What makes a leader? This is a very good question I always ask myself when I deal with my supervisor. I am a nurse case manager in Manage Long Term Care Company ( MLTC). I have met two supervisors for the past one year after I hired to my current company. There are two different styles of showing their leader skill. In this paper, I would like to talk about my current supervisor, Ms. H. and her improvement during the crisis of my company. Peter Drucker states, “Leadership is lifting a person’s…
In chapter 14 of Leadership, Giuliani states, “Organize around a purpose” (299). He uses the example of founding the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) to demonstrate this lesson. After the depressing death of Elisa IIzquierdo, a little girl who died because she was living in an unsafe and abusive home, Giuliani knew he had to reform the Child Welfare Administration and had Howard Wilson investigate how to improve it. Wilson decided the best way was to make CWA its own administration,…
The One Minute Manager What is a One Minute Manager? It has been said that the definition of “Working effectively” consists of two things: achieving goals and feeling good about yourself. A One Minute Manager helps you to achieve these two ideals. Effective managers, such as One Minute Managers, manage themselves and the people they work with so that both the organization and the people profit from there presence. A one minute manager is not one who is more profit oriented or people focused,…
I never thought I would go back to school after years spent being a stay at home mom. The decision to enroll myself in college was not easy. I had many routine demands to meet without having college as another burden. As a result, this forced me to put off enrolling in college until later in life. Attending college comes with a hefty workload; college courses are made up of many tests, lectures, and studying. These certain factors made it complicated to decide if college was right for me. The…
A significant issue at Healthco is the lack of communication between management and employees. The managers are not effectively communicating with the clerks, this is shown through Healthco employees being informed of policy rate changes 15 minutes before the offices closed on the day before the rate rise, because of this the clerks lacked the knowledge to inform and answer any questions members had regarding the new policy rates, this caused the members to become aggressive and abusive towards…
To begin, I would like to first start off by saying, that it has been a goal of mine since day one in entering this band program, of being a section leader for the high brass section. Coming into this program my parents’ have told me several stories of when they were in band, and this influenced and greatly bucked me up into pursuing band in high school. Since my first day of band camp I have enjoyed being a part of this band program, and even consider it as my second family, which was all the…
Theory X and Theory Y From a business perspective, both 'Theory X ' and 'Theory Y ' are important ideas that explain the motivation and management of human resource formulated by Douglas McGregor in the 1960s (The Human Side of Enterprise ). Borrowing from Szewczak and Khosrow-Pour, the two theories describe the models that are used in the work environment especially in dealing with the workforce (11). Moreover, resource managers apply these standards to control and define organizational…
Correct conflict resolution. For effective management of the organization of the manager must be properly resolve conflicts, to find common ground with his staff. Here is one example of the working of the conflict in a small family-type organization. In the current backbone of the business the old-timers, who stood at the very beginning of the company, joins a young relative. He worked for some time to lower management positions, worked well, and it was decided to raise the head of the…
Good leadership is important for the success of any organization. 1The importance of good leadership is apparent in how it affects quality patient care. Patient safety should be a top priority in the whole organization. If patient safety and quality care are seen as a priority by everyone in the organization, the effectiveness of the organization’s performance will improve, including its ability to achieve the goals of high-quality patient care, financial sustainability, community service, and…
When I first went to the EMS info session I was excited, nervous and also very intimiated. I saw how packed the info session was and found out about the competitive application process. I will admit I was skeptical about my chances of being accepted but I gave it a try. When I recieved the email I was beyond happy because the EMTS mission statement about treating people with kindness and compassion resonated with me since I had a passion for volunteering and I pursued that in high school. But at…