scholarly journals Technicians and Dentists: A catch 22 situation?

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (07) ◽  
pp. 432-434
Author(s):  
Leanne M Sykes ◽  
Charles Bradfield ◽  
George P Babiolakis ◽  
Len Becker
Keyword(s):  
Poor Quality ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Patient Contact ◽  
Medical Aid ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Ethical Concerns ◽  
Catch 22

Dental technicians who regularly receive poor quality impressions and records are often faced with professional and ethical concerns as to how to handle the situation. They may choose to complete the task to the best of their abilities. Other options are to alter the casts to try to improve the situation and then complete the prescription, contact the dentist and discuss the issue, contactthe patient, contact the medical aid, report the practitioner to the HPCSA, or refuse to do the work. Their latter actions have potentially negative implications for them, and will certainly sour working relationships. At worst, they may lose the dentist’s support. This paper explores ways in which dentists and techniciains can foster collegial and mutually beneficial relationships from early on in their careers. This will not only promote better communication, and improve the quality of work produced by them, but it will also serve the best interests of their patients and the profession as a whole.

Assessing contract management as a strategic tool for achieving quality of work in Ghanaian construction industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Coleman ◽  
Isaac Kwesi Nooni ◽  
Samuel Korenteng Fianko ◽  
Linka Dadzie ◽  
Ebenezer Nickson Neequaye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Contract Management ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Supervisory Staff

Purpose This study aims to investigate the attainment of quality in Government of Ghana’s (GoG) infrastructural projects through effective contract management and especially, relating to qualification, competence and experience of supply chain stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach A survey questionnaire and field observations were used to collect primary data from staff of the education ministry and construction professionals. Documentary analyses of contract documents were also undertaken. Findings The results show that executing agencies’ failure to apply appropriate contract management processes was linked to the gap between stakeholders’ knowledge and actual practice. This was confirmed by Spearman’s rho tests of correlation between overall mean ranks given by professionals and non-professionals, which indicated strong agreement between those groups. Factors such as contractors’ engagement of unqualified supervisory staff, lack of proper projects monitoring and evaluation by executing agencies mainly contribute to the poor quality of work. Research limitations/implications Investigations were limited to the Funds and Procurement Management Unit of the Ministry of Education, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies and local contractors. Nonetheless, the methodology used could be used in future studies to analyse the socio-economic implications on the quality of education infrastructure. Practical implications Construction is booming in Ghana but the capacity to improve the work quality through effective contract management is limited. However, with the effort of stakeholder and statutory bodies’ support in capacity building initiatives, GoG projects could offer some novel solutions to improve quality of work. Social implications Construction industry professionals and students’ knowledge and perception on construction industry and contract management is significantly improved. Originality/value This study provides information on respondents’ knowledge on contract management process, which, if not properly understood, can lead to poor quality of work and loss of money.

Effects of Public Agency Orientations and Practices on Archaeology: A View from the Trenches

1981 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-150
Author(s):  
Alice W. Portnoy ◽  
William J. Mayer-Oakes
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
Research Use ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Public Agency ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Management Work

Many federal and state agencies are instituting contracts with professional archaeologists for cultural resource management work. They include “regulatory” agencies, “management-oriented” agencies and “project-oriented” agencies. Many archaeologists are unaware of how these different agency orientations affect the discipline of archaeology as a whole in many important ways, including types of service, contract and project; quality of work; results or research; use of data; and level of agency direction of research in planning and controlling. All archaeologists need to be aware of these effects. An understanding of “real world” contract archaeology practice will help all archaeologists reaffirm basic goals and values and share the responsibility of determining the best interests of the discipline and of the supporting public.

scholarly journals PENGARUH KUALITAS KEHIDUPAN KERJA TERHADAP KEPUASAN KERJA KARYAWAN RUMAH SAKIT IBU DAN ANAK X SURABAYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 156
Author(s):  
Rinanti Rahayuning Bekti
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Turnover Rate ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Employee Job Satisfaction ◽  
Cross Sectional Design

Background: The turnover rate in RSIA X Surabaya increased during the last two months from January to February 2018. Turnover rate in January 2018 was 1.56% and in February 2018 was 2.38%. The increased turn over rate in RSIA X Surabaya was probably due to poor quality of work life that can be influenced to performance satisfaction and causing employee resign from their job.Aim: This research aimed to analyze the influence of quality of work life toward employee job satisfaction in RSIA X Surabaya.Method: It was an analytical study by cross sectional design. The samples were 57 respondents chosen by simple random sampling.Results: The result of this research showed that quality of work life had an influence toward employee job satisfaction in RSIA X Surabaya with significance value equal to 0.024 or <α = 0.05. It showed that employee job satisfaction increases along with the better quality of work life.Conclusion: In conclusion, there was an influence of quality of work life towards employee satisfaction. The hospital should take more attention to the quality of work life for employees in the future so that employees still continue working in the organization.Keywords: employee, job satisfaction, quality of work life

scholarly journals Deformations of foundations of windplant installation crane sites and their reasons

