Promoting leadership effectiveness in the public hospitals: a case study at Uitenhage provincial hospital
- Authors: Hoffman, Nyameka
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Leadership , Hospitals -- South Africa -- Management
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MBA
- Identifier: vital:8911
- Description: Effective leadership is essential for the achievement of any organisational success. The need for strong leadership and increased diversity is a prominent issue in today’s health service workforce. Effective leadership involves influencing others towards achieving the goals of the organisation. Leadership is the central ingredient necessary for progress as well as for the development and survival of organisations, especially in a changing environment such as is evident in South Africa. This study was undertaken to explore and describe the views of health professionals with respect to factors that promote or influence leadership effectiveness in public hospitals, with specific reference to Uitenhage Provincial Hospital. The research design of this study was a quantitative, explorative, descriptive survey. Interviews were conducted to explore and describe the views and perceptions of healthcare professionals (clinical and nonclinical), and the management of the Uitenhage Provincial Hospital, regarding leadership effectiveness in a public hospital. Firstly, a literature study was conducted on healthcare leadership generally and to identify various leadership approaches and factors that influence leadership effectiveness. More emphasis was put on the current and the most recent approaches to leadership. Secondly, an empirical study was conducted to gain the views and ideas of health professionals regarding leadership effectiveness in the institution. Lastly, the results of the empirical study were evaluated, conclusions were drawn and recommendations were made, based on the information obtained from both the literature study and the empirical study.
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- Date Issued: 2013
- Authors: Hoffman, Nyameka
- Date: 2013
- Subjects: Leadership , Hospitals -- South Africa -- Management
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MBA
- Identifier: vital:8911
- Description: Effective leadership is essential for the achievement of any organisational success. The need for strong leadership and increased diversity is a prominent issue in today’s health service workforce. Effective leadership involves influencing others towards achieving the goals of the organisation. Leadership is the central ingredient necessary for progress as well as for the development and survival of organisations, especially in a changing environment such as is evident in South Africa. This study was undertaken to explore and describe the views of health professionals with respect to factors that promote or influence leadership effectiveness in public hospitals, with specific reference to Uitenhage Provincial Hospital. The research design of this study was a quantitative, explorative, descriptive survey. Interviews were conducted to explore and describe the views and perceptions of healthcare professionals (clinical and nonclinical), and the management of the Uitenhage Provincial Hospital, regarding leadership effectiveness in a public hospital. Firstly, a literature study was conducted on healthcare leadership generally and to identify various leadership approaches and factors that influence leadership effectiveness. More emphasis was put on the current and the most recent approaches to leadership. Secondly, an empirical study was conducted to gain the views and ideas of health professionals regarding leadership effectiveness in the institution. Lastly, the results of the empirical study were evaluated, conclusions were drawn and recommendations were made, based on the information obtained from both the literature study and the empirical study.
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- Date Issued: 2013
Identification of Management skills required by middle Managers to effectively manage a public hospital in the Eastern Cape
- Authors: Belemu, Roy Boombe
- Date: 2000
- Subjects: Hospitals -- South Africa -- Management , Health services administration -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MTech
- Identifier: vital:10829 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/19 , Hospitals -- South Africa -- Management , Health services administration -- South Africa
- Description: The research problem addressed in this study was to identify what management skills do middle managers require to manage the organisational units effectively. To achieve this objective a theoretical model of management skills required by middle managers to effectively manage a public hospital was developed, using relevant literature in which management skills are identified. The theoretical model consisted of the following categories of management skills whose correct application can promote managerial effectiveness in managing organisational units: General management skills; Technical skills; Human skills; Leadership skills; Financial management skills; Computer skills. Each category of the management skills was broken down into elements that were then analysed using literature identified during the literature study. The model was then used to develop a questionnaire to assess the degree to which managers responsible for running the clinical, nursing and paramedical departments of a public hospital in the Eastern Cape rate the elements in terms of importance. The empirical results obtained indicate that a wide variety of skills are regarded by middle managers as important to performance of their managerial roles. This resulted in the theoretical model being confirmed and the identified management skills being accepted as management skills required by middle managers to effectively manage a public hospital in the Eastern Cape.
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- Date Issued: 2000
- Authors: Belemu, Roy Boombe
- Date: 2000
- Subjects: Hospitals -- South Africa -- Management , Health services administration -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MTech
- Identifier: vital:10829 , http://hdl.handle.net/10948/19 , Hospitals -- South Africa -- Management , Health services administration -- South Africa
- Description: The research problem addressed in this study was to identify what management skills do middle managers require to manage the organisational units effectively. To achieve this objective a theoretical model of management skills required by middle managers to effectively manage a public hospital was developed, using relevant literature in which management skills are identified. The theoretical model consisted of the following categories of management skills whose correct application can promote managerial effectiveness in managing organisational units: General management skills; Technical skills; Human skills; Leadership skills; Financial management skills; Computer skills. Each category of the management skills was broken down into elements that were then analysed using literature identified during the literature study. The model was then used to develop a questionnaire to assess the degree to which managers responsible for running the clinical, nursing and paramedical departments of a public hospital in the Eastern Cape rate the elements in terms of importance. The empirical results obtained indicate that a wide variety of skills are regarded by middle managers as important to performance of their managerial roles. This resulted in the theoretical model being confirmed and the identified management skills being accepted as management skills required by middle managers to effectively manage a public hospital in the Eastern Cape.
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- Date Issued: 2000
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