Manager or Leader Improvement Plan

This assignment outlines a leadership improvement plan for two departments within Health Information Management: outsourced information management and patient portal access. The plan details specific goals, such as reducing employee turnover through performance-based evaluation and implementing leasing platforms to minimize equipment costs. It also explores various leadership theories, including human resource theory, scientific theory, motivational theory, and participatory theory, and how they can be applied to achieve the outlined objectives. The final section emphasizes the importance of continuous training for employees and teamwork to ensure efficient information flow and overall organizational performance.

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Manager or Leader Plan
Name
Institution

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Manager or Leader Plan
A leader improvement plan is a detailed direction that helps in organization management
or even in the formulation and attaining the companies’ objectives. The paper will demonstrate
the strategy adopted in Health Information Management for two departments namely
management of outsourced information and patients’ education to access portals.
Operation work
group area.
Improvement goal Management or
leadership theory
employed
Project date of
completion.
Outsourced
Transcription
The first goal is the
retrenchment of full
time-based employees
and hiring of
professional staffs on
the expertise required
at right time.
Human resource
theory: the theory
focuses on the
motivation of the
individual employees
based on performance
and contribution to
the output. Also, the
goal will aid in
minimization of the
cost of operation of
the overall
organization as
operational expenses
will be only on
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feasible expenses.
Also, it will be able
to change the high
employees turnover
by providing
motivational policies
such as rewarding
and performance
appraisal in all
departments.
Develop a leasing
platform so as to
ensure minimization of
purchase cost and
instead of leasing of
the machinery and
other requirements in
the HIM.
SCIENTIFIC
THEORY: the theory
articulates on the
reduction on the cost
of production which
is minimized through
leasing of
technological leasing
of machinery rather
than purchasing of
the assets which are
very expensive. Also,
it eliminates other
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overhead costs that
are added due to the
services and
maintenance of the
equipment.
Conducting
performance-based
evaluation. This will
ensure employs
competition hence the
overall organization
performance by
providing a
commission based
remuneration of
employees
Motivational theory:
Before outsourcing
employees, the
manager should learn
on how and with
what motivates
employees There are
psychological needs,
safety needs and
others which will
determine the
productivity of
workers. Therefore,
better working
conditions of the
employees and an
increase in their pay
will improve the job
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satisfaction hence
better performance.
Also, ensuring not to
only appraise one
person and forget the
others.
Patients portals Provide a platform that
allows benchmarking
of other institution the
employees for better
training and experience
in the modification of
patients portal for
accessibility.
Motivational theory:
the management
should improvise on
ensuring continues
training of employees
so as to provide better
performance
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Provides training
sessions and
information brochures
for the patients in the
reception room or
waiting room.
System theory: it is a
geared system of
management where it
aims at integrating
the various elements
or players of the
organization and its
stakeholders for
overall productivity.
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To provide a strategic
flow of information in
the organization
through teamwork to
attain efficient
reporting and data
transmission and
retrieval.
Participative theory
leadership theory: it
takes into account on
integration and use of
teamwork so as to
achieve the
organizational
performance.
Teamwork allows
contributions from all
parties which makes
members feel more
relevant in the
decision making on
the HIM.
The high turnover
rate of employees is
also reduced as they
have the purpose of
maintaining in the
same organization.
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The management strategy of an organization hence ensures that the objectives and goals
of the organization are met. Determination of the performance will be carried out after the
completion of the set period so as to evaluate the variance of the performance after
implementation of the plan.

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