short essay

Case-Based Short Essay

Redwood Valley Medical Center (RVMC) has responded to financial pressure by reducing staffing and delaying employee development, resulting in increased burnout, turnover, and patient safety concerns.

In your analysis, address all three components below:

1. Management Thinking (Chapter 4)

• Identify whether RVMC leadership is primarily demonstrating finite or infinite management thinking.
• Explain how this mindset is influencing decision-making under uncertainty and complexity.

1. Motivation Analysis (Chapter 3)

• Apply one motivation theory from Chapter 3 (e.g., Herzberg, Maslow, Expectancy, or Equity Theory) to explain staff burnout, turnover, or disengagement at RVMC.

1. Integrated Recommendation

• Propose one realistic management action that addresses both:
• Improved management thinking (Chapter 4), and
• Workforce motivation (Chapter 3).
• Briefly justify how this action supports long-term organizational sustainability.

Word Limit: 300400 words