Essay Homework
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the ABC Hospital, a 400 bed inner city hospital has hired you as the new Supervisor of the Out-Patient Registration Department replacing the Supervisor who retired after 15 years. The CFO gave you a copy of a study conducted by an outside consulting company that found 1. The registrars are taking an average of 25 minutes to register a patient when the industry standard is 15 minutes per face to face registration 2. The registrars are experienced and competent and 3. The registrars have low morale.
The CFO has not given you any other information on the Department. You have not been formally introduced to the staff and you have learned that there was no formal notice sent around advising of your position as Supervisor. Your previous experience as the Supervisor of an out-patient registration department was in a small 200 bed community hospital.
The CFO has asked you to increase the productivity of the registrars with the goal of achieving the industry standard for registering a patient.
In a two page report complete this homework:
o Identify the key problems/issues.
o What steps do you need to take to accomplish this goal.
o What leadership style will you use and why?
o What motivation strategies will you use and why?
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.