HealtH Matters 41
Human rEsOurCEs
“the fall in job
satisfaction, which has
been marked across both
the private and public
sectors, has been
accompanied by an
increase in the proportion
of people reporting they
+ Michael McDonnell,
Director of CIPD
are under excessive
Ireland says “job
satisfaction and
pressure at work”
personal finances are
under stress.”
the reality is that Hse managers have no sector. With a skilled and professional
more influence on government policies workforce and unions that have already
than do the trade unions leaders so we proposed a path for ‘transformation’ to
have to maintain our morale and consider enhance services and value for taxpayers,
the improvements in health services we can already see land ahead over
which lie ahead after the worst cuts or troubled waters.
‘adjustments’ are absorbed. this is why engagement is always more
fruitful in securing productive improvements
Flexibility at work for patient services than trying to prevent
One positive outcome is that we now the inevitable changes which lie ahead. I
have a general picture of the agreed have met many painters who tried to prevent
transformation of public services the introduction of the roller brush; printers
envisaged by all those who are focused on who resisted computerised type-setting;
delivering quality health services through and dock workers who pledged to fight to
flexibility and further capital and current the death against the use of
investment over the coming years. containers – all in vain.
My work with many private sector Bearing in mind the
organisations over the past decade has importance of engagement,
witnessed the depressing impact of and as people try to cope
compulsory job cuts, abandonment of with tighter budgets and pay
defined benefit pensions, reduced core cuts, it would seem prudent
pay rates and longer shift roster patterns. for an organisation like the
they have often been accompanied by Hse to become actively
voluntary departures even when third- involved in an engagement
party interventions by the labour relations programme and employee
Commission and labour Court, and trade attitude surveys.
union accommodations, helped soften the
worst impacts. Gerald Flynn is an
the challenges and changes which employment specialist
aer lingus, Waterford Crystal, Guinness, with Align Management
Iarnród Éireann, Halifax and many other Solutions and an adviser
organisations have all faced over the past to CIPD Ireland – gflynn@
15 years will be echoed in the health alignmanagement.net
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