Stress management in organisations

In the present article the author demonstrates topicality of conduct ing research devoted to stresses in modern organisations and technologies aimed to optimise such stresses. The article also proves necessity to focus more attention on practices of stress management in Russian companies. The author considers professional stress, its levels (high, optimal (medium), low) and its sources. The article identifies existing methodical approaches to managing stress in the organisation and levels of stress management (at the level of the organisation and the level of the individual). The article presents foreign practices of applying stress optimisation programmes at the level of the entire organisation (employees support programmes, healthcare programmes, programmes aimed to improve the quality of life for employees, absenteeism control programmes, stress management programmes), as well as gives an estimate of management practices, pertaining to stress management in Russia.