care has been to mandate nurse staffing ratios. In 1999 California became the first state to mandate minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals. California is not the only state to enact minimum nurse staffing ratios for hospitals‚ over the past four years at least eighteen other states have considered legislation regarding nurse staffing in hospitals. Policymakers are forced to consider alternatives to nurses ratios due to nurse shortages. Whether minimum staffing ratios will improve working conditions
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is Kimberlee Deutsch. I am a Registered Nurse in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Writing you to request your support for Bill 476‚ Nurse Safe Staffing Legislation. Nurse staffing is a crucial health policy issue on which there is a great deal of consensus on an abstract level (that nurses are an important component of the health care delivery system and that nurse staffing has impacts on safety)‚ much less agreement on exactly what research data have and have not established‚ and active disagreement about
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Staffing Staffing is the selection and training of individuals for specific job functions‚ and charging them with the associated responsibilities (Business Dictionary‚ n.d.). Effective staffing involves understanding company needs‚ such as when it’s most important to save money and when it’s most important to do the best job possible. It also involves understanding the skills and needs of staff members‚ as well as their passions and idiosyncrasies in order to find the best possible fit (Gartenstein
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provides an ideal process for account managers and specialists to work together to serve a client. "The place and time to use team-selling is when customer solutions is more important than price" (Dalrymple et al 2001). The Case Study Imaginative Staffing Inc. is a temporary services firm‚ formed in 1990. With $17 million in revenue; the CEO Angie Roberts is unhappy concerning the length of time to close a sale once a prospect has been identified. Roberts has found the average length of time to close
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Staffing Project Final Report and Presentation Darnise Jordan Rasmussen College Author Note This paper is being submitted on June 20‚ 2014 for‚ Yulanda Harris’ B433 Human Resource Recruitment and Selection class. JR Smith Training and Consulting Firm‚ Inc. Staffing Strategies Assistance Report Staffing Plan JR Smith can use sourcing as a way to locate qualified individuals and the labor markets to recruit them from. This is a way to identify potential candidates
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Nurse staffing ratios Running head: NURSE STAFFING RATIOS Nurse Staffing Ratios Maureen K. Halstead Grand Canyon University: Theories and Concepts in Leadership and Management/451V September 15‚ 2012 Nurse Staffing Ratios Over the past number of years there has been a nursing shortage which has led to the need of more registered nurses in the hospital setting. This is due to the uprising acuity of patient care and a decrease in there overall hospital stay
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goals of the profession of nursing are demonstrably ethical: to protect the patient from harm‚ to provide care that prevents complications‚ and to maintain a healing psychological environment for patients and families (Corley‚ 2002).” The nursing staffing issues posed upon nurses today can create a state of moral distress. Moral distress is common “when there are insufficient numbers of staff‚ inadequately trained staff‚ and organizational policies and procedures that make it difficult‚ or even impossible
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QUESTION: Why is staffing critical to organization performance? SOLUTION: “Staffing is the process‚ through which competent employees are selected‚ properly trained‚ effectively developed‚ suitably rewarded and their efforts harmoniously integrated towards achieving the objectives of the business.” Staffing has been an important aspect in an organization’s performance. They are: 1. Staffing enhances other managerial functions: The Staffing function is very closely related to other managerial
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------------------------------------------------- Topic: Joint-Venture – China – Wall Panelling Once a foreign investor is put into the mix‚ a wealth of legal‚ administrative or operational violations that a solely-owned Chinese firm may have been able to survive with‚ will most likely not be tolerated by the local authorities (Devonshire-Ellise & Hoffman‚ 2010; Norris‚ 2011). Therefore an array of legal and contractual issues may arise for which a foreign party should be prepared. Some of
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in the case are Komatsu’s approach to international expansion‚ organizational structure and localizing management‚ and product diversification. Komatsu was at crossroads on how to most efficiently and effectively leverage cost savings and expertise in local markets‚ from production to sales & marketing‚ and still maintain their reputation of product quality. They were in need of an organizational restructuring that would support this new international business model‚ which also included ensuring
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