JOB SATISFACTION

A. DEFINITION OF JOB DESCRIPTION:

It is a pleasurable emotional state or response to a job/ situation which can not be seen but can be felt, which is determined by degree of achievement and expectations.

  • FACTORS DETERMINING JOB SATISFACTION:    
    • Personal factors
    • Work
    • Working condition
    • Working group
    • Supervision
  • WAY OF MEASURING JOB SATISFACTION:
    • Rating scale
    • Critical incident
    • Interview
    • Action tendencies
  • HOE TO IMPROVE JOB SATISFACTION:
    • By paying handsome salary
    • By providing job security
    • Providing opportunities for learning purpose
    • Trying to increase the responsibility of the workers in the job
    • Supervision should be democratic
    • Perception of satisfied worker can be change by furnishing the correct information.

JOB DESCRIPTION

A. DEFINITION OF JOB DESCRIPTION:

  • Job description explains work things to do job individual or way to distribute task among workers.
  • Job description help to prevent arguments between the workers and authority leader.

B. CONTENTS OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION:

  • Job title: Such as Nurse, Midwife and Tutor
  • Date of stating job:
  • Job summary: Main responsibility
  • Duties: Workers has to perform
  • Relation: Job holders
  • Qualification: Required job, or training.

Review and appraisal: Statement should state clearly that who has this responsibility.

ORGANISATION

A. DEFINITION OF ORGANISATION:

Organization is a process, in which leader arranges/ distributes the task work fairly among the people/ members so that all workers carry equal work load and can use their special skills and talents.

B.  PRINCIPLES OF ORGANISATION:      

  • Definition
  • Objectives
  • Command
  • Responsibility
  • Authority
  • Span of control
  • Balance

C. ORGANISATIONAL CHART:

  • President
  • Prime Minister
  • Governor
  • Chief Minister
  • Chief Secretary
  • Secretary Health
  • Director General
  • Divisional Director
  • Principal, Vice-Principal
  • Nursing Tutor
  • Nursing Student

SUPERVISION

A. DEFINITION OF SUPERVISION:

  • Supervision is a process of ensuring that staff performs their duties effectively.
  • Supervision is a process by which the performance of the workers is improved in order to achieve the goals by the objectives of programmed.
  • DEFINITION OF SUPERVISOR:

A person who does the work of supervision.

  • TYPES OF SUPERVISION:
    • Autocratic Style
    • Democratic Style
    • Laissez fair (Anarchic) Style
  • METHOD OF CONTROL ON SUPERVISION:
  • Instructions
  • Using work schedule
  • Visits by supervisor

THINKING

A. DEFINITION OF THINKING:

  • Stimulation of brain for anything is called Thinking.
  • To use the mind in active way to form new connected ideas.
  • MODES/ FORMS OF THINKING:

Deliberate thinking takes three basic forms:

  1. Analyzing: A Greek word “analus = resolution into simple parts”. Means tracing of things to their sources and the discovery of general principles underlying specific phenomenon.
    1. Synthesizing: A Greek word “sunthesis = result of building up separate elements”. Or putting together of parts so as to make up a complex whole. All synthesis process are creative.
    1. Valuing/ Evaluation: A French word “evaluar” means thinking about something in relation in values & standards. The perception & response of values is associated with a wide range of emotions and feelings which vary from individual to individual.
  2. TYPES OF THINKING:

J.P GUIL FORD suggested the types into following:

  1. Converging thinking: In this type, we select a single correct solution out of several alternatives.
  2. Diverging (Creativity) thinking: in this type, we generate as many different solutions as possible.
  3. LEVELS OF THINKING:

According to the Sigmund Freud, the mental activity of an individual categorized into three levels as:

  1. Conscious Level:   Conscious mind is concerned with immediate present awareness. It is involved in deliberate thinking, problem solving and decision making
    1. Foreconcious level: Foreconcious level mind is the store house of the memory. It is possible to recall data facts and experience which can readily become conscious.
    1. Unconscious level: Below the level recall lies a store house experience through the desires & feelings which once conscious, but are completely forgotten now.
  2. CREATIVE THINKING:
  3. It is a way of creating new ideas.
  4. It leads to the nature in flexibility of choice & it gains in quality of decision.
  5. There are four aspects of creativity:
  6. Ideas or product created
  7. Process of creating
  8. Person of creator
  9. Environment of creative thinking
  10. STEPS OF CREATIVE THINKING:

There are five steps of creative thinking:

  1. Stimulus:    Creative thinking does not occur in vacuum. It needs some stimulus to work on.
    1. Exploration: As diverge thinking, increasing quality of idea and allow adequate time.
    1. Planning:   As defining information gathering information & making thinking visible.
    1. Activity:   It is doing some thing with one’s ideas that counts in life.

Review:           Some times it should be set a side for evaluator or review.

