Search Tag: motivation
2019 21 Mar
Under most conditions, positive social interactions have beneficial implications for employee performance, say Tel Aviv University researchers Several studies recently undertaken by The Tel Aviv University revealed that positive interactions with patients improved team performance under most conditions. Yet these generally positive...Read more
2019 22 Feb
Deter defensiveness, solve problems Chris Argyris’ insights on bad communication and defensiveness are the building blocks for organisational communication. A celebrated business theorist, Chris Argyris (1923-2013) was James Conant Professor of Education and Organizational Behavior Emeritus at Harvard Business School. His concepts form...Read more
2018 07 Nov
Transforming the pressure of accreditation into team engagement. With the requirement that ISO 15189 imposes on medical laboratories, which approach can motivate personnel to embrace the assessment criteria? As an internationally-recognised benchmark for quality management systems and competence standards, medical laboratories are constantly...Read more
2018 21 Aug
Roderick Millar shares his innovative approach to leadership, which balances devolved decision-making and retaining overall control. The world is awash with leadership advice, and research from countless business schools and consultants frequently lists out the key characteristics of good leaders. These tend to fall into two categories:...Read more
2016 01 Jul
What if you walked into your favourite coffee shop one day and discovered that you couldn't order your usual "customised" coffee? You'd be served caffeinated black coffee or nothing at all. Many industry leaders recognise that their customers are demanding customised experiences; after all, you can customise everything from your computer to your morning...Read more
2015 08 Dec
Motivated physicians play an important role in providing high-quality healthcare. As such, policy makers and hospital leaders are continually looking for ways to optimise physician behaviour and ensure better care delivery. What's needed is to find the right mix of physician motivators to improve efficiency and productivity, according to a Viewpoint...Read more
2015 18 Sep
Better Quality of Work Life (QWL) of employees is recognised as an important rubric for a healthcare organisation's performance. Despite the fact that healthcare employees remain on the front lines of the healthcare delivery system, there are very few studies on the QWL of private healthcare unit employees. This particular research investigates...Read more
2014 08 Nov
Senior managers must prepare their organisation for tomorrow's world, in which the quality of the results of holistically designed meta-processes counts. Their remit goes far beyond achieving successful daily management structures, and demands a new set of qualities. These include the capacity to envision future scenarios and be answerable for their...Read more