Increasing supervisory effectiveness in a laboratory animal facility.
Management personnel expressed concern that the allocation of work was not properly aligned to permit maximum efficiency in the supervisor job family. Employees at various levels in the supervisor job family also felt that there needed to be greater definition regarding which tasks needed to be done by which level in the organization. Using data collection and interviews, a team of staff employees and consultants successfully evaluated the facility operation and supervision. The information was analyzed and compared with the existing supervisory job descriptions. An action plan was developed and presented to management personnel to increase efficiency and stratify the responsibility of the existing supervisory levels. Supervisory reassignment was proposed.
Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania, USA.
Michael J
MJ
Kuntz
Jeffrey P
JP
Lefrancois
Naomi S
NS
Yergey
Hilton J
HJ
Klein
Joel
J
Goldberg
Scott
S
Laird
D032761:Animal Experimentation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007753:Laboratories / Q000458:organization & administration*