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PARTI PHILUSUP FLEXIBLE BENEFITS SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION AT SHAH MEDICAL CENTER th

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PARTI PHILUSUP FLEXIBLE BENEFITS SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION AT SHAH MEDICAL CENTER the cost and improve the service of its employee benefits covera e , and greater coordination of human resource obie business strategies. A multifunctional team of 13 members was formed with represe d six technical experts from the consulting firm of Hun and Bar Software (HBS Senior management of Shah Alam Medical Center decided to procure and implement a system that would reduce the cost and improve the service o new system would have to meet four goals: improved respons benefits flexibility, better cost management tives with eds, added iveness to employee needs tems s (FS), and Information atives from four departments-Human Resources (HRI, Financial Sys Services (IS)-an m and HBS to clan Early in the project a workshop was held with participants from Shah Ala and finalize project objectives and develop a project plan, milestones, and schedule. Project com pletion was set at 10 months. In that time HBS had to develop and supply all hardware and soft ware for the new system: the system had to be brought on-line, tested, and approved; HR workers had to be trained how to operate the system and load existing employee data; all Shah Alam employees had to be educated about and enrolled in the new benefits process; and the enrollment data had to be entered in the system fy The director of FS was chosen to oversee the project. She had the technical background and had previously worked in the IS group in implementing Shah Alam's patient care information system; everyone on the team approved of her appointment as project leader. She selected two leader's task was to ensure that the The IS leader's task team leaders to assist her, one each from HR and IS. The HR new system met HR requirements and the needs of Shah Alam employees. T was to ensure that the new software interfaced with other Shah Alam systems Members of the Shah Alam team worked on the project on a part-t half their time on the project and the other half on their normal daily and team leaders also worked part-time on the project, although ea , spending roughly duties. The project manager ch gave the project priority. deadlines was imperative. The project give project team members for all project-related decision had made it clear that meeting project requirements and time ct manager was given authority over functional managers and

Explanation / Answer

It is very important for the team members to have an effective management of part-time assignment requirements as if they will not manage these assignments effectively then it will have a negative impact on the deadlines of the project. Despite spending almost 50% time on the project, the team members are still required to focus and put their efforts on I to avoid any kind of conflicts which can take priority in the coming future and could result in delaying the project.