HR Management Tools and Teams

Directions: Select a health care organization of interest and assume you have just been hired as an HR manager for that health care organization. You decide to prepare for your first day on the job by creating a document that compiles tools to manage staffing, increase work production, and improve team dynamics. Complete all four parts and the References page.

Part 1: Organization Selection

Selected Health Care Organization and Web Link:

Part 2: Staffing and Work Production

As an HR manager, you serve the organization at a departmental level. Complete the following boxes, as indicated below.

Quality Improvement and Management (What are you responsible for in relation to “quality improvement and management”?)	Improvement and Techniques (Which techniques improve quality?)
Tools of Management (What will be your most commonly used tools of control for staffing and work production?)	Examples of Use (Provide examples of how you may use each of the tools of management identified.)
Benchmarks (What will be your most commonly used benchmarks?)	Examples of Use (Provide examples of how you may use each of the benchmarks identified.)
Organization Vision and Mission (Identify your selected organization’s mission and vision.)	Alignment (How do your selected tools align to your organization’s mission and vision?)

Part 3: Team Dynamics Successful Teams Employ

As an HR manager, you serve the organization at a team level. Complete the following boxes, as indicated below.

Characteristics (Identify characteristics of successful teams.) 1. 2.	Practices (Identify practices of successful teams.) 1. 2.
Methods and Approaches (Identify which methods and approaches encourage a culture of collaborations.)	Examples of Use (Provide an example of how methods and approaches encourage a culture of collaboration. What would it look like in your organization?)

Part 4: Cross-Functional Application

Today’s complex organizations often require the smooth, integrated functioning of teams across several functional areas. Leading a team of diverse individuals is quite a challenge. Encouraging the effective collaboration of multiple teams of diverse individuals is even more challenging and requires skilled leaders who can understand and impart organizational vision to team members. Skilled leaders must also foster leadership skills in others to achieve collaboration and organizational success.

Imagine yourself in the complex situation of ensuring the integrated functioning of multiple teams on an organizational-wide initiative. Respond to the following in 250-500 words:

1. What knowledge and skills will you need to acquire on your own leadership development journey to successfully prepare for such a challenge? Provide specific strategies and examples.

• Analyze two or three methods and approaches used to encourage a culture of collaboration within diverse teams, work groups, or organizations. Ensure that the methods and approaches link with the skills you identified above.