Healthcare Management and Ethics Essay

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Work Group

The proposed work group should have intimate knowledge of the issue and the different human resources policies impacted by the problem. This issue is connected to a variety of workplace departments, including human resource policies (in terms of employee expectations and quality of life); IT policies (how the Internet is managed and system security); and legal issues (employee rights). Representatives from all of these different departments should be present on the team. Ideally, their personalities should also work well together.

Although the work team is made up of diverse components, it should also have a clear sense of its mission and goals. Defining that central mission is an essential part of the first steps of "forming" a team. The team should also have a strict deadline to ensure that it meets its objectives with minimal waste of time and energy and understand the connections between their areas of expertise and those of other team members.
"All members should be able to be versatile and willing to work cross-functionally" (Layton 2014). If two members begin to argue, it is essential for the leader to immediately intervene and prevent personality conflicts from festering and re-focus the team. Having clear standardized operating procedures and formal negotiating rules can help the team from devolving into in-fighting early on. During the "storming" phase of team formation, a psychological concept first delineated by management theorist Bruce Tuckman, the leader must provide guidance as members negotiate their relationships ("Forming, storming, norming, and performing," 2014)......

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