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Strategies To Minimize Direct Care Worker Shortages, Eric Ik Iloabachie
Strategies To Minimize Direct Care Worker Shortages, Eric Ik Iloabachie
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
There is a worldwide shortage of direct care workers who help older adults in their own homes. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that owners of home health care businesses can use to retain adequate direct care workers for their businesses. Five home care agency owners from Wake County, North Carolina, participated. Each owner had successfully implemented strategies to ensure adequate caregivers to sustain the business. Human relations theory was used to address the business problem. Data collection involved interviewing the 5 owners of home care agency businesses in their offices. Through a process of …
Strategies For Training A Multigenerational Workforce, Lydia Butler
Strategies For Training A Multigenerational Workforce, Lydia Butler
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
For the first time in history, 5 generations are working side by side, creating a challenge concerning training, developing, and managing a multigenerational workforce. More people are working into their later years, and the U.S. labor force participation rate of individuals age 55 and older is projected to increase from 22.4% to 24.8% by 2026. The purpose of this single case study was to explore training strategies managers used to improve multigenerational employee productivity. The sample population included 6 managers of an automotive company in the Great Lakes area of the United States who had knowledge and experience supervising multigenerational …
Strategies To Implement Succession Planning In A Nonprofit, Talecia Y. Parks
Strategies To Implement Succession Planning In A Nonprofit, Talecia Y. Parks
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Surveys of nonprofit organizations conducted between 2004 and 2014 showed that 74% of the 6,923 leaders surveyed did not have a succession plan. In this qualitative single case study, the human capital theory was used as a guide to explore strategies used to implement a succession plan by 3 nonprofit leaders in a single nonprofit organization in a large metropolitan city in Southeastern Georgia. The participants were selected based on their implementation of succession plan strategies and geographical location. Semistructured interviews and document review were used to collect the data, which were analyzed using Yin's 5-step approach. Three themes emerged: …
Strategies To Reduce Employee Turnover, Diane Krzan Merla
Strategies To Reduce Employee Turnover, Diane Krzan Merla
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Businesses that fail to retain knowledgeable employees risk remaining competitive in the marketplace. Approximately 25 million people quit their jobs in 2016, overall. This single case study explored strategies business managers use to reduce employee turnover. The population for this study was 5 business managers from a business and technical personnel support organization in the information and solutions industry in the state of New Jersey who had experience with strategies to improve employee retention. The conceptual framework used in this study was systems theory. Data were collected from company archival documents and semistructured face-to-face interviews with 5 business managers. Moustakas' …
Strategies For Selecting And Individualizing Training For Employee Positioning, Reba Michelle Royster
Strategies For Selecting And Individualizing Training For Employee Positioning, Reba Michelle Royster
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Lack of effective selection and training of employees for positioning within a business can have extensive financial repercussions. Fostering mentoring relationships between leaders and employees increases competitive advantage and institutional financial growth. However, there is limited research that supports the role of mentoring leadership styles for improving organizational productivity. The purpose of this single case study was to explore strategies used by business managers to select and individually train employees for opportunities within the organization to achieve job-person fit. The sample included 5 business managers employed within a medium-sized organization in a consultation firm in the mid-Atlantic region of the …
Leadership Styles Manufacturing Business Managers Use To Reduce Workplace Injuries, Joe Sparks
Leadership Styles Manufacturing Business Managers Use To Reduce Workplace Injuries, Joe Sparks
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The cost of workplace injuries is a major concern for business managers. Business managers in the production, transportation, and material moving industries experience the highest injury rate with an annual average of 198.5 lost days away from work. The purpose of this single case study was to explore transformational leadership skills and strategies used by manufacturing business managers to reduce workplace injuries. The conceptual framework for this study was Bass and Burns's transformational leadership theory. Data collection included semistructured interviews to elicit narratives from 3 managers from a metal manufacturing company located in the southeastern United States about the leadership …
A Case Study On Learning Transfer In A Social Service Organization, Cynthia A. Barnes
A Case Study On Learning Transfer In A Social Service Organization, Cynthia A. Barnes
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Support from managers, training specialists, and human resource development specialists is needed if social service employees are to transfer learning to their organizations. There is a gap in the literature about managers, training specialists, and HRD specialists familiarizing employees with learning transfer expectations. This study addressed the way social service employees transferred what was learned after attending normal training classes. The research questions focused on learning transfer expectations for the employees, conditions that addressed during the learning transfer, processes that are in place where there was not a learning transfer initiative, and the way learning was used by employee. The …