Restructuring, reconsidering, reconstructing : implications for health human resources
By: BAUMANN, Andrea
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Contributor(s): BLYTHE, Jennifer.
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ArticlePublisher: New York : Marcel Dekker, 2003International Journal of Public Administration - IJPA 26, 14, p. 1561-1579Abstract: In the 1990s, many health care organizations adopted restructuring strategies that were inappropriate to an industry in which the effective use of workers' knowledge, skills and social relations was essential to productivity. Workforce cuts and the withdrawal of workplace supports without sufficient consideration of human consequences led to a demoralized and short-staffed workforce rather than cost containment. This paper uses two neo-capitalist perspectives to illustrate the impact of restructuring initiatives on nursing, the most numerous health care profession. It describes how reconsideration of strategies adopted during restructuring has led to a search for new approaches to institutional change that make optimum use of human and social capital.
In the 1990s, many health care organizations adopted restructuring strategies that were inappropriate to an industry in which the effective use of workers' knowledge, skills and social relations was essential to productivity. Workforce cuts and the withdrawal of workplace supports without sufficient consideration of human consequences led to a demoralized and short-staffed workforce rather than cost containment. This paper uses two neo-capitalist perspectives to illustrate the impact of restructuring initiatives on nursing, the most numerous health care profession. It describes how reconsideration of strategies adopted during restructuring has led to a search for new approaches to institutional change that make optimum use of human and social capital.
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