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Actions or planning the HIMA hospitals would take to uplift the employee’s
PROJECT OUTLINE

By
Eduardo Cotés Cedeño

For
MGMT591 – Leadership and Organizational Behavior
Professor Bhupinder S. Sran
Keller Graduate School of Management

Aug 3, 2013

Table of Contents 1. Summary of Scholarly Resources 3 2. The Organization – Expanded Description 3-4 3. The Problem – Expanded Description 4 4. Preliminary Solution Options 5-6 5. Analysis of Leadership/Organizational Behavior Concepts 6-7

1. Summary of Scholarly Resources * Selvam, Ashok. (2013). Modern Healthcare. Maintaining morale, 7/15/2013, Vol. 43 Issue 28, p12-13. 2p. This article discusses how to keep satisfied the nurses at the Mercy Hospital & Medical Center even when the economy is a stall. Several Hospital in the U.S. has join to the efforts. They implemented the BlueBin system. * Kristiina Hyrka¨s and Denise Dende. (2009). Journal of Nursing Management. Perspectives on nursing job satisfaction, the work environment and burnout, Apr2009, Vol. 17 Issue 3, p267-268. 2p. A Series of articles compiled into one. This article presents several examples of Job satisfaction and the burnout syndrome. * John R. Schermerhorn (2012). Organizational Behavior 12th Edition, Ch.5, p103-107 and Ch. 6, p122-124

2. The Organization – Expanded Description * Organization name: HIMA - San Pablo Bayamón

* Founded: 1988 * Location: Bayamon, Puerto Rico * Owner: Joaquín Rodríguez, CEO y Joint President, and Carlos M. Piñeiro, President and COO * New acquisitions: 3 hospitals in Spain * Headquarters: Caguas, Puerto Rico * Awards: Gold and Silver Plus, Heart Failure Programs * Accredited: Gold Seal of Approval by The Joint Commission * Employees: 5,000 * Medical Doctors (MD): 1,200 * Register Nurses (RN): 1,300 * Hospital beds in HIMA-Bayamon: 250 * Heavy season: Fall and Winter 3. The Problem – Expanded

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