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Teams or Groups: What Do You Have in Your Organization?
December 21, 2009 3:34 PM by Brian Garavaglia

Organizations have undertaken considerable effort to institute teams within the workplace. Since teams can bring a level of productivity that often fails to exist on the individual level, many managerial consultants have emphasized the implementation Read More...

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The Importance of Selecting Good People
August 18, 2009 10:00 AM by Brian Garavaglia

Click here to read Brian's column " Gerotalk " on the ADVANCE for Long-Term Care Management Web site. One of the important needs of an administrator is to select people that are well-rounded, and knowledgeable in their skills. One of the important duties Read More...

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Organizational Lines of Authority & Administrative Success
January 28, 2009 8:15 AM by Brian Garavaglia

One of the most important features for organizational success is making sure that the lines of authority are well delineated. Organizational charts within nursing facilities should be quite explicit and larger companies should also make sure that this Read More...

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Problem Personalities can Lead to Workplace Turmoil
April 29, 2008 12:58 PM by Brian Garavaglia

We are all quite different, and all of us come to the workplace setting with different personalities. Long-term care is no different. It brings individuals of different skills, education levels, temperaments, and in particular personality types to the Read More...

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GroupThink as an Impediment Toward Team Decision Making
March 6, 2008 2:40 PM by Brian Garavaglia

Health care administration is not an easy job. Decisions have to be made and often these decisions rely on more than just one person. In the long-term care environment many decisions are made within a team framework. The administrator, along with the Read More...

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Conditions of Certainty, Uncertainty, and Risk in Organizational Decision-Making in Long Term Health Care
February 28, 2008 12:37 PM by Brian Garavaglia

The level of information that one has to makes decisions in health care settings often differs dramatically in any one situation. Decisions are often incumbent on the level of information that is available to the decision makers. Administrators face these Read More...

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Management Style in Long-Term Care: Does One Correct Approach Exist?
February 5, 2008 12:39 PM by Brian Garavaglia

A very common question that is often posed to me is, ”What type of leadership or management style do you have?” The question is often posed as if there is one correct style that exists. Moreover, there has been a substantial amount of studies done on Read More...

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