The motivation level of employees at Kaluyu Memorial Hospital (eBook)

Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Sociology - Work, Profession, Education, Organisation, , language: English, abstract: Research indicates that 48 percent of employees in the world do not like their current jobs. The statistics is true in the case of the Kaluyu Memorial Hospital as the employees are uninspired, disengaged, and stressed out with their work. The case study shows that there are a number of demotivational factors at the hospital.

The micromanagement of the staff can lead to a lack of cooperation and teamwork, especially between the nurses and the doctors that can significantly impact the safety of the various procedures at the hospital. The impact can be severe, especially in the cases where the safety breach in the hospital leads to the death of a patient. Secondly, the job insecurity in the workplace can also have both service and business impacts. On the business, the job insecurity can lead to an increase in the costs of operating the hospital, especially if the organization has to hire new employees due to the exit of the old staff. Secondly, the exit of highly talented and skilled individuals will have a number of impacts on the services at the hospital may have staff shortages that significantly impact service delivery.