Why Do Healthcare Organizations Use Sharp Approach?

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Other healthcare organizations can use Sharp HealthCare’s approach to motivation to help with employee motivational problems, however, there are some important barriers and facilitators to using the Sharp approach. As mentioned by Burns, Bradley, & Weiner (2011, p. 107), “a major problem for all healthcare organizations is to avoid employee motivation problems and to remedy such problems if they occur.” It is no easy task to keep all employees within an organization happy all of the time, but it is an important role for healthcare leaders to ensure that they try to keep as many employees satisfied as possible. The major barrier that an organization can have when using the Sharp approach is that it is not guaranteed to work for all organizations. “Though there are many approaches to dealing with motivational problems among employees, none are foolproof” (Burns, Bradley, & Weiner, 2011, p. 112). Sharp has molded its organization to be …show more content…

Adversely, organizational size can hinder an organization from using the Sharp approach because of limited resources. However, it is possible that smaller organizations can incorporate some of the key factors of Sharp’s approach into their organization to initiate some improvement in employee motivation.

References
About Sharp. (2017). Retrieved from https://www.sharp.com/about/

Balfour, D. (2015). Are you making achievements on your journey to become a High-Performing Health System™? Group Practice Journal. Retrieved from http://www.amga.org/wcm/PI/Acclaim/2014/sharpRees.pdf

Burns, L. R., Bradley, E. H., & Weiner, B. J. (2011). Shortell and Kaluzny's Health Care Management: Organizational Design and Behavior (6th ed.). Cengage Learning. Retrieved from https://betheluniversityonline.net/cps/default.aspx?SectionID=6493&tabid=154#1

Sharp Health Plan. (2017). Retrieved from