Developing competent public hospital managers: a qualitative study from Iran

Developing competent public hospital managers: a qualitative study from Iran Edris Kakemam, Ali Janati, Bahram Mohaghegh, Masoumeh Gholizadeh, Zhanming Liang International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp.149-163 Hospitals need highly trained and competent managers to be responsible for the strategic development, overall operation and service provision. The identification and confirmation of core management competency requirements is a fundamental first step towards developing the competent management workforce for sustainable hospital service provision. This paper reports on the finding of a recent study focusing on identifying managerial competencies required by middle and senior-level managers in the public hospitals in Iran. The qualitative research design included position description analysis and focus group discussions with middle and senior-level public hospital managers in Iran. When analysing the identified knowledge, skills and attitudes, the validated MCAP framework was used to guide the grouping of them into associating management competencies. The study identified 11 to 13 key tasks required by middle and senior-level managers and confirmed that the position descriptions used by current Iranian hospitals might not truly reflect the actual core responsibilities of the management positions. The study also confirmed seven core managerial competencies required to perform these tasks effectively. These c...
Source: International Journal of Workplace Health Management - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Source Type: research