Dentistry in South Africa and the need  for management and leadership training

Dental professionals face many challenges due to a rapidly changing environment, and are acknowledging the need for essential leadership skills to perform optimally. We assessed key stakeholders’ views about the need for management and leadership training in dentistry in South Africa . The aim of this study, was to assess the need for leadership and management training in Dentistry in South Africa from an industry perspective. A qualitative study. Purposive sampling of 14 Senior Managers in the dental environment and 11 recently qualified dentists in South Africa. We conducted one-on-one and telephonic interviews guided by a semi-structured questionnaire with open-ended questions. Interviews were recorded, transcribed and data was thematically analysed. Participants expressed concerns about dentistry in South Africa. All participants mentioned financial constraints, including the high cost of setting up a practice, high cost of imported consumables and dwindling support from medical schemes. Participants stated that strong leadership and managerial skills were important for dealing with these challenges. Inculcating these skills will make a remarkable difference in enhancing services and providing purposive direction within the profession.

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Management and leadership training: the need for an educational strategy

Psychiatric Bulletin ◽

10.1192/pb.15.12.745 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 15 (12) ◽

pp. 745-746 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

R. J. McClelland

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Leadership Training ◽

Care Delivery ◽

Leadership Skills ◽

Good Clinical Practice ◽

Educational Strategy ◽

Clinical Leadership ◽

Management Roles ◽

Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽

Management And Leadership

It is increasingly recognised that effectiveness and efficiency of health care delivery depends on sound clinical leadership. Few would now disagree that if doctors are to carry out their clinical and management roles effectively within the NHS they must have a full appreciation of the organisation within which they work and possess the necessary management and leadership skills. Good management is an integral part of good clinical practice.

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The Relationship Between CAE Leadership and the IAF’s Involvement in Corporate Governance

Journal of Accounting Auditing & Finance ◽

10.1177/0148558x19867539 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 0148558X1986753

Author(s):

Pierluigi Martino ◽

Giuseppe D’Onza ◽

Robert Melville

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Corporate Governance ◽

Quality Assurance ◽

Leadership Training ◽

Leadership Skills ◽

Internal Audit ◽

Activity Type ◽

Improvement Program ◽

Internal Audit Function ◽

The Relationship

This article examines the importance of leadership in the context of the internal audit function (IAF). We investigate the influence of the Chief Audit Executive’s (CAE) leadership in enabling the IAF to become a strategic player in corporate governance (CG). Using the responses of 804 CAEs from the Anglosphere countries and South Africa, we find that strong CAE leadership skills and the existence of a leadership training program are significantly and positively associated with IAF involvement in CG processes. This provides support for the argument that CAEs with strong leadership skills help the IAF to move from a behind-the-scenes player to a key actor in the improvement of CG practices, increasing the IAF’s organizational relevance. We also find that the use of a risk-based audit plan, the existence of a quality assurance and improvement program (QAIP), activity type (consulting vs. assurance), and IAF size are also positively associated with IAF involvement in CG. These findings suggest that IAF activity characteristics also have significant implications for this function’s stronger involvement in the CG space.

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Rescuing Training: Joining Learning and Application in a Federal Agency Training Program

Public Personnel Management ◽

10.1177/009102608801700306 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 303-313 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Terry Newell ◽

James Wolf ◽

Allan Drexler

Keyword(s):

Training Program ◽

Management Training ◽

Support Network ◽

Senior Managers ◽

Managerial Skills ◽

Effective Learning ◽

Managerial Support ◽

Novel Approach ◽

High Level ◽

Formal Training Program

Traditional management training has often been too expensive or too poorly designed to be a credible vehicle for improving managerial skills and agency performance. The Senior Managers Program of the U.S. Department of Education offers an alternative. The year-long program integrates training with on-the-job application of skills to provide both a more effective learning environment and immediate results to demonstrate the value of the training. Each training workshop is followed by a planned and monitored intervention in the participant's work unit, and teams of participants work on significant agency problems identified by high-level officials. In addition to this novel approach to linking training with organizational change, the program seeks to develop a managerial support network to promote continued growth and agency improvement after the formal training program ends.

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South West England leadership training survey (2019)

BMJ Leader ◽

10.1136/leader-2020-000308 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. leader-2020-000308

Author(s):

Samuel Hayward ◽

Sophie McGlade ◽

Samantha Cockburn ◽

Ben Ballisat ◽

Freya Smith-Jack ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Leadership Development ◽

Leadership Training ◽

Junior Doctor ◽

Quality Care ◽

Leadership Skills ◽

Management Training ◽

Leadership And Management ◽

South West ◽

South West England

IntroductionThe National Health Service Long Term Plan recognises that excellent quality care requires great leadership. Understanding junior doctor experiences of leadership development can inform organisations to improve trainee leadership skills.MethodsA survey of South West (SW) England trainