RTT1 Task 2 Jake McKee Western Governors University RTT1 Task 2 Root Cause Analysis (RCA) that led to sentinel event Root cause in this scenario appears to be a combination of things. Most significantly, staff did not safely adjust to rapidly increasing demands of their patient acuity and census. The infrastructure did not allow simultaneous monitoring of two patients in crisis. The department is at high risk of inundation, being staffed with only one RN and one LPN, one secretary, and one emergency department physician. Secondly, balance in the monitoring of high-risk patients was inadequate.
o A tendency to avoid reversing changes even if it was not the best choice o In reality, past expenditures are sunk costs and the organization should use a clean slate to look at new choices, but to the manager, this will come at great personal loss. • This relates to strategy because it is important to understand the effect management has on it. o If a manager will suffer personal embarrassment or a loss by adopting a new (although better) strategy, they are more likely to simply stick with the current course of action. o This can be avoided by assessing and addressing the problems of an organization prior to major investments being made o Implication on strategic choice, as they can act for the betterment or detriment of the organization. o Differences in manager’s preferences are specific to their individual personalities, experiences and situations.
However, I appreciated the book’s objective as well as, a political statement regarding some realities that seemed stark and may threaten, or undermine, the economics of wellbeing, national security, as well as, the society unless they are addressed in a more effective manner. In his book, Peterson mentions Margaret Thatcher who says that it may be easy for the politicians to opt for the current gratification while they make other people pay the price for the future. However, that does not really change the reality that there is a price, since the price has a potential of being truly terrible. I do agree that the prospects of twin deficits, as mentioned by Peterson, have had some effect on the confidence, easiness, as well as on consumer and business behavior; although the effects have not yet been felt on the interest rates. The main reason for this is that the private demand for the investment capital is very weak.
Overall, I think filling the safety complaints was a great choice and that he did the right thing in doing that. The company violated OSHA and didn't take the complaints seriously. They also violated the employee by not acting on a serious issue. The courts verdict would reflect my job in this case because I would feel as If I didn't protect the employee and that I could of prevented the lawsuit. If I were a human resource manager, I would be ashamed and I would feel like I didn't do my job, and that I just ignored a safety issue that was serious.
What started out as a west coast fad is now a rapidly growing epidemic. The east coast is just now getting a taste of what has been known to west coast families for years. Greater chemical regulations need to be set so that the ingredients are not obtainable in common household items such as fertilizers, lithium batteries and cold medicines. According to his biography on the New York Times website, Mr. Tierney has a long history of attending schools and working on the east coast, not giving him a chance to ever experience the effects of the meth epidemic from the other side of the country’s point of view. When it eventually reaches him, his family, and friends I believe that he will eat his words.
He is afraid that Herget has too much influence over all the franchisees. This could cause disharmony between the franchiser and the franchisee. I think Huston also wants to explain his position to Herget. I am sure in Huston’s mind; he saved the company with the bailout. The bottom line is Huston will try to negotiate rather than lose too much.
In this specific situation he didn’t have much of a choice considering stakeholders priorities that must’ve been handled by top executives; corporate environment is dealing with the pyramid scheme so I feel McKinnell did what any top businessperson would do in tough situation. So even though some may think he tried to ‘blackmail’ the Michigan legislature and governor by his statements, I believe he just chose wrong words to use and should’ve sympathized more with the people of Kalamazoo. McKinnell seemed to have been motivated by top executives that he was goal-determined to say whatever he thought was best. If I were in Mr. McKinnell’s place I would have probably done the same thing. I might have been more sympathetic and maybe tried to offer them compensation for about 3 months for them to find another job (with the consent of
Case Study - Analyzing Managerial Decisions: Interwest Healthcare Corp. MBA 540 – Managerial Economics May 8, 2014 What are the potential sources of the problem? The staff at Interwest seems to be suffering communication and follow-through problems. On one hand, the hospital staff feels as though Singh is a bureaucrat who does not care about patient services and Singh feels as though the staff do not know the importance of accurate reporting (Brickley, Smith, & Zimmerman, p. 38). When you take a step back and look at the whole scenario, you will also find that both Manzoni and Singh failed to create an action plan, follow through on the problems, and/or train the staff on proper reporting. Without knowing exactly how the conversation went during the summer retreat, one can also assume that the problem with reporting or resolution was not communicated in an effective manner.
Still, Grassner’s main concern was that directors might become complacent if their targets were easier to achieve. Gassner proposed that business plans and bonus targets for each country needed to be modified, while regional managers didn’t want to take it even into consideration. On the one hand, I have to agree with Gassner that they should change the business targets for each country to reflect the new manufacturing price, and then using these figures as the basis for calculating the managing directors’ bonuses. This route would be the best for the company, preventing employees from complacency, but more importantly holding managing directors accountable for their own performance. BMG International should take full advantage of these savings, and use the $20 million in a way that benefits the company as a whole.
Similarly, Antonio also has confusion that if, he will do right thing by supporting Kevin through complaining about the fraud to the higher management, he may be fired by the management as top management could also be involved in this. It is because management may think that he was not in the support of the decisions of higher authorities. It may become the reason of penalizing him by the upper-level management (Daft, 2011). So, this situation refers the ethical dilemma that is faced by Antonio in which he know that what is right and what is wrong but he