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In a competitive world with the need for businesses to be more streamlined and productive a company can often find itself with a workforce working under pressure resulting in low moral and high staff turnover. The benefits of a company having a highly motivated workforce can be considerable and the two goals of having a workforce that is both motivated and productive According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product should not be regarded as being mutually exclusive to one another. Left unattended employers run the risk of alienating their employees, events can cause employee frustrations to boil over resulting in employers finding themselves on the back foot, faced with a problem that cannot be ignored. Ideally employers would take time to understand the needs of their employe ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug. Examples of combination products may in s and learn from their experiences of working on the front line, but employers are often themselves tied up day to day fighting their own fires. By automating much of the intelligence gathering process and providing the findings in a format that can be readily analysed online surveys provide employers with an efficient, effective and low cost method to help achieve a lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together. pleasant working environment, where staff satisfaction and productivity is high. Dissatisfied & Unproductive The are many reasons why employees may be dissatisfied with their job and more often than not staff frustration is channelled into a demand for higher salaries and less hours. Employers who tackle these issues head on, making it all about salary and ho here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe rs, will often find themselves dealing with the symptoms and not the root cause. It’s not about Money The following are common barriers to achieving productivity, none of which are likely to be resolved by increasing salaries or reducing hours:- • Inadequate training • Out of touch management • Out of date working methods • Lack of proper tool d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations. Combination pro and equipment Many studies have shown that salaries are rarely the number one priority of employees and providing an employer is paying market rate they would be fundamentally wrong to think that paying higher salaries is the answer to all employee problems. Take the case of a single mother who is juggling a full time job with the need to look after two children. O ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc ut of frustration she may demand more money so that she feels that she is able to cope where a better solution, for both her and the company, may be more flexible working hours. It is About Communication It is important for any company to encourage communication. Company's that make communication between personnel and management difficult, or take the view th easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi t if personnel have a problem they will say something, can often delude themselves into thinking their workforce is content when it is not. It only takes one small problem and one disgruntled employee to feel aggrieved for an entire workforce to develop a destructive ‘them and us’ attitude. Improving Communication One to one meetings between employer and empl nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically yee would be ideal but in practice only practical for very small businesses. Regular meetings between management and worker representatives are good in theory but they often become talking shops and can begin to loose their edge as the participants become familiar with one another and the forum runs the risk of being hijacked by the more extrovert personalities. Sug and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ estion boxes are useful but can be viewed as token efforts by management as they wait for personnel to highlight a problem. Newsletters can be a positive step, but their purpose is generally to inform and not discuss issues. Keeping the Initiative An employee satisfaction survey run on a regular basis is able to ask each employee specific questions and repre ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi ents a pro-active management initiative where the whole workforce can be consulted on various issues. Surveys are able to provide a level playing field between the quieter and more vocal employees. Consultation should not be seen as a sign of weakness, a confident manager will take counsel from all quarters before making a decision. By issuing a survey and keeping th ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it. Following aspects would a e initiative the employer is able to tackle problems from a position of strength as opposed to waiting for problems to fester and then develop out of proportion. Small problems left unresolved can lead to a situation where a minor problem might break the camels back and the workforce mood change from positive to negative over night. It’s Quick and Easy For t dd to the challenges in developing combination products: Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well? Which combination prod e majority of companies online surveys represent a proactive and low cost solution. They are quick to design and for many companies, where the majority of personnel have desktop computers, they are quick to deploy direct to the individual. In situations where individuals do not have personal access to a computer there are still many options available to implement the cts are meaningful and rational? Which therapeutic categories to select? Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients? Do combin online survey solution such as giving access to a shared computer, operator input or, as a last resort, a hardcopy survey. Job Satisfaction There are many elements that go towards providing an employee with job satisfaction, from the working environment, working methodology, working ethos, company ethics to having good and effective management. Job satisfacti tions increase the patient compliance? What would be the developing cost? How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen n brings benefits through improved motivation and productivity from a workforce that feels that they are treated as individuals and not a commodity item. Inform and Educate An online survey can also be used to educate and pass on to the workforce important information, the ‘message’ is consistently delivered and does not suffer from the Chinese whisper phenom t? As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel non where a message can be distorted as it is handed down. An online survey can explain a difficult situation and get valuable feedback from the employees as to the best solution. It is rare in this situation that the workforce would appear negative and more likely that they will feel informed and empowered that might in itself turn a potentially negative problem int ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality. Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust o a positive challenge that unites the workforce. Exit Surveys Exit surveys are an excellent way of ensuring that when personnel leave an organisation they are leaving for the right reasons and not due to reasons that if appreciated earlier could have been addressed and resolved by management. Although identifying a problem may not prevent a person leaving it y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products could solve an unappreciated issue that may, if left unchecked, result in other key personnel also leaving. Analysing the Results Having consulted the workforce with an online survey the results are available for instant analysis. Common and specific problems can be easily identified and brought to the attention of senior management who will then have the opp . As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de rtunity to address the issues that have been raised. Summary Used regularly online surveys represent a simple and productive method of taking the pulse of an organisation and an easy way to establish a two way communication channel between employer and employee with the results providing management with vital, accurate and significant information. For a Samp elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements. Companies that provide selfless information through particip e Employee Satisfaction Survey http://www.surveygalaxy.com/surPublishes.asp?survey_id=1163 For a sample Employee Exit survey http://www.surveygalaxy.com/surPublishes.asp?survey_id=1165 tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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