title: MANAGER: a multi-user computer scheme for management of laboratory staff working hours.
abstract: To administer a flexible-working-time system in a busy medical microbiology department, without increased administrative workload, a set of programs was produced for computer monitoring of staff time-keeping records. The programs--initially written to facilitate management and minimise clerical work, and extended to encompass all staff absences--are collectively called MANAGER. They allow efficient management of working hours and staff absences, using a multi-user laboratory computer. The programs were all written in MUMPS and evolved in-house, but could be developed for any multi-user laboratory computer system.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: O'Hara
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skingle
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Gillett
mesh_terms: D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008829:Microbiology; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011996:Records; D012984:Software; D000078329:Workforce