scholarly journals Ethical Considerations with Respect to Human Resources During Organisational Change: A Case Study of a Government Business Enterprise

1994 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
M Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Business Enterprise ◽  
Ethical Considerations

Smokers: To Hire or Not?

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 349-354
Author(s):  
Thomas Corbin ◽  
Akram Al Matarneh ◽  
Udo Braendle ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Case Scenario ◽  
Costs Of Care ◽  
Cultural Climate ◽  
Attitudes Toward Smoking

This case study attempts to frame the ethical considerations between hiring a known smoker over a non-smoker in today’s cultural climate. Referenced data from a parallel project gauging the likelihood of Human Resources representatives to hire smokers and accommodate them in the workforce could help manage the response and critical thinking components of the case scenario. Questions also arise as to whether it is advisable for employers to take particular attitudes toward smoking in the workplace. This is not only in the interest of the health of employees, customers and clients, but is also on the basis of a concern that employers may otherwise expose themselves to lawsuits where employees may, on the basis of illness contracted due to a smoking environment supported by an employer, sue for the costs of care and income.

scholarly journals Organisational responses to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on healthcare workers: a qualitative case study from Bogotá, Colombia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Turner ◽  
Natalia Niño ◽  
Carolina Segura ◽  
Natalia Botero-Tovar
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Health System ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Hospital Managers ◽  
Scientific Associations ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Abstract Background Healthcare organisations have undergone organisational change to respond to COVID-19. This pandemic has presented challenges for employee adjustment, with impacts on the availability and coordination of human resources in healthcare. This study aimed to characterise the organisational actions regarding the coordination of human resources in healthcare within Bogotá, Colombia, to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We followed a case study approach to understand the response to the emergency taking into account the narratives of the actors who have been directly involved in the planning of guidelines oriented to face the pandemic or in the implementation of health services for COVID-19. Twenty-two interviews with multiple health system organisations within Bogotá were conducted between May and September 2020 and analysed thematically. Results Three themes emerged from the analysis of the interview data: to retain human resources, to implement actions to improve the mental and physical health of the healthcare workers, and to enhance healthcare workers knowledge, skills and availability to respond to COVID-19. Conclusions Organisational actions led by hospital managers to retain, protect, and train human health resources in the dynamic context of the COVID-19 pandemic were identified. Other system-wide organisations like scientific associations contributed to the coordination of human resources across hospitals to respond to COVID-19 in Bogotá, Colombia. The actions of hospital managers, and roles of system-wide intermediary organisations, in coordinating human resources need to be explored in other health system contexts facing COVID-19.

scholarly journals Organisational responses to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on healthcare workers: a qualitative case study from Bogotá, Colombia

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Turner ◽  
Natalia Niño ◽  
Carolina Segura ◽  
Natalia Botero-Tovar
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Health System ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Hospital Managers ◽  
Scientific Associations ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Abstract Background Healthcare organisations have undergone organisational change to respond to COVID-19. This pandemic has presented challenges for employee adjustment, with impacts on the availability and coordination of human resources in healthcare. This study aimed to characterise the organisational actions regarding the coordination of human resources in healthcare within Bogotá, Colombia, to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods We followed a case study approach to understand the response to the emergency taking into account the narratives of managerial actors who have been directly involved in the planning of guidelines oriented to face the pandemic or in the implementation of health services for COVID-19. Twenty-two interviews with multiple health system organisations within Bogotá were conducted between May and September 2020 and analysed thematically. Results Three themes emerged from the analysis of the interview data: to retain human resources, to implement actions to improve the mental and physical health of the healthcare workers, and to enhance healthcare workers knowledge, skills and availability to respond to COVID-19. Conclusions Organisational actions led by hospital managers to retain, protect, and train human health resources in the dynamic context of the COVID-19 pandemic were identified. Other system-wide organisations like scientific associations contributed to the coordination of human resources across hospitals to respond to COVID-19 in Bogotá, Colombia. The actions of hospital managers, and roles of system-wide intermediary organisations, in coordinating human resources need to be explored in other health system contexts facing COVID-19.

Sustainable Social Entrepreneurship through Innovation diffusing Traditional Knowledge with Innovation: Case Study of Pottery Art in India

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ambalika Sinha ◽  
Divya Rai
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Foreign Currency ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Formal Employment ◽  
Marketing Intervention

India a massive country in terms of employment conditions and majority of human resources are involved in unorganized sectors but are more vulnerable in compare to other types of formal employment. Upliftment of these sector will results in increased economic conditions of population as well as it will fetch for foreign currency. This paper emphasizes on technological as well as marketing intervention in one of the art form i.e. Pottery which is at verge of extinction. Slight modifications in these will pave a long better way for development.

A case study of servicizing in the farming-livestock sector: organisational change and potential environmental improvement

2016 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 84-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ángeles Pereira ◽  
Adolfo Carballo-Penela ◽  
Manuel González-López ◽  
Xavier Vence
Keyword(s):  
Organisational Change ◽  
Environmental Improvement ◽  
Livestock Sector
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