A Study for the Evaluation of the Role of Executive Leadership at Professional Life and an Institutionalization Process of a Hospital

Number: 3 September 1, 2013
  • Vedat Moloğlu
  • Sefer Gümüş
  • Gülfer Bektaş
  • Zeynep Aydoğan
  • Arzu İrban
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A Study for the Evaluation of the Role of Executive Leadership at Professional Life and an Institutionalization Process of a Hospital

Abstract

Aim: Nowadays, in the health care sector there is severe competition among private hospitals due to very sudden increase in the number of hospitals. In health care services, executive leadership is very important in making a critical decisions and performing changes for improvement. In order to make a strategic planning of healthcare management, this study was designed to highlight what lower echelon executives think about the roles of leaders for the medical community at the work life and at the institutionalization process of a hospital. Material-Method: After approval by hospitals’ administration, thirty lower echelon executives were included in the study. A questionnaire was sent. Results: It was seen that leaders of the medical community in their hospitals did not use their leadership skills, although they emphasized the importance of the process of institutionalization of a hospital, they do not take step forward in this issue. Conclusion: This study revealed that managers should improve their leadership’s skills, they should be unafraid to take step toward institutionalization, and also they should take other workers’ ideas into the consideration.

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English

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Authors

Vedat Moloğlu

Sefer Gümüş

Gülfer Bektaş

Zeynep Aydoğan

Arzu İrban

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September 1, 2013

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Year 1970 Number: 3

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Moloğlu V, Gümüş S, Bektaş G, Aydoğan Z, İrban A (September 1, 2013) A Study for the Evaluation of the Role of Executive Leadership at Professional Life and an Institutionalization Process of a Hospital. Acıbadem Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi 3 132–135.