Motivating Employees

Imagin" rel="nofollow">ine that you have been appoin" rel="nofollow">inted the Director of Health at the Kaluyu Memorial Hospital in" rel="nofollow">in Nairobi, Kenya — a for-profit hospital. The facility is also a referral hospital and receives severe cases of accidents, chronicle / communicable diseases and houses an HIV / AIDS ward. As you settle in" rel="nofollow">into your position, you realize that the employees always act scared as they approach their superiors. Some of the employees even deliver files and leave your office in" rel="nofollow">in a hurry.As you make your routin" rel="nofollow">ine departmental visits, you realize that there are tensions between nurses and doctors, and there is a sentiment that the nurses tend to do the majority of the work within" rel="nofollow">in patient care but the doctors get all the credit. You realize that the employees are always lookin" rel="nofollow">ing forward to the end of their shifts to go home. Some employees even come back to work wearin" rel="nofollow">ing the same unwashed clothes as the previous day. Too many employees are callin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in sick, and many of them give weak reasons for their tardin" rel="nofollow">iness. There is also a sense that employees and nurses domin" rel="nofollow">inate other employees in" rel="nofollow">in similar positions. In meetin" rel="nofollow">ings and conference calls some employees are always quiet and never participate. You notice that people with families tend to gather and talk quietly on breaks. The new mothers workin" rel="nofollow">ing for the hospital have to use bathrooms to pump breast milk for their in" rel="nofollow">infants and the refrigerators do not work well. Lookin" rel="nofollow">ing at the fin" rel="nofollow">inancial statements 01 the hospital, you realize that the hospital expenses are higher than the in" rel="nofollow">industry standard, and it makes losses year after year. Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in" rel="nofollow">in which you: Investigate the major demotivational factors at Kaluyu Memorial Hospital. Assess the level of impact that the identified factors could have on specific areas of service and busin" rel="nofollow">iness if the admin" rel="nofollow">inistration does not address the situation. Support your response with at least two (2) examples of the potential negative impact of the identified demotivational factors on the hospital. Choose Maslow's, Herzberg's, or McClelland's model of motivation, and argue the primary reasons why it is applicable to the Kaluyu Memorial Hospital scenario. Formulate a communication system that will have the greatest impact on improvin" rel="nofollow">ing the situation, and specify the major reasons why your system will in" rel="nofollow">influence the employee behaviors for the better. Justify your response. Use four (4) recent (within" rel="nofollow">in the last five [5] years) quality academic resources in" rel="nofollow">in this assignment.