Annotated Bibliography
Dias, L. (2011). Human resource Management. Saylor.org/books. ISBN 13: 978-1-4533194-3-7. Downloaded Jan 20,2014 from
https://open.umn.edu/opentestbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookID=71.
Human Resource management is a mandatory book for the Human Resource Management class at Siena Heights and discusses the duties, issues and employee discipline that human resource managers face. The author talks about tasks of a human resource department such as recruiting, hiring, and retaining employees, helping to optimize employee performance, developing compensations and benefit packages and suggesting procedures to help ensure legal compliance in employment issues.
George, M., & Joseph, R. (2011). is the NSH, as an employer, overburdened with regulations relating to its obligations to employees?
Critical evaluation by an NSH employee. Clinical Governance: An International Journal, 16(3), 181-189.
In this journal article it talks about the existing regulations relating to the obligations of a companies employees. It discusses the importance of political agendas and facing high public expectations while keeping in mind the importance of employee contracts, termination and legal issues that may arise. The journal also discusses the time off work provisions the rapidly changing health and safety obligations which create many practical problems to the human resources department. The main focus of this article is the complexity of the existing employment law, the rapid changes in government regulations that create struggles for management with obligations to there employees.
Glauser, W. (2011). Hospital turning to a team-based conflict resolution. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal= Journal De
I'Association Medicale Canadienne. 183(13), E977.
In this article the author speaks about conflicts that occur in the workplace and how to resolve these conflicts with both individual and team approaches. She talks about the importance of all staff being involved and participating in meetings in order to improve communication skills and to encourage employees to voice their concerns, listen to others concerns and to rebuild trust amongst co-workers. The article discusses how individual counseling or treatments is normally not as effective for interpersonal conflict in the hospital environment because the medical field tends to tends to value precision and control over emotional needs such as compassion and understanding. The article also discusses the importance of conflict resolution involving stress, heavy workload and communication issues amongst employees.
Greene, D., Healton, C., Hamburg, M., Rosenfield, A., Cagan, E., Van Wie, W., & Haviland, M. L. (1999). Creating training opportunities
for public health practitioners. NETHERLANDS: Elsivier Inc.
The authors talk about the shortage of well trained public health professionals and the affects training has on both the quality and scope of public health. Many public health professionals are not given the proper training and do not have access to training for financial, logistical, and geographic reasons. The authors also talk about collaborative programs that address the health concerns of minority communities and their ties to local and state health promotion/disease prevention efforts. Also discussed were programs designed to meets the needs identified in training surveys by facilitating access to a public degree program for selected federal, state and local public health employees. Proper training for public health practitioners is essential and this article discusses training in ways to reduce financial barriers for that many public health professionals face.
Harris, A. (2006). Employment law and occupational health- A practical handbook. Sutton: Reed Business Information UK.
This book was created as a reference or useful resource for managers, human resource, and occupational health practitioners. It provides user friendly and practical guidance on occupational health law. The author discusses the importance of the Human Resource department, dealing with legislation related to the recruitment and selection process, including responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act. The book also talks about a variety of important issues HR and management may be involved in including records and reports, health surveillance and attendance management.
Meilman, P. (2001). Human resource issues in university health services. Journal of American College Health, 50(1), 43-47.
The author of this book talks about how managers and supervisors play a critical role in guiding their employees to enhance work performance. The author also talks about employee relations and human resource issues including morale, staff attitudes, and work behavior and how those issues affect the quality of care provided in health care institutions. Health care professionals have both strengths and weaknesses which affect the way they provide care. The book discusses the type and qualities of workers who are best suited for a job in the health career field such as employees who like to work with other people, who can pith in and help, and do not cause problems for other co-workers. Also discussed is the importance of performance appraisals how they can reinforce the positive efforts made by good employees and can outline a development plan for less than satisfactory employees.
Rafferty, J. (2011). Making good connections. Sutton: Reed Business Information UK.
In this book the author discusses interpersonal conflict when tensions are thought to be symptoms of wider organizational life and explains how organizational support was developed to provide an alternative to individual counseling. The author discusses five issues that can create conflict and stress in the work environment which are (1) relationships amongst employees and management. (2) Facilitators who were seen as independent and helped to provide an environment in which more open participation was encouraged. (3) Absence which can affect working relationships because when things get difficult, not everyone would work together and take responsibility to sort things out. (4) Sustainability involving how departments and organizations can work together in meeting goals while having different shifts, hours and working conditions. (5) Change, which needs to involve communication so every employee can feel informed about decisions that have been made.
Savage, C. (2011). Administering extra care to employees. Sutton: Reed Business Information UK.
This book talks about the extra care that goes into training employees to make their working environment more efficient by implementing new information systems. Information systems have made employee tasks easier while providing significant benefits to healthcare organizations such as better quality of data, availability, accessibility, connectivity, exchange and sharing. The author talks about the importance of HR and them implementing healthcare workers to undergo a process of continuous training to provide more efficient services to their patients. He also talks about the benefits of additional training such as an increased variety of employment opportunities and the enhancement of understanding and knowledge.
https://open.umn.edu/opentestbooks/BookDetail.aspx?bookID=71.
