Raising the Bar for People Practices: Helping All Health Organizations Become "Preferred Employers"
Healthcare QuarterlyPublished 15 January 2005Open access
Graham Lowe
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Human resources are the single largest budget line in any healthcare organization, but employees are not costs; rather, they must be viewed by managers, boards, and governments as the core assets of the system.
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Human resources are the single largest budget line in any healthcare organization. But employees are not costs; rather, they must be viewed by managers, boards, and governments as the core assets of the system.
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