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Duke Hospital, InterGom
Employee of the
Month
marip: iip:rnd()x jorKDAX
Host of tli(' folks wlio work at the
Hospital will rocof^iiize Marie as the
youiijj- lady who occupies the front
desk in the Personnel Ofifice. She is
usually the first to jjreet job api)iicants
and later follows throurh by i)lHcin"
them on the payroll.
.Mrs. Jourdan—she I'ecently ac
quired this title, too—has been a pil
lar of strength in the Personnel Of
fice for the past seven years. Her
cheerful, friendly nianiH'r is eonijjle-
niented by a R-reat deal of alertness
which has »;aiiied i'esp(>ct from those
she sei-ves.
To (piote a lew j)assaj>es from r(‘-
commeiidations w’hich pretty well
characterize Marie: “an extremelv
well-informed and intelligent person
who knows her business and always
makes one awan* that there are still
nice people in this w’oi'ld”—“Nev'er
have 1 found her in error.”—“It is a
pleasure to seek her coo])eration. ”
The Jourdans live at 815 West
;\Iarkham Avenue.
Could You Guess
the amount of money devoted to
research iii the Medical (’enter dur-
ino- 1 !),')!)-()0 ?
I University budgeted
funds $1,4:58,620.00
Federal research
Snints l,6r)0,4;!;].0()
Federal trainiu"
grants !)f)7,40r).00
Other o-rants and depart
mental funds 8;}2,014.00
Total .$4,918,472.00
Medical School Gift
Program
Each spriu«:, the Medical Center’s
Faculty and Staff are jjiven an oji-
portunity to participate in the ]\Ied-
ical School’s annual givinjr i>ro-
f^ram, which is a part of the Loyalty
Fund. This year’s c^onunittee is
headed by Dr. .1. Lauujr Callaway.
Serving with him ai'e Drs. Robert
(’readick, Madison S])ach, (Jlenn
Youn? and Mr. Louis Swanson.
To mid-May $5,020 had been re
ceived from 9.‘] contributors. Con
tributions received before the close
of the fiscal j^eai-, June liO, will be
credited to this year’s total.
What People
Are Saying
Fvohi flir faiin'h) of an A In bam a
patient:
We enjoyed our stay af Ihc Ilos-
pital. Everyone was so nice to us.
]\Iy ^Mother is much improved, thanks
to you.
From the father of a Duke student:
A^ain let me expre.ss my ai>j)recia-
tion for tlie care and attention that
our son received from you. It was
very si"itifyin>' to his I\I)iher and my
self that the emerprency was taken
care of so promptly and successfully.
Why a Job Analvst?
In an effort to im]>rove the Univer
sity rersonnel Program, a study of all
non-academic and noii-professioual
jobs has been undertaken. Question
naires have been distributed to em-
p^ioyees a^; the first phase of the .stud\’.
Emj)loj^ees are now asking: “What is
a position classification plan.'” And
“What are the i)urposes and ad
vantages of having one '”
A j)osition classification plan is an
inv('ntory of the duties and resj)onsibi-
lities of the i)ositions in an organi
zation. It outlines characteristics of
j)ositions su('h as uatui'(‘ of work, level
ol (lifificulty and ('(‘sponsibility, and
the like; not the characteristics' of the
emi)loyees who occujjy them.
Its purj)oses and advantages an>
sevei’al. It assists management in re
cruitment, testing, orientation, train
ing, transfer and promotion of em
ployees. It establishes the basis for
ini|)roved ein])loyee morale and re-
duc(‘s turnov(M'. It assists sup(>rvisor\'
aiul dej)artuiental management by d(‘-
fining jobs and clarifying I'esponsi-
bilit.v. It i)rovides organizational and
fiscal control.
I he initial study is bcng conducted
under the supervision of tiie Xorth
(ai’olina Em))I()ynieut Security Com
mission. To be effectiv(‘ a studv of this
’•ind must be kei)t u|)-to-date.‘To i>ro-
vi(l(' for this two aiuilysts have been
added to the Personnel l)eT)artment:
illiain Christian in th« I niver'^ity
Petro.inel Ofifice and Robert Hall in
th'* ]\fedi(‘al Center Personn(>l Office.
Either will be glad to answer any
f|uestions concerning the study.