Essays about: "performance management in healthcare"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 30 essays containing the words performance management in healthcare.

1. 21. Do Good, Feel Good: Analyzing the performance motivation of community health workers in rural South Africa

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Annamaria Nagy; [2015]
   Keywords : South Africa; work performance; organizational support; job satisfaction; motivation; healthcare worker; health; rural community; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study contributes to fill the gap in the existing community health worker literature by offering a more nuanced perspective on performance motivation of healthcare workers from rural South Africa. Specifically, it focuses on the various work incentives and perceived organization support that shape work performance of healthcare workers and, therefore, organizational effectiveness. READ MORE

3. 22. Drifting Measures How performance measurement is perceived at different hierarchical levels of a public mental healthcare organization

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Olov Gudmundson; Markus Spak; [2014-06-27]
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   Abstract : The demand for public healthcare services has increased rapidly over the last decades, which has entailed an amplified pressure on the healthcare organizations to increase the efficiency of care. In the 1980s, a wave of change usually referred to as New Public Management swept over the public sector and a number of private sector management techniques were implemented, including the concept of performance management. READ MORE

4. 23. Quality in the Emergency Department

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

   Author : Arpegård Johannes; Lindh Daniel; [2013]
   Keywords : Change management; Quality Parameters; LEAN; Emergency care ;

   Abstract : How are the quality outcomes of implementing change management theories in the emergency department measured? Lean and similar change management-theories such as TQM or Six Sigma have rendered a lot of at-tention in the Swedish healthcare business over the past ten years. According to an article in Läkar-tidningen, the Swedish medical association´s official journal, nine out of ten Swedish hospitals have implemented Lean or some other form of change management theory (Weimarsson 2011). READ MORE

5. 24. Understanding village poultry through the agricultural household model : a systematic literature review

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Daphne Hsu Qhin Tan; [2013]
   Keywords : agricultural household model; village poultry; labour allocation;

   Abstract : Village poultry fulfils many roles in the livelihood of rural households such as food security and income generation. Their global prevalence in tropical villages attests to their relative ease of production and low demands on household resources. READ MORE

6. 25. Investigation of Variety of Non-CoherentFront end Detectors For Timing Estimation

   University essay from KTH/Signalbehandling

   Author : Luis Lacasa Calvo; [2013]
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   Abstract : The indoor localization of mobile users is currently a central issue for many applications and fields, including sensor networks, asset management, healthcare, ambient-assisted living, and public safety personnel localization. Existing solutions often rely on the fusion of information from multiple sensors. READ MORE