BUSINESS TRAVELER STRESS
Summary:
Along with the stated potential stressors on Figure 7.1 on the book, travel stress is one of which is commonly faced by the managers as it includes the stress factors of lost luggage, poor accommodations, change in regular diets, and others which can result to anger, fatigue, poor performance, and sleep deprivation. These concerns are being managed by organization to reduce, and thus eliminate to come up with maximum efficiency of the traveler and the organization.

Discussion Question #1: What can an organization do to reduce the stress facing a business traveler who is returning from being away from the office for 60 days?
The organization should know what may trigger the business traveler’s stress in such that reentry shock and career management would be taken into consideration and must be reduced.
To narrow down, give the business traveler at least two days of day off to recover from shifting of different workplaces. This may help the business traveler to cope up from first, being culture shocked in the changes that may have been occurred and to adjust himself to the diversity of the workforce inside the organization. Second, the business traveler will have a break from all the stress he had absorbed in accomplishing the tasks needed while he is in other places.
Furthermore, during his absence, his works left would be attended by an assistant manager, the most relative person to duly accomplish tasks, who will keep the business traveler updated with the activities dealt or accomplished by the assistant manager. By this way, the business traveler will have less works to do when he comes back during the time he’s in business transaction in other places. Also, schedules and activities that must be done won’t be that affected, because even without the manager, someone would take the responsibility. Thus, progress in the