MOTIVATION

DEFINITION OF MOTIVATION:

  1. The word motivation (Latin; Motives=move), motivation is an inner impulse that induces a person to act in a certain way
    1. Motivation is a process which starts with a need that activates behavior or a drive that is aimed at an incentive.
      1. Need: Needs are created when physiological or psychological imbalance occurs.
      1. Drive: That setups to diminish or relieve needs
      1. Incentives: Anything that will alleviate a need or reduces the drive.
  2. MOTIVATOR:

A person who stimulate the people for inner impulses, which induce a person to act in a certain way

  • TYPES OF MOTIVATION:
  • Extrinsic Motives: Motive that is experienced from external like: to get position, or good marks.
  • Intrinsic Motives: Motive that is fulfills through the inner needs of the person like, satisfaction, this is the best form of the motive.
  • LEVELS OD MOTIVATION:
  • level 1: to obtain the necessities for life such as: food, shelter, rest, safety and clothing.
  • level 2: To safety, social needs such as: love, friendship, & respect.
  • Level 3: To develop a nurse for personal satisfaction such as Talents and abilities.
  • FACTORS OF MOTIVATION:
    • Nature of the work
    • Responsibility
    • Achievement
    • Recognisation factor
    • Self improvement
    • Advancement
  • DEMITIVATING FACTORS:
  • Inadequate salary
  • Bad working condition
  • In-effective administration
  • In-competent supervision
  • Poor inter-personal relationship
  • Personal qualities of leader
  • THEORIES OF THE MOTIVATION:

There are three theories, proposed during the 1950, they are:

  1. MASLOW NEEDS:
    1. Physiological needs as Hunger, Water, Air, Shelter
    1. Safety needs         as Safety
    1. Social needs          as love & affection
    1. Self esteem           as High status in society
    1. Self actualization  as Self respect
    1. X & Y THEORY:

Dougles Macgregor proposed two destruct of the nature of the human being such as: basically negative view as “X” & positive view as “Y” theory.

  • MOTIVATION HYGIENIC THEORY:

Freed Rick Herzberg states that an individual relation to his/her work is a basic one and that his/her attitude to work cab be every well determined success or failure.

According to this theory the factors are leading to job satisfaction are separated and distinct that leads inter-personal relation working condition & salary have been characterized by Herzberg as Hygienic factor.

  • MOTIVES:

A person is stimulus promoting a person to act in a particular way. Every action has a motive behind it. Motivation is consist of =Motive + Action

  1. EXAMPLES OF MOTIVES:
  2. Wish or Desire
  3. An idea
  4. A need e.g.,; Hunger, Sex
  5. Some interest
  6. An emotion
  7. A reward
  8. A goal

INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION

INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION

               A. DEFINITION TO COMMUNICATION:

  • Communication is described as mode of verbal and non-verbal response.
  • Communication is described as transmission and reception of messages.
  • PURPOSE OF THE COMMUNICATION:
    • To initiate action
    • To learn
    • To exchange ideas
    • To win commitment
    • To convey message
    • To inquire something
    • To enlarge understanding
    • To help others
    • To reduce tension
    • To change attitudes
    • To solve problem
    • To update the facts
  • ELEMENTS OF THE COMMUNICATION:
  • Sender
  • Receiver
  • Messenger
  • Channel (Media)
  • Feed back
  • TYPES OF THE COMMUNICATION:
    • DOWNWARD COMMUNICATION:
  • Communication through superior to the sub-ordinates.
  • UPWARD COMMUNICATION:
  • Communication through sub-ordinates to the superior.
  • HORIZONTAL COMMUNICATION:
  • Communication between equal status personalities.
  • LATERAL COMMUNICATION:
  • Communication through third party.
  • STEPS OF THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS:      
  • THINKING: Process begins with thought, ideas & feelings
  • ENCODING: When ideas converted into the words, symbol by the sender
  • TRANSMITTING: Message transmitted via the channel
  • PERCEIVING: Receiving of the message through the five senses
  • DECODING: Message is put into some understandable form by the receiver
  • FEED BACK: Replying of the message either positive or negative.
  • ACTION: Conclusion of the message if understandable positive result achieved, if not respectively negative result achieved.
  • GENERAL TYPES OF THE COMMUNICATION:
    • Direct verbal communication:     face to face communication
    • Indirect verbal communication: mass-media communication
    • Non-verbal communication:       facial expressions, gestures, general appearance
    • Formal communication:              official communication
    • Informal communication:            grape wine, rumors communication
    • One-way communication:           communication in auto-cratic style
    • Two-way communication:          communication between or among the people
    • Writing communication:             paper communication work
    • Para-language communication: tone of voice firm, volume, speech rate

