Staffing, Scheduling, Motivation and Developing Staff Reading Assignment
Assignment 1
What has been your experience with staffing? Use any work setting where you are or have been an employee. How well did it work? Was there adequate coverage to meet the needs of the organization? Explain.
Assignment 2
On occasion, there are more staff available than are needed. As a healthcare manager, how would you handle this? How will you respond if the staff response is negative to your handling the situation?
Assignment 3
What motivational theory appeals to your sense of how you learn? Why?
Assignment 4
What has been your experience of working with individuals from other cultures? Describe any problems that emerged and how they were handled and resolved
– technician who speak Filipino language only.
Assignment 5
You have just been hired as a new healthcare manager, what are some of the staff development programs you may choose to motivate your staff?
Assignment 6
No one is completely satisfied with the schedule. How would you as a healthcare manager handle a staff member who repeatedly asks to have his schedule changed?
Assignment 7
Please read the New York Times article “Cleveland Clinic Grapples With Changes in Health Care” by Reed Abelson, March 17, 2015.