You are the newly hired Vice President of Human Resources for the Bayside Regional Health System. You have the responsib

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You are the newly hired Vice President of Human Resources for
the Bayside Regional Health System. You have the responsibility for
all of the usual human resources functions, including retention
plans, the training and development function, and the recruitment
process. In addition, you have the additional departments of
volunteers and the hospital chaplaincy services.

You've identified a number of serious organizational issues.
Turnover is high, there are many job vacancies, and a very high
number of positions are considered hard-to-fill positions because
of national workforce shortages. There are also a very high number
of EEOC complaints over the past 5 years for an organization of
this size. Employees were blunt in their criticisms of the
organization and its management in an employee survey conducted
just prior to your arrival.

The board of directors and the president know that they have
serious human resource issues. They understand that management
practices have to change in order to compete in the local
healthcare market as an employer of choice. As in any healthcare
organization, fiscal resources are limited, but the board is firmly
committed to investing in a well-developed human resources plan
that will decrease the turnover and stem the ever-growing turnover
and vacancy rates. The president has asked you to attend the next
board of directors meeting to share your plan for addressing these
serious issues. What will you tell them? Outline the focus of your
presentation and include the issues you have identified, as well as
the recommended strategies for turning this around.