Women Health Care Managers: An Economic and Employment Profile

Article Abstract:

After reviewing the literature, researchers found: 1) men still have a higher median salary than women, 2) of 2,500 people making over $100,000 a year, only fifteen are women, 3) eighty percent of the labor force in the health care industry are women while only ten percent of these hold positions as decision makers. Data on both for-profit and not-for-profit industries are provided, Methodology is outlined. Findings include: 1) description of respondent by age, position and salary, 2) commitment to a health care career and 3) job mobility. Further study of salary is suggested.

Surveys, Businesswomen, Health services administration

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Schmoozing with the enemy: conversations with employee benefits managers

Article Abstract:

Health care service managers should become aware of the increase in employee health benefit buying among employee benefits managers, and how they approach their buying. There is a lot of variation among even homogeneous employers, so the best way to determine their approach is to talk with them directly. Even so, buying patterns among employee benefits managers are changing with the growth of networks, purchasing co-ops and employer group purchasing arrangements.

Management, Employee benefits

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Why is traditional accounting failing managers?

Article Abstract:

The progress of activity-based costing (ABC) system is impeded by project managers who are slow to identify the behavioral change aspects of the system. Inability to identify the system's behavioral change results mainly from a misconception that ABC is just a measuring scheme or cost allocator. Failure with ABC project also results when model designs used by firms are poor.

Accounting Methods NEC, Research, Accounting, Cost control

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