Topic 4: Management of Human Resources and Health Professionals HCA 545

Topic 4: Management of Human Resources and Health Professionals HCA 545

Module 4 DQ 1

Describe the concept of skill mix and why it is important. Develop a scenario that requires the use of skill mix and explain how the actions you chose accomplish skill mix.

Module 4 DQ 2

Of the two approaches on managing unproductive employees — the closed impersonal method and the modern persuasion method — which is more effective and why? Explain your reasoning.

For address the non-productive employees the manager or owner should  know how to motivate employees and keep them on track, this will help to run the work smoothly. In some cases the workers will be satisfied but not emotionally connected. To improve the productivity.

• Ensure that employees are clearly aware of what is expected of tehm by providing a specific job description. This should be the first step in an established performance evaluation and monitoring process in which the description is used to set appropriate work goals. This process should also involve regular meetings with employees to follow up on their progress.
• Find out whether a nonproductive employees is facing challenges in their job. Often, employees are unproductive because they do not understand the task at hand, donot have the tools required to complete it or just need help determining the steps rquired to get the job done.
• Find out what employees like about their jobs and use that information when assigning tasks to them. This can help employees build pride in their work, which is a key motivator. It may also be beneficial to give employees more responsibility. This can works both for undermotived personnel as well as for eager,ambitious employees who are looking to make their mark.
• Have employees set short- term and long-term goals along with deadlines for acheiving them. The goals should be reviewed, discussed with the employee and monitored on a regular basis to ensure the employee is working toward them. This interaction is also an effective way to improve overall communication between a manager and employees.
• Ensure that employees understand the bussiness’s stratergy and how their individual roles contribute to the company’s success. Some non productive employees may feel like their work does not have an impact, so it ia important that they understand their contribution is valuable.
• Reward employees who exceed expectations. This will motivate the less productive employees.
• Allow employees to have some down time-even if thay are on the clock. Ensure that employees take their scheduled breaks, and avoid cracking down on a little extra socializing in the break room.

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Begin to address productivity as soon as new employee is hired by providing a clear job description and beginning the goal-setting process. This will help to prevent many problems down the road. From my work so many nurses left to become the casemanager because they didn’t like to deal with the family and patient.

References

Tara, S. (n.d.). How to Address Non-productive Employees. Retrieved from https//www.smallbusiness.chron.com

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS

Discussion Questions (DQ)

• Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
• Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
• One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
• I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

Weekly Participation

• Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
• In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
• Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
• Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.

APA Format and Writing Quality

• Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
• Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
• I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

Use of Direct Quotes

• I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
• As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
• It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

LopesWrite Policy

• For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
• Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
• Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
• Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.

Late Policy

• The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
• Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
• If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
• I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
• As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

Communication

• Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me: 
  • Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
  • Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.