Health care manager human
resources expertise
Health care managers need human resource
expertise because they have to manage people
to achieve results. They make important daily
choices about employees that affect careers and
have a major impact upon motivation, commitment,
and performance. Decisions have to be
made about performance appraisals, merit pay
increases, and promotions in accordance with
company policies. The human resources department
must prepare policies for managers of
health care units to use in reaching conclusions
about individuals, and the policies must be
implemented properly to be effective.
Managers in health care facilities need to have
a thorough understanding of employee selection,
training, compensation, and employee
relations if they are to be effective when making
decisions about people to implement human
resources management policies and achieve
goals. In health care organizations with change
efforts underway to reorganize and improve
productivity, line managers are expected to take
on even greater responsibility for the effective management of human resources as staff operations
are reduced or outsourced.