Attachment 3 Cause and Effect: Fishbone Diagram

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Attachment 3Cause and Effect Fishbone Diagram
Declining Interest in Hard Sciences
Rapidly Changing Environment
Declining enrollment in science Education
Draconian Budget Cuts
Advent of Increasing PH Risk Emerging
Infectious Disease
Must do more with less
No benchmarking or focused evaluation Of shortage
Reduction in Science programs
Bio/chemical terrorism
Rise of Computer Science Makes traditional
science seem hard
Hard to keep current technically
Too many demands and too few resources
technology, engineering
Aging out of current laboratory directors
Training is largely OTJ
Failure to address problem At national/political
level
Deficit in basic business skills
Shrinking pool of future candidates
Workforce shortage in PH Laboratories
Best practices are not defined
Low morale and low motivation
Inadequate training opportunities for incumbents
No benchmarking or tracking system
Devaluation of Careers in Public Health
Lack of strategic planning
Lack of standard HR practices
Inadequate data collection and reporting
Non competitive salaries, benefits, exposure to
new tools and techniques
Lack of management expertise
Inefficient channels of communication
Lack of exposure to general public
Competition with private industry
Lack of Awareness of PH System
Stigma of Government Service
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Crisis in Public Health Laboratory Leadership
People
Process
Lack of standard HR protocols
The stigma of Public Health - care for the
indigent
Declining interest in hard sciences
Lack of attention and focus
Rise in popularity of computer science
No formal training program on the job
Lack of integrated infrastructure
General lack of awareness
Diversion of attention to other priorities
Workforce shortage in PH Laboratories
Lack of marketing of the PHL and its stories
50 unique personnel systems
Lack of identification and publication of best
practices
Lack of HR procedures
Elimination of formal education tracks
Chasm between public and private sectors
Lack of policies to address rapidly changing
skill requirements
Draconian budget cuts
Procedures
Non supportive political administration
Systems