a correct order. He needs to handle everything at the same time which is very hard and stressful thing. With the online system, the managers and customers are engaging through the emails, so it means that when the manager is at his home, he still can connect with the customer. It means that he is doing his work even though when he is at his home, which clarifies that managers are having stress from this technology anywhere and everywhere. Employees can also be connected with each other through the technology. Nowadays the employees from the same company are more connect with each other through the emails or from video conferencing which means they are having less physical interactions which causes some employees feel stressed, alone and isolated.

The management is greatly affected by the stress which is causing by using the technology. It effects the physical and mental well being of the employees. The employees are getting different kind of body pains. They are getting headaches and sleep deprivations. If they are having stress from longer periods it could badly affect their body which means that they can get mental illness also. It is affecting them emotionally as well. The stress can induce frustration, irritation, apathy and generally feeling overwhelmed or overworked. It also impacts on employee’s cognitive and behavioral capacity. Under stress, their minds are open to racing thoughts, mental slowness, confusion, difficulty with comprehension, and an overall negative attitude. They feel to be stay alone more and socialize less. It can create bad health problems such as heart disease and blood pressure.