Identify other potential flexible work ideas that Bon Secours might use.
Identify other potential flexible work ideas that Bon Secours might use.
Please read the case study Bone Secours Health Care.Write a 2-3 page paper. Be sure to address the following questions in your paper:How well could this level of flexible scheduling work in another industry? For example a steel mill?Identify other potential flexible work ideas that Bon Secours might use.Flexible scheduling is common in health care. What would be the likely result without it?Include a cover sheet and 2-3 references. References should be obtained through the Grantham University online library (see attachment). Only one website reference will be allowed (not Wikipedia).Bon Secours Health CareHealth care has used flexible work arrangements for years as managers try to provide round the clockcare for patients. Recently it has become even more difficult as shortages in the health care workforcehave required creativity to attract and keep people.Bon Secours Richmond Health Systems uses a variety of flexible scheduling innovations forhard-to-fill evenings and weekend shifts at its hospitals. Employees can choose from compressed workweeks (four 10 hour shifts or three 12 hour shifts) weekends only with extra pay four- or eight-hourshifts and seven days on followed by seven days off.Women make up 85% of the workforce and flexible schedules work well for them. Dependingon life stages employees may make different choices. A new employee just out of college may preferworking full time with a rotating schedule but workers with children may need a fixed schedule thatdoesnt rotate. Some employees with several children may want to work part time. Part time is madeattractive by providing full benefits and employer-assisted housing for those scheduled for as little as 16hours per week.Bon Secours flexible work arrangements are credited with lowering first year employeeturnover rates from 50% to 10% in four years. The national benchmark average is 28%. Employeeengagement scores have risen from 3.6 to 4.55 on a 5-point scale and employees can read successstories in the employee newsletter that may provide solutions to any dilemmas they may have withregard to scheduling. In small lunches with the CEO employees have confirmed that they value havingmore control over their time.Eight-five percent of Bon Secours employees use a flexible schedule either formally orinformally. Forty-five percent use a compressed work week and 10% job share. Twenty-five percentwork a temporary or part-time work schedule and 3% do telework.67Questions1. How well could this level of flexible scheduling work in another industry? For exampleconsider scheduling in a steel mill.2. Identify other potential flexible work ideas that Bon Secours might use.3. Flexible scheduling is common in health care. What would be the likely results without flexiblescheduling?
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