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saulius Gadeikis ◽  
Donatas Urbaitis ◽  
Domas Gribulis ◽  
Sonata Gadeikytė ◽  
Gintaras Žaržojus
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Wind Farm ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
Wind Power Plant ◽  
Continuous Control ◽  
Quality Work ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
Geological Surveys

Road and foundation deformations in modern Lithuanian construction are one of the most important problems. Constantly rising conflicts between customers and builders due to poor quality of foundations show that Lithuanian road builders do not ensure proper quality of work, do not perform the necessary road foundations and research, do not carry out continuous control of their work. One such example was the construction of the Pagegiai wind farm in 2014÷2015. Improperly installed road and crane installation foundations have forced the wind power plant to stop working, which resulted in enormous losses. Additional cluster engineering geological surveys that included a full range of field and laboratory work made it possible to identify the causes of poor quality work and to properly assess the properties of substrates and primers that are important for safe foundation operation.

Leiden Quality of Work Life Questionnaire for Nurses

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya I. Gelsema ◽  
Margot van der Doef ◽  
Stan Maes ◽  
Simone Akerboom ◽  
Chris Verhoeven
Keyword(s):  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Life Questionnaire ◽  
Quality Of Work

HUBUNGAN KUALITAS KEHIDUPAN KERJA TERHADAP KINERJA PERAWAT PELAKSANA

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-420
Author(s):  
Amella Gusty ◽  
Dachriyanus Dachriyanus ◽  
Leni Merdawati
Keyword(s):  
District Hospital ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
P Value ◽  
Work Context ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Quality Of Work ◽  
The Relationship

Kinerja perawat merupakan hasil yang dicapai dalam melaksanakan asuhan keperawatan di rumah sakit. Terciptanya asuhan keperawatan yang optimal sangat diperlukan dukungan dari pihak rumah sakit salah satunya adalah menciptakan kualitas kehidupan kerja baik bagi perawat. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara kualitas kehidupan kerja terhadap kinerja perawat pelaksana di RSUD Teluk Kuantan. Jenis penelitian kuantitatif dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Jumlah sampel 120 responden yang diperoleh melalui proportionate simple random sampling. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan kualitas kehidupan kerja perawat RSUD Teluk Kuantan berada pada kategori sedang, kinerja perawat berada pada kategori kurang baik. Berdasarkan analisis kedua variabel teridentifikasi bahwa tidak ada hubungan antara kualitas kehidupan kerja dengan kinerja perawat pelaksana dengan  p value 0,817. Dimensi work context merupakan komponen yang memiliki hubungan dengan kinerja perawat pelaksana dengan p value 0,008, dimensi work life  tidak berhubungan secara signifikan dengan kinerja perawat. Kesimpulan penelitian diketahui tidak ada hubungan antara kualitas kehidupan kerja dengan kinerja perawat pelaksana. Ada hubungan dimensi work context dengan kinerja perawat pelaksana. Tidak ada hubungan dimensi work life dengan kinerja perawat.   Kata kunci: kualitas kehidupan kerja, kinerja, perawat pelaksana   THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE QUALITY OF WORK LIFE AND THE PERFORMANCE OF IMPLEMENTERS NURSES   ABSTRACT Nurse performance is the result achieved in implementing nursing care in a hospital. The creation of optimal nursing care is very much needed support from the hospital, one of which is to create a good quality of work life for nurses. This study aims to determine the relationship between the quality of work life and the performance of nurses at the Kuantan District Hospital. This type of quantitative research with cross sectional approach. The number of samples of 120 respondents obtained through proportionate simple random sampling. The results showed that the quality of work life of nurses at the Kuantan District Hospital was in the medium category, the nurses' performance was in the unfavorable category. Based on the analysis of the two variables, it was identified that there was no relationship between the quality of work life with the performance of implementing nurses with a p value of 0.817. The work context dimension is a component that has a relationship with the performance of nurses implementing with p value 0.008, the dimension of work life does not significantly correlate with nurse performance. The conclusion of the research is that there is no relationship between the quality of work life and the performance of the implementing nurses. There is a relationship between the dimensions of the work context and the performance of the nurses. There is no relationship between the dimensions of work life and nurse performance.   Keywords: quality of work life, performance, implementers nurse

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