Week 9: Staffing and Scheduling Flashcards
According to Healthcare Finance News “________ continue to be hospitals’ biggest expense”. This statement includes the ___________, where human resources account for_____ of the laboratory budget.
Labor costs; clinical laboratory; 42%
The _________ and _________ required of the staff as well as staff scheduling models can optimize laboratory operations.
education and experience
True or false: Failure to recognize the impact of staffing and scheduling might diminish services provided and negatively affect the operating budget.
True
Setting of long-term goals and objective for the number and types of personnel needed to meet the labor requirements of the laboratory.
Staffing process
Finding the “right fit” based on education, specific technical skills, and experience is critical.
Staffing process
Staffing process includes?
- Job Design
- Job Description
- Job Specification
- Job Scheduling
Job Design: Core Job Dimensions?
- Skill variety
- Task identity
- Task significance
- Autonomy
- Feedback
This refers to the range of skills and activities necessary to complete the job.
Skill variety
True or false: The more a person is required to use a wide variety of skills, the less satisfying the job is likely to be.
False
This dimension measures the degree to which the job requires the completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work.
Task identity
True or false: Employees who are involved in an activity from start to finish are usually more satisfied.
True
This looks at the impact and influence of a job.
Task significance
True or false: Jobs are more satisfying if people believe that they make a difference, and are adding real value to colleagues, the organization, or the larger community.
True
This describes the amount of individual choice and discretion involved in a job.
Autonomy
True or false: Less autonomy leads to more satisfaction.
False
True or false: For instance, a job is likely to be more satisfying if people are involved in making decisions, instead of simply being told what to do.
True
Autonomy means?
Self-government
This dimension measures the amount of information an employee receives about his or her performance, and the extent to which he or she can see the impact of the work.
Feedback
Ways to increase the feedback levels?
- sharing production figures
- customer satisfaction scores
Job Design: Critical Psychological States?
- Experienced meaningfulness of the work
- Experienced responsibility for the outcomes of work
- Knowledge of the actual results of the work activity
The extent to which people believe that their job is meaningful and that their work is valued and appreciated (comes from core dimensions 1-3).
Experienced meaningfulness of the work
The extent to which people feel accountable for the results of their work, and for the outcomes they have produced (comes from core dimension 4).
Experienced responsibility for the outcomes of work
The extent to which people know how well they are doing (comes from core dimension 5).
Knowledge of the actual results of the work activity
Job Design: Two Factor Theory is created by?
Frederick Herzberg