title: Employment freeze management: an approach to attaining retrenchment goals.
abstract: This article describes a management philosophy for retrenchment and down-sizing within a major health care institution. The author focuses on an unique approach for reducing staff to attain retrenchment goals in light of ever decreasing operating budgets, increased cost containment and accountability, and increased demands for productivity enhancement and service in a competitive customer-oriented health care market.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods*; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D009825:Oklahoma; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000379:methods*; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011367:Professional Staff Committees / Q000458:organization & administration*