In response to escalating cost pressures throughout the hospital industry, the management of Beth Israel Hospital (BI) decided to implement a plan to reduce the performance of its operating costs. They chose the Scanlon plan, employee participation and incentive programs were previously used only in industrial settings. The case describes the difficulties of implementing the plan (Prepare/21) in an integrated BI organization and asks students to evaluate the success of plans -. Both in terms of response and financial officer, after working for nine months, "Hide
by Raymond A. Friedman, Caitlin Deinard Source: Harvard Business School 28 pages. Publication Date: January 19, 1991. Prod. # 491 045-PDF-ENG