Consider the following scenario:
As the management team of a busy call center for a health care organization, you note that the volume of calls has doubled over the past year.
Although you do not have the budget to hire additional staff, you do have an additional $20,000 to spend on your department to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction.
Write a 700- to 1,400-word essay, using the five step planning process that describes how your team might improve efficiency and customer service in your department by focusing on teamwork. Address the following in your team's proposal:
Describe briefly each of the five steps of the planning process
Identify how each of the steps will be applied in the given situation. Give specific examples.
Explain why teams are essential to health care
Outline how teams are used in other industries (examples might be aviation, auto racing, and the military.. or any other industry)
Determine how teamwork lessons from other industries might be applied to the health care industry
Cite at least two references, one of which may be the course textbook, to support your position.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.