Question

Imagine you are the Human Resources Director of an assisted living facility.

1. Your Board has asked you to explain how employee and career development activities ensure a competitive working environment.
2. The Board has asked you to rank and explain the four career development stages in order of employer responsibility and involvement for the assisted living facility. How will you use knowledge of career development stages to ensure a competitive working environment?
3. Also, the Board is interested in your explanation of the Holland vocational preferences and how you will use this important model to determine the best job fit for healthcare staff with two examples.
4. Lastly, the Board is interested in your opinion whether a mentor program would be of benefit at your facility. Would you provide this option to your healthcare staff why or why not?

Answer 1

Facility management focus on discipline to manage the demand of services..clear strategy and effectiveness tools promote positive outcomes..leadership and communication make facilities improvement..here employees can identify the competitors by investing in their employees' career development..small employer investment also has a positive impact..

Facility Identify workers who is important to the execution of business strategy, they update retention plans to meet the needs and expectations of facilities..employees learning skills and interests make facility improvement in this competitive working environment..

Work environment is important for career development..motivating employees competencies and skills make facility development.. communication,surveys and team building make facility change in competitive work environment..

Implementation of change management process are important for communication and it make direction of the shared vision.. Remove the possible barriers and develop work environment with new technology for retaining staffs..this can make changes in facilities..

Training and skills development for new staffs..competencies and skills needed to meet the future challenges, good management system retain the staffs with positive work environment, flexible working time, training, diversity can make management come up with competitive environment.

Knowledge management important for maintain the facility.. management should make sure knowledge is for everyone in work area including newly recruited staffs..for this exchange of knowledge and training and careful management important to remove possible barriers..

Holland vocational preference helps career decisions and development..this theory make similarity between individual personality characteristics and occupational charecter which promote positive career outcomes, job satisfaction and achievements..

Example1

Allow workers to express their ability,attitudes and skills freely, this is important for best job fit for employees..

Example2

Social behaviour interacting personality with the environment..individual behaviour can make workers best job fit with their charecteristics..

Mentoring program develop facility growth, innovation from the beginning.. employee concern is important in this program..in health care staffs someone should be mentee and help for business matters and should be problem solving..mentee should learn everything and develop leadership and relationships to improve the facility..mentoring program for employees engaged and empowers their leadership skills... staffs interst important to develop this program..so it is better to provide this option to health care staffs in the facility ...