6.  Abstract communication:  communication which you can not feel but can observe as Painting, photo etc

  • MEDIA USED FOR COMMUNICATION:
  • Oral Media:
    • Speeches
    • Television
    • Meetings
    • Public system
  • W ritten Media:
    • Letters
    • Manuals
    • Newspaper
    • Description of procedures
    • Reports
    • Magazines
    • Posters
  • FACTORS  AFFECTING ON COMMUNICATION:   
    • Feed back
    • Trust
    • Expectations
    • Values
    • Status
    • Compatibility
      • Emotions
      • Language
      • Time pressure
      • Non-verbal selection
      • Over-load
  • BARRIERS OF COMMUNICATION:
    • Filtering
    • Emotions
    • Language
    • Time pressure
    • Non-verbal
    • Selective
    • Over load
    • Short circuiting
    • Distortion
  • PATTERNS OF NETWORK COMMUNICATION:   
    • Chain pattern
    • Y-pattern
    • Wheel pattern
    • Circle pattern
    • Oval pattern
    • All channels (Bazar/ Market)
  • CHANNELS OF THE COMMUNICATION:
    • Speech way communication
    • Sound way communication
    • Action way communication
    • Taste way communication
    • Smell way communication
    • Touch way communication
    • Silence way communication
    • Mannerism way communication
  • SKILLS OF THE COMMUNICATION:
    • Telling skills
    • Asking skills
    • Listening skills
    • Understanding skills
    • Convincing skills
    • Observing skills
  • WAYS OF IMPROVING COMMUNICATION:
    • Try to clarify the ideas
    • Ensure that, there is true purpose of communication
    • Positive tone of voice create interest
    • Learn proper term of address
    • Try to develop good relationship
    • Get avoidance from the hate
    • Be simple
    • Be honest
    • Try to share personal experience & belief
    • Explain purpose of your organization & follow up your communication
    • Elevate effectiveness of the message

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

A.  DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MANAGER AND LEADER:   

No:ManagerLeader
1.He/She is appointed by higher authorityHe/She emerged from the group
2.He/She is head of formal group onlyHe/She is seen every where (formal\ informal)
3.He/She derives authority from the organizedHe/She may not have authority
4.He/She may be functional without followerHe/She may not functional in the absence of follower
5.He/She is responsible to achieve goalHe/She simply gets other to follow the plan
6.He/She is organizedHe/She is not organized
7.He/She does not generate new ideasHe/She generates new ideas
8.He/She pays great attention to detailHe/She degrades the detail
9.He/She focuses on structure and systemHe/She focuses on the people
10.He/She relies on controlHe/She responds trust on members
11.He/She has short range prospectiveHe/She has long range of view
12.He/She asks How & When?He/She asks What & Why?
13.He/She is formalHe/She is informal
14.He/She accepts the existing stage & tries to wait itHe/She challenges existing stage & tries to develop it

B.  DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP:     

No:ManagementLeadership
1.Management is formal (Official)Leadership is informal (unofficial)
2.Management is designed position within organizationLeadership is an achieved position
3.Management is an assigned roleLeadership is an attained role
4.In Management, Manager receives the power from the organizerIn Leadership, Leader receives power from the followers.
5.In Management, People follow due to the jobIn leadership, people follow on the voluntary basis

INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT

A.      DEFINITION TO MANAGEMENT:

  • Management is defined as supervision of work and implementation of work.
    • Management is defined as carrying out work in planned manner and at the planned time is called Management.
    • Management is defined as supervision of an activity in all subjects.
    • Management is explained as doing work in a better manner is known as management.
    • management is explained as all possible resources, to ensure proper implementation work
    • Management is defined as to organize and use the resources (people, money, and things) of an organization to achieve its goal.
    • Management is an art of managing, handling, controlling with the directing.
  • DEFINITION OF THE MANAGER:

Manager is a person who carries out the management.

  • ELEMENTS OF THE MANAGEMENT:
    • Planning
    • Implementation
    • Evaluation
    • Selecting
    • Directing
    • Controlling
    • Decision Making
  • FUNCTION OF THE MANAGEMENT:
    • Planning
    • Implementation
    • Evaluation
    • Staffing function
    • Organizing function
    • Decision Making
    • Managing
  • MANAGEMENT NEEDS/ RESORCES:
    • Man/ People resources (Reversible resource)
    • Money resources       (Reversible resource)
    • Time resources         (Irreversible resource)
    • Equipment resources (Reversible resource)
    • Drug resources          (Reversible resource)
    • Paper work resources (Reversible resource)
    • Space resources         (Reversible resource)
  • PRINCIPLES OF THE MANAGEMENT:
    • Objectives
    • Learning from experience
    • Division of labor
    • Delegation
    • Substitution of resources
    • Convergence of work
    • Functional determine structure
    • Management by expectations
    • Shortest decision path
  • FACTORS EFFECTING ON MANAGEMENT:
    • Institutional structure
    • Institutional objectives
    • Task factor
    • Environmental factor
    • Social structure
    • People factor
  • MANAGERIAL SKILLS:
    • Technical skills:- such as: Policies, Controlling, Evaluating, Monitoring etc.
    • Conceptual skills:- such as: his/her task related to objectives of organization.
    • Human skills:- such as:- to work with & through people with motivation
  1. MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH TEAM:

A group of the people working together to give health care to the individuals and families in a community is called a health team.

  1. STEPS OF HEALTH TEAM:
    1. Understanding the community
    1. Understanding their problems
    1. Planning
    1. Implementation the plan