PILOTING THE PAYROLL SYSTEM THROUGH THE HR FUNCTION IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH ESTABLISHMENTS: EVIDENCE FROM A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH

Abstract

A huge context for standardization and mastering
costs and performances in the French health sector
has compelled the public health establishments to
modernize the management of their payroll system
by the Hr function over the last few years. Based on
a collaborative research asked by the French
Department of Health, the paper gets through a
range of hypothesis to cope with those new constraints. The value-added of the research is particularly significant on two sides. Firstly, the results of
the research show that the Hr function should
improve its ability to better manage the payroll system through a tighter cooperation with the management control function. secondly, the results shed
light on the importance for the Hr function to come
up with a model of organization which is both
decentralized and synchronized. As a matter of fact,
such a model would allow the Hr function to better
create value as well as manage standards and norms
which are actually invasive in the field of the health
sector.