HRM Analysis and Recommendations



Abstract

The human resource in the health care industry play a very important role as it is one of the three main components of health care facilities. Therefore, it should be properly managed to resolve the various issues that hinder the proper alignment of the human resource practices with the goals of the organization. This issue can be resolved by following a number of recommendations which have been provided in the paper.

Abstractii

Introduction1

Discussion1

Overview of Company1

Businesses of McKesson2

Distribution Solutions2

Technology Solutions3

Compensation in McKesson3

Relevant Technologies in McKesson4

Labor Market for McKesson4

HRM in Health Care Industry5

Issues Related to Human Resource in Health Care5

Impact of HRM in Health Resource Reform6

Health Care in United States7

Good Practices in HRM8

Recommendations for McKesson8

Conclusion10

References11

HRM Analysis and Recommendations

Introduction

This research paper is focused on providing a set of recommendations that will better align the human resource practices of McKesson with its objectives. Therefore, the company's overview along with the various issues that are faced by health care industry are provided which are followed by the recommendations that will help the company to achieve this purpose. The thesis statement for this research paper will be:

“The issues that McKesson faces in aligning the human resource practices with the objectives of the organization can be solved through the application of various recommendations”.

Discussion

Overview of Company

McKesson was founded in 1833 and has its headquarters in San Francisco, America. The company has more than thirty seven thousand employees and is ranked as number one in the pharmaceutical distribution in Canada and United States. It is also ranked number one for hospital automation, generics pharmaceutical distribution, in services to payers and the medical management software. The company is also ranked fourteen by Fortune 500 and had the revenue of about $122.7 billion in 2012. More than 52 percent of the hospitals in United States use McKesson service and technology. Almost 33 percent of the pharmaceuticals that are used in North America are delivered by McKesson (www.mckesson.com).

Businesses of McKesson

It consists of many businesses which serve the heath care industry. However, these businesses fall in two main categories which are:

Distribution Solutions

The distribution solutions of McKesson are responsible for delivering pharmaceuticals to institutional providers such as health systems and hospitals, and retail pharmacies. It has pharmaceutical distribution channels all over the country due to which it serves the customers in all the fifty states. It also offers health care products, equipment and technology and the related services which include the surgery centers, physician offices, home care businesses and long term care facilities. It is presently the largest distributor in North America. It also operates in Canada and has equity holding in a leading distributor, Nado in Mexico (www.mckesson.com).

Zee Medical

Plasma and BioLogics

Moore Medical

McKesson Specialty Health

McKesson Pharmacy Systems

McKesson Pharmaceuticals

McKesson Patient Relationship Solutions

McKesson Medical-Surgical

Technology Solutions

The technology solutions of McKesson provide automation, software, consulting and services to the hospitals, imaging centers, physician offices, payers and home health care agencies. They also provide connectivity services which are interactive to streamline the administrative, financial and clinical communication between financial institutions, pharmacies, payers, providers and ...