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