Human Resource management is a mandatory book for the Human Resource Management class at Siena Heights and discusses the duties, issues and employee discipline that human resource managers face. The author talks about tasks of a human resource department such as recruiting, hiring, and retaining employees, helping to optimize employee performance, developing compensations and benefit packages and suggesting procedures to help ensure legal compliance in employment issues.
George, M., & Joseph, R. (2011). is the NSH, as an employer, overburdened with regulations relating to its obligations to employees?
Critical evaluation by an NSH employee. Clinical Governance: An International Journal, 16(3), 181-189.
In this journal article it talks about the existing regulations relating to the obligations of a companies employees. It discusses the importance of political agendas and facing high public expectations while keeping in mind the importance of employee contracts, termination and legal issues that may arise. The journal also discusses the time off work provisions the rapidly changing health and safety obligations which create many practical problems to the human resources department. The main focus of this article is the complexity of the existing employment law, the rapid changes in government regulations that create struggles for management with obligations to there employees.
Glauser, W. (2011). Hospital turning to a team-based conflict resolution. CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal= Journal De
I'Association Medicale Canadienne. 183(13), E977.
In this article the author speaks about conflicts that occur in the workplace and how to resolve these conflicts with both individual and team approaches. She talks about the importance of all staff being involved and participating in meetings in order to improve communication skills and to encourage employees to voice their concerns, listen to others concerns and to rebuild trust amongst co-workers. The article discusses how individual counseling or treatments is normally not as effective for interpersonal conflict in the hospital environment because the medical field tends to tends to value precision and control over emotional needs such as compassion and understanding. The article also discusses the importance of conflict resolution involving stress, heavy workload and communication issues amongst employees.
Greene, D., Healton, C., Hamburg, M., Rosenfield, A., Cagan, E., Van Wie, W., & Haviland, M. L. (1999). Creating training opportunities
for public health practitioners. NETHERLANDS: Elsivier Inc.
The authors talk about the shortage of well trained public health professionals and the affects training has on both the quality and scope of public health. Many public health professionals are not given the proper training and do not have access to training for financial, logistical, and geographic reasons. The authors also talk about collaborative programs that address the health concerns of minority communities and their ties to local and state health promotion/disease prevention efforts. Also discussed were programs designed to meets the needs identified in training surveys by facilitating access to a public degree program for selected federal, state and local public health employees. Proper training for public health practitioners is essential and this article discusses training in ways to reduce financial barriers for that many public health professionals face.
Harris, A. (2006). Employment law and occupational health- A practical handbook. Sutton: Reed Business Information UK.
This book was created as a reference or useful resource for managers, human resource, and occupational health practitioners. It provides user friendly and practical guidance on occupational health law. The author discusses the importance of the Human Resource department, dealing with legislation related to the recruitment and selection process, including responsibilities under the Disability Discrimination Act. The book also talks about a variety of important issues HR and management may be involved in including records and reports, health surveillance and attendance management.
Meilman, P. (2001). Human resource issues in university health services. Journal of American College Health, 50(1), 43-47.
The author of this book talks about how managers and supervisors play a critical role in guiding their employees to enhance work performance. The author also talks about employee relations and human resource issues including morale, staff attitudes, and work behavior and how those issues affect the quality of care provided in health care institutions. Health care professionals have both strengths and weaknesses which affect the way they provide care. The book discusses the type and qualities of workers who are best suited for a job in the health career field such as employees who like to work with other people, who can pith in and help, and do not cause problems for other co-workers. Also discussed is the importance of performance appraisals how they can reinforce the positive efforts made by good employees and can outline a development plan for less than satisfactory employees.
Rafferty, J. (2011). Making good connections. Sutton: Reed Business Information UK.
In this book the author discusses interpersonal conflict when tensions are thought to be symptoms of wider organizational life and explains how organizational support was developed to provide an alternative to individual counseling. The author discusses five issues that can create conflict and stress in the work environment which are (1) relationships amongst employees and management. (2) Facilitators who were seen as independent and helped to provide an environment in which more open participation was encouraged. (3) Absence which can affect working relationships because when things get difficult, not everyone would work together and take responsibility to sort things out. (4) Sustainability involving how departments and organizations can work together in meeting goals while having different shifts, hours and working conditions. (5) Change, which needs to involve communication so every employee can feel informed about decisions that have been made.
Savage, C. (2011). Administering extra care to employees. Sutton: Reed Business Information UK.
This book talks about the extra care that goes into training employees to make their working environment more efficient by implementing new information systems. Information systems have made employee tasks easier while providing significant benefits to healthcare organizations such as better quality of data, availability, accessibility, connectivity, exchange and sharing. The author talks about the importance of HR and them implementing healthcare workers to undergo a process of continuous training to provide more efficient services to their patients. He also talks about the benefits of additional training such as an increased variety of employment opportunities and the enhancement of understanding and knowledge.