Overview
Assignment: Staff Retention Plan
- Staff Retention Plan
- Identify the components of effective staff retention.
- Develop a comprehensive plan that will decrease staff turnover and improve retention and engagement. Remember to include the various contributors to high turnover including such topics as:
- Effective leadership
- Quality
- Comprehensive orientation
- Other factors
- Describe how it will align with organizational effectiveness.
- Use the readings to help support your plan.
- High turnover rates contribute to a decrease in staff morale, patient safety, quality, and patient satisfaction. There is also evidence that supports why staff leave their organizations and historically when that happens most frequently and why.
- Create a 10-to-12 slide PowerPoint presentation of your plan including references.
Resources
Dunn, R. (2021). Dunn and Haimann's Healthcare Management (11th ed.). Health Administration Press. ISBN-13: 978-1640552210
- Ch. 12: Fundamental Concepts of Organizing, pg. 293-326
- Ch. 13: Division of Work and Departmentalization, pg. 327-358
- Ch. 14: Delegation of Authority, pg. 359-384
- Span Of Control - 5 Things Every Leader Should Know
Assignment2: Organizational Culture
- Organizational Culture
- Analyze the culture in your organization, utilizing your research on Edgar Schein.
- Identify the various components of Schein’s approach including: artifacts, rituals, shared basic assumptions, values and espoused beliefs.
- Describe why these components are valuable in your organization.
- Evaluate the role of these components in organizational success.
- Identify any barriers and challenges with the culture as well as the strengths.
- Write a 4-to-5 page paper in APA format with a minimum of four references.
Resources
Dunn, R. (2021). Dunn and Haimann's Healthcare Management (11th ed.). Health Administration Press. ISBN-13: 978-1640552210
- Dunn & Haimann’s Healthcare Management text
- Ch. 21: Giving Directives and Managing Change, pg. 585-614
- Search, C. (2019, October 15). 5 tips to become a successful change agent in health care. Retrieved from https://www.cejkasearch.com/blogs/5-tips-to-become...
- Al-Abri R. (2007). Managing change in healthcare. Oman medical journal, 22(3), 9–10. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC32941...
- Cecil (2013, January 17). Edgar Schein: Organizational culture and leadership. Retrieved from https://thehypertextual.com/2013/01/17/edgar-schei...