Health Organization Productivity – PST06101 Leadership and Management
NTA Level 6 • Semester 1 • PST06101 Health Organization Productivity Leadership and Management • Source Session/Topic 17 Full source-text version: all educational wording from the extracted learning source is retained; only presenter/tutor metadata and web-layout noise are removed, while formatting is improved for readability. Session 17: Health Organization Productivity Total Session Time: 120 minutes Prerequisites • None Learning Tasks By the end of this session students are expected to be able to: • Define the term productivity • Explain the relationship between organization and productivity • Describe the role of pharmaceutical unit to the organisation productivity • Describe relationship between motivation and organizational productivity. • Mention quality products in the health service delivery. Resources Needed: • Flip charts, marker pens, and masking tape • Black/white board and chalk/whiteboard markers • LCD projector and computer • Note books and Pens SESSION OVERVIEW Activity/ Step Time Content Method 1 05 minutes Presentation Introduction, Learning Tasks 2 15 minutes Presentation Productivity and Organizational Productivity 20 minutes Presentation The Relationship Between Organization and 3 Buzzing Productivity 30 minutes Presentation The Role of Pharmaceutical Services to 4 Health Organizational Productivity 30 minutes Presentation Relationship Between Motivation and 5 Small group Organizational Productivity Discussion 10 minutes Presentation Quality Products in the Health Service 6 Delivery 7 05 minutes Presentation Key Points 8 05 minutes Presentation Evaluation PST 06101 Leadership and Management NTA L 6 Semester 2 Facilitator Guide 97 SESSION CONTENTS STEP 1: Presentation of Session Title and Learning Tasks (5 minutes) READ or ASK students to read the learning tasks and clarify ASK students if they have any questions before continuing. STEP 2: Definition of Productivity and Organization Productivity (10 minutes) • Productivity is a regular degree of the efficiency of production or service delivery. It can be expressed as the ratio of output to inputs used in the production or service process, i.e. output per unit of input • Organization productivity is the degree of efficiency of service provision to clients compared to inputs used. STEP 3: Relationship Between Pharmaceutical Services and Health Organization Productivity (20 minutes) Activity: Buzzing (5 minutes) Ask students to pair in 2 and work on the following • What is the relationship between pharmaceutical services and health organization productivity? ALLOW few students to respond WRITE their responses on the flip chart/board CLARIFY and SUMMARISE by using the content below • Pharmaceutical deals with availability of medicines and other supplies which are used by health clients hence that links the unit with organizational productivity • Pharmaceutical unit is a final stage of health services as it is the one which addresses the identified or proved client‘s health problem • At pharmaceutical is where the availability of medicines and supplies to patient related health problem will conclude the entire efforts made by other health care units or staff to clients and since productivity is the degree of efficiency of product or services then that mark the degree of organization service delivery to clients. • A qualified pharmaceutical staff will facilitate the proper pharmaceutical services to clients to complement efforts made by other medical personnel by delivering quality products, advice and intended services to clients. • Facilitate to prepare extemporaneous preparation (Syrup, ointments, cream and other medication pending on availability of ingredients) which reduces organization running costs and ending increasing organizational productivity by selling the product to end user. PST 06101 Leadership and Management NTA L 6 Semester 2 Facilitator Guide 98 • Enhances proper storage of products, medicines and supplies hence minimizes wastage through unnecessary expiry and unnecessary wastage. STEP 4: Role of Pharmaceutical Services to Health Organization Productivity (30 minutes) • Receiving medicines and supplies from suppliers • Identifying type of medicines and supplies • Keeping medicines and supplies • Issuing medicines and supplies to end user or other medical staff with skills to issue to end user • Inspecting or checking the medicines and supplies status • Providing information to end user regarding the best use of the product given • Advising other medical personnel on the change of medicines and medical supplies as per market change. • All those roles have a link with organizational productivity STEP 5: Relationship Between Staff Motivation and Health Organization Productivity (30 minutes) Activity: Small Group Discussion ( 20 minutes) DIVIDE students into small manageable groups ASK students to discuss on the following question • What is relationship between staff motivation and health organization productivity? ALLOW students to discuss for 15 minutes ALLOW few groups to present and the rest to add points not mentioned CLARIFY and SUMMARIZE by using the contents below: • Motivation is a range of issues that influence staff inputs towards work. Hence staff motivation pharmaceutical staff inclusive has a direct relationship with health organization productivity. There are many issues to be addressed in staff motivation in health organization as follows: o Management styles to workers if motivates staff on handling their affairs, good language, fair treatment, etc. encourages them to work hard implying increasing organizational productivity PST 06101 Leadership and Management NTA L 6 Semester 2 Facilitator Guide 99 o Rewarding system like salaries, extra duty allowance, etc. for those staff who deserve motivates staff towards increasing their efforts to work hence raising productivity o Career development in their respective disciplines motivates staff updating their understandings in their career leading them to perform better to their clients and if so it raises the organizational image hence raising organizational productivity. o Job related assignments to staff in line with staff expertise motivates staff doing work or tasks as per their skills. That has a motivation relationship to staff as they keep improving their understanding to their respective speciality leading them enjoying work hence increasing productivity of their organization. o Environmental and social cultural issues which surrounds staff working environment like market where staff get commodities, neighbours, policy issues in line with organizational services, political support in favour of what staff is delivering to clients in their organization, etc. When those are positive they have a positive motivational