Module 8: Organization (Job Descriptions)

Job Descriptions

are specifications of duties, conditions, and requirements of a job prepared through a careful job analysis.

Performance Descriptions

another name for job descriptions.

1. Recruitment

2. Placement and transfer

3. Guidance and direction

4. Evaluation of performance

5. Reduction of conflict and frustration

purposes of job descriptions.

1. Job Title

2. Job Relationships

3. Performance or Job Descriptions

components of job description.

Job Title

namely the position and necessary qualifications.

Job Relationships

such as degree of supervision, line and staff responsibilities and reporting mechanisms imposed on the worker.

Performance or Job Descriptions

a catalog of the assigned tasks and responsibilities.

Employee Discipline

process of generating employee compliance to institutional rules and regulations.

1. Creates order and smooth transition during shifts

2. Helps nurses perform tasks better

3. Provides direction for delinquent employees

purposes of discipline.

1. Done privately, promptly, and consistently

2. Progressive in nature

3. Preceded with counseling

4. Should be executed with extreme caution

principles of discipline.

1. Methodological weakness

2. Manager lacks skill in interviewing/documentation

3. Procedural admission

disciplinary problems.

1. Coaching

2. Confrontation

3. Disciplinary Conference

steps to address disciplinary problems.

Coaching

day-to-day process of helping employees improve their performance.

1. Need analysis

2. Staff development

3. Interviewing

being encompassed by coaching.

Confrontation

communication technique used to address specific issues such as violation of a policy or procedure.

Disciplinary Conference

means of applying discipline; uses directive and non-directive technique.

Progressive Discipline

means the managements’ adherence to the principle of due process.

1. Frequency

2. Severity of the offense

basis of the measures taken for progressive discipline.

1. Counseling

2. Verbal reprimand

3. Written reprimand

4. Short suspension

5. Longer suspension

6. Termination

different measures in progressive discipline.

1. Inform human resource department & administration

2. State the offending behavior & reason

3. Explain the proposed termination process

4. Remain calm

5. Everything must be documented from start to end

guide in terminating an employee.