Evaluating productivity and budgeting staff.
A principal objective of productivity measurement is the manager's desire to match available labor hours (capacity) with available workload (demand) while concurrently minimizing the cost of carrying that capacity. In this article, Mr. Schwartz presents technical labor capacity concepts from a management engineering perspective. Included is assistance in ascertaining the true number of labor hours in a radiology department, and in understanding workload measurement standards.
D004526:Efficiency; D006748:Hospital Departments; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000379:methods*; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013996:Time and Motion Studies; D014481:United States; D014937:Work; D000078329:Workforce