A New Dynamic Nursing Workforce Planning Considering Skills Required at the Different Organizational Hierarchy: An Optimal Control Method

Subject Areas : Business Strategy

Shila Monazam Ebrahimpour ¹ , Fariborz Rahimnia ² , Alireza pooya ³ , Mohammad Mahdi Farahi ⁴ , Morteza Pakdaman ⁵

1 - Ph.D. Graduated from Department of Management, Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Professor of Department of Management, Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
3 - Professor of Department of Management, Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor of Department of Management, Faculty of Economics & Administrative Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
5 - Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science and Meteorological Research Center (ASMERC), Atmospheric Science and Meteorological Research Center (ASMERC), Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2022-05-28 Accepted : 2022-09-11 Published : 2022-09-01

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