There have been a great many changes in the healthcare industry in the past two decades, largely due to the globalization of the workforce and changing demographic patterns, and technological advances. The industry changed in terms of a reliance on hospital-based care to more emergency clinics, outpatient and nursing home services, and managed care. More hospitals merged, and many doctor’s have banded together to form […]

Instructions Supporting Lectures Review the following lectures: Introduction For this project, you will develop a report on employee absenteeism and direct and indirect costs and evaluate attendance tracking software. Tasks Evaluate the reasons for employee absenteeism. Analyze the direct costs and indirect costs associated with absenteeism (provide examples). Evaluate an article on productivity loss and absenteeism. Evaluate attendance tracking software. To support your work, use […]

Understanding the Financial Impact of Employee Absence As an HR professional, one of your responsibilities will include evaluating the absenteeism rate for an organization. How often has your department been negatively impacted because an employee called in sick at the last minute? For a moment, think of some reasons an employee will request a leave of absence. As you peruse the chart below, consider the […]

This week we’re focused on group communication. Think of a problem encountered in the past by a group of which you are a member. Begin your analysis by defining the group. What type of group was it? At what stage of development was the group? And then share your thoughts about how the group communicated to solve the problem. Use theSeven-Step Frameworkwe learned about this […]

Annmarie J. Brutus East Carolina University   Author Note Annmarie J. Brutus, Department of Health Services

The healthcare system is an ever expanding, dynamic and complex industry that requires strong leadership to steer and direct employees performances by utilizing flexible, strong and transformational planning system and management of staff strengths, core values and talents (Reeves et al, 2013). These leaders are often faced with enormous challenge of creating culture, strategies, modes of operation and tweaking the status quo in order to […]

The Leadership Challenge in Healthcare SystemManager Interview Like any other businesses these days, most healthcare systems face competition from other facilities around them. In order to be successful in this competition, the organization needs to improve itself every day. As Dye (2010, p. 27) mentioned, the role of the leadership is very important in the organizational changes and improvement since they are responsible for decision […]

Leadership is one of the most important aspects of running organizations as it contributes the overall strength, wellbeing, and success of an organization. Without leadership and management, assurance of standards and regulations of care would falter. Lack of an authority presence could lead to some nurses or other healthcare team members providing inconsistent care, as well as a lack of organization and direction within the […]

Consumer Analysis, Market Segmentation, and Market Coverage (TurboTax) Q7. Describe the variables (demographic, psychographic, or behavioral) used to segment the firms(TurboTax) target markets (Ch. 9) Q8. Explain how the firm(TurboTax) evaluates the attractiveness of each identified market segment. (Ch. 9) The aim of marketing is to meet and satisfy target customers’ needs and wants better than competitors. Marketers are always looking for emerging customer trends […]

SubmitPart A and Part B as a single post. Part A You have completed a working draft of the Career Narrative Essay that incorporates evidence from at least three sources. You will now begin revising and editing your draft. A little-known fact among beginning writers is that revision and editing are two entirely different processes, both of which are essential. Revision is the process of […]