Federick believed that to create an efficient division of labour, the informal rule-of-thumb knowledge must be replaced with scientific management techniques (Waddell 2013, p. 37). Based on his experiences as a manager in the manufacturing workforce, Taylor developed four principles to increase efficiency in the workplace. The first, consisted of
Hospital Group Productivity The organizational structure of a hospital is very complex and encompasses many different aspects. Therefore, it is important that every group work effectively to increase productivity. The main groups identified in the hopsital setting are administrators, caregivers (such as physicians and nurses), and support staff (such as housekeepers and kitchen workers). This report will identify that the main problems that hinder productivity for each group are: role conflicts within groups, communication problems among group members, lack of cohesiveness in groups with diverse members, and excessive intergroup conflict; it will also provide recommendations for resolving these issues in order to increase group productivity. Role conflicts within groups First, we will discuss role conflict and how it relates to each group in a hospital setting.
It is important to analyze the different dynamics to these potential problems. Within this analyzes, I would look at the opportunities and constraints of entering data into the system. Are the constraints that the hospital staff have due to the with number of patients being seen and the time to enter the data? Analyzing the fact that there is an opportunity cost situation where possible hospital staff have a certain amount of time with each patient, and now that there has been even more work to be completed for this patient they get caught entering data and not spending the time needed with the patient. Hospital staff may not understand what opportunities that the data could bring to the hospital staff and patients?
The Joint Commission (2012) defines risk management in healthcare as “the clinical and administrative acts undertaken to identify and evaluate the risk of injury to staff, patients and visitors and the risk to loss of the organization itself”. Studies have shown that the litigation against nursing homes is on the rise; thus making risk management very important in day to day care. Malpractice insurance premiums for nursing homes are also on the rise; this contributes to bankruptcy and forces many facilities to operate without malpractice coverage (Weinburg M.D & Levine, 2008). This threatens quality of care and access to healthcare for ill elderly people that need round the clock care. Effective risk management in a nursing home requires one to accurately
1. What is scientific management? How might today’s organizations use it? Frederick Winslow Taylor wrote a book about his studies on how to find the best method to make employees more productive or efficient. I think that scientific management is very important for organizations in now days.
Trainining system helps employees to perform better and better. Employees are satisfied and perform better which translates into profit. Pret a Manger management system is prepared to train multinational personnel and to prepare to manage people from different cultures. This makes this management system usefull and we should use the tricks used by the company management. 3.
London: Churchill Livingstone. Newman, A. (2003) ‘Self-Concept in the Nurse-Client Relationship’, in Arnold, E. and Underman Boggs, K. (eds.) Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses.
Organizational Design and Technology Scarlet Wharton Grant Park, Illinois Abstract In the textbook, Jones (2012) defines organizational technology as “the combination of skills, knowledge, abilities, techniques, materials, machines, computers, tools, and other equipment that people use to convert or change raw materials, problems, and new ideas into valuable goods and services” (p.240). In describing how technology impacts organizational design, the textbook and other required readings discussed the theories of Joan Woodward, Charles Perrow, and James D. Thompson, each of whom offered a way of explaining how technology influences optimal structure of organizations. This paper will describe how technology (as defined by Jones, 2010) can increase organizational efficiency. It will also compare and contrast the technology models and theories of Woodward, Perrow, and Thompson. It will then explain the concepts of technical complexity, task, variability, task analyzability, and task interdependence.
REFLECTIVE ESSAY In different nursing home, where we looked after elderly people. Older people are more susceptible to infectious due to age, multiple disorder such as diabetes, cancer, immunosenscence and metabolic changes. Therefore, it is really important to this reflective essay I am going to discuss a clinical skill in which I have become dynamite in practicing. As Siviter (2004,p 165) explains that reflection is about achieving positive inner strength, denoting when to amend, acquiring from our error, observing at other’s attitude, being self-conscious and rectifying the future by gaining knowledge. It is therefore crucial by which the nurses can figure out themselves in order to be able to establish on existing strength and applicable forthcoming action.
Solutions for Nursing Personnel Shortages Executive Summary Senior Human Resource Management should adopt some changes in order to combat the current growing nursing/healthcare personnel shortage. Employees simply want to be heard and sympathized with. Nowadays the nursing shortage has caused many problems in the healthcare industry. First and foremost, the quality of care being provided to patients is declining due to the fact that there are not as many nurses to care for the patient appropriately. As a matter of fact, the workload being dumped on the employees is steadily increasing.