The Performance Appraisal: A Guide for Managers
Published: 14 June 2016
Published: 14 June 2016
After all, it’s simply a matter of aligning individual staff performance with the goals of the strategic plan.
This most wondrous of documents, The Strategic Plan, might be found pinned to the notice board in the tea room - the whole 10 pages. This makes for a relaxing read during your lunch break, and because your unit is so well-staffed, there’s plenty of time during the shift for staff to ponder the link between their act of assisting a client in the shower, for example, and the strategic goal of ensuring ’the effective and efficient use of resources in the delivery of health services to our community…’ - easy!
Now, back to the real world. How can this bothersome and burdensome task be made a little easier and regarded in the positive light that it’s meant to be?
Christine (RN, BN, MPHC) is an RN with 40 years experience, traversing the profession as an AIN, EN, RN, RM N.ED. to DON. She is currently in transition-to-retirement and working as a casual RN on the floor in a small rural hospital with an aged care facility attached. Her interests are aged care and particularly nurses; their working relationships, team dynamics and how nurse leaders and managers deal with the day to day complexities of leading and managing. See Educator Profile