I am currently working a job where I received a write-up. I am in a management trainee program and I know that I am not going to stick with the company for a long period of time. I feel to ,being brutally honest, that my boss is biased against me and my boss constantly talks to me in a condescending manner, yells at me, and degrades me in front of the people I am supposed to manage. I am in a industry that is very customer service oriented and requires customers yelling at me and I also get yelled at when I try to seek answers to some of the questions I try to ask of management. I used to love my job but now I am so stressed out at work that unfortunately the stress I bring home and around my loved ones has had detrimental affects on my personal relationships (i.e my significant other, my family, and friends). This amongst other things has not only affected my perceptions on the job, but also has allowed me to develop a pessimistic outlook on my personal life.
I have the next three days off, but as much as I don’t want to quit for the sake of some of the people whom depend on me at work, I feel extremely uncomfortable at work where everyday I get more and more stressed. What should i do? I want to be professional and give two weeks notice, but with the amount of stress I get, I want to to leave today but also want to try to minimize the damage I cause. I feel as if I am trying to weigh the pro’s and con’s between whats best for me personally and whats best for me professionally.

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I have been married for a little over two years. It was a short relationship before we got pregnant and bought a house together. Not too long before my daughters were born he started having severe anger issues and started abusing our dog and cat.
When the girls were born he was so horrible to them that I couldn’t trust him with them and I had to be the one to get up and take care of them 100% of the time. When I was afraid of him hurting them to the point that I couldn’t leave them alone with him I called my FIL for help. He justified the behavior, that my husband was under stress, etc.
Two years later, after promises to go to anger management and counseling that never happened (only agreed to after I told him I would divorce him if he didn’t) he is still abusive to our animals and our kids.
I can’t be with someone who is like this and I don’t want my kids growing up in that kind of household.
1. Should I suggest a trial separation for him to miss what he has or just tell him I’m done?
2. I plan on telling him that his anger issues and abusive behavior are the reasons for the split. Should I suggest he go to anger management or let him decide that on his own?
The first step in fixing a problem is acknowledging you have one. He doesn’t have a problem, I’m just over sensitive because I grew up in an abusive home.
Opinions please.
(btw, I meant the vows I took when I married him but no where in those vows did I promise to obey, be subservient, agree with everything he does or tolerate abusive behavior. When I became a mother I took on the biological vow to keep my children safe. I am the only one that can stand up for my kids and that comes before any promises I made – before God or not).

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So I will complete my BBA in Management very soon and I have been biting my nails at what to do. I completely hate selling and retail. I want to be able to use my brain. Accounting has scared me away because of the burnout (My father, a CEO, died at age 47 because of stress).
I’ve been contemplating becoming a Math teacher, but in Texas, you must have 24 hours in Math -and- then the certificate itself.
I love how businesses function as a social structure but I hate the relentless profit hounding that retailers and food service tries to devour. I’ve considered going to grad school for my MBA and then a Ph.D., but I don’t have the credentials to go to anything better than Arlington (Sorry, I’m average, went through health hell with parents).
I’ve stared at the Occup Outlook enough to make you throw up.
I’m at a loss for what todo.

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I am considering of quitting my job and move to another company and work with my x boss i liked working with.
Here’s the deal, I’ve been working for 1 1/2 years to my current job as a manager handling business processing for a Singaporean Insurance account. It is very intoxicating and it came to a point wherein I cannot come to work due to stress.
Lately, there has been a change with management and 2 people I now report to are very accommodating yet at times, talk at your back.
I bumped into my former boss with the previous company I’ve worked with, and he invited me to work for him. He is now a director of a research firm and he wants me to be his Operations Manager. Salary is a bit higher than my current and the pressure is not that much compared to my current work.
I passed all interviews and exams..even topped all of it. I have my last interview tomorrow afternoon. I am now having second thoughts. One is because it hurts to leave my work although I hated working with Singaporeans because they are so demanding unlike other nationalities.
If in case I will take this new job, I will be working hand in hand with British nationals.
Should I consider moving to this new work or should I stay considering I hate my clients yet I have good working relationship with my new superiors???
Please help. I have no one to turn to in terms of getting a realistic and sincere advice. Thanks in advance

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I am sooo stressed right now. i have SJ rally coming up, and i haven’t even planned for it! Also, my horse is lame . I am planning to be HM. But, i need the link for the uspc horse management kit. please copy the link!
PS- i have word 2007. so make sure i can get it!

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Omg yes!

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I have been in retail Management for over 10 yrs, but due to recent heart attack, have to leave this stressful job. I have a bachelor`s in computer science, but kinda forgot half of it, since it has been over 4 yrs. Can someone please suggest any new career with less stress, and at least enough money to support a family. thanks..

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…but I only have 4 months at this job. I know, 4 months may seem like nothing, but my health has recently become a major issue. I have had stress problems in the past, that’s one reason why I developed problems so quickly. But never have I had a job like this: 45 hours a week minimum, an office team of 4 handling over 1,200 clients with that number growing rapidly everyday, angry clients complaining everyday for not being processed quickly enough (we try desperately), not being able to meet those clients’ needs due to massive amounts of tasked constantly being thrown at us with many many short deadlines, and worst of all, a management that puts us at fault for any failure (even if the clients were at fault). I even try to go to school at nights but my grades have suffered due to exhaustion. I have tried “bucking it up”, but then I started feeling tightness in my chest. When I tried to confront a manger on this, he said, “Try and relax, we don’t want you to be a liability for us.” It’s only going to get worse as the management pressures us to perform better because they strongly believe that we have enough time and staff to fulfill all of our task and a lot more (I’m sure they are just saying that so they won’t have to hire more staff due to $, even though the company is rich). Also I get a lot of pressure from external forces telling me, “That’s life”, “Just deal with it” and “At least you have a job.” Yeah, I get that, but is it really worth my health? I like my job, just wish I wasn’t doing the job of 5 people. I really need to quit before I get hauled away in a stretcher, but with only 4 months on the job, I’m afraid nobody else will want me due to “lack of commitment to a job”. What can I possibly do to help my situation? Is there any hope for me?

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Select the proper option
1. Ali is trying to implement a new organizational structure at his company. A group of key employees is resisting the change. In an attempt to “buy off” the leaders, Ali is giving them a key role in the change decision. He doesn’t really value their opinion, but wants their endorsement. Ali is using the change strategy of ______.
A. Education
B. Cooptation
C. Negotiation
D. Coercion
2. Akhtar is the manager of a private company. He lets the employee know what is expected of them, schedules work to be done, and gives specific guidance as to how accomplish tasks. He observes which of the following leadership style.
A. Supportive
B. Participative
C. Directive
D. Achievement-oriented
3. A has ___________ power over B if A can dismiss, suspend, or demote B, assuming that B values his or her job.
A. Referent
B. Reward
C. Legitimate
D. Coercive
4. Ahmed and Ali are working in same company. There occurs a conflict between the two due to different views on some decisions. Both are indulging in what type of conflict?
A. Interpersonal conflict
B. Interorganizational conflict
C. Intergroup conflict
D. Person-role conflict
5. All of the following include behavioral symptoms of stress EXCEPT:
A. Asthma
B. Bad moods
C. Being irritable
D. Defensiveness
6. The main problem to be expected when chain of command principle is ignored is that
A. Supervisors cannot keep abreast of what all their subordinates are doing
B. Employees have potential trouble coping with conflicting priorities and demands
C. Decision making is slow
D. There is not enough flexibility
7. Which of the following would be an example of an organization split up functionally?
A. A department store divides its employees by South, West, and East regions.
B. A pharmaceutical company divides its employees into the following groups: manufacturing, sales, customer service, and product development.
C. A cosmetic company divides its employees according to: individual customer services and corporate customer services.
D. A car company divides its employees into car models. For example, on the Mustang team, employees are responsible for development, marketing, and sales.
8. Assessment centers use a variety of selection methods EXCEPT
A. In basket problem solving
B. Leaderless group discussion
C. Polygraph test
D. Management Games
9. The management of an automated factory when wants to produce a new part, it does not change machines. It just changes the computer program. This is best representative of which one of the following?
A. Flexible manufacturing system
B. Reengineering work process
C. Continuous improvement processes
D. Non-flexible manufacturing system
10. Mr. and Mrs. Ali want to buy a house. The market price of which is Rs. 20,00,000. However, they do not want to pay that much, so they make an offer of Rs.16,00,000. The seller, does not want to go that low, but does want to sell the house soon, so he offers to sell for Rs.1800,000. Mr. and Mrs. Ali accept the deal and the house is sold. In this case, buying party paid Rs.20,000 more than they wanted to and seller sold for Rs.20,000 less, but the house was exchanged, which was the main goal of both parties. In this situation which one of the conflict resolution style was adopted by concerned parties?
A. Avoiding
B. Accommodating
C. Competing
D. Compromising

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Can anyone help me figure this out. Below are two citations, used by the Harvard referencing system. I’m stuck at “12(1)” on the first citation and “112 (1)” on the second citation, what does it mean?
Ndlovu, R. S. (1995) Stress in the work place. Management Review, 12 (1), pp. 1-24.
Ventura, J. (1997). Growth and interdependence. Quarterly journal of management. 112 (1), pp. 57-84.
So far, i know it goes like this: Author followed by initials (if given) •Year of publication (in brackets) •Title of paper In: •Title of book•?????• pages ? to ?.
But i’m stuck on the 5 question marks part. Does anyone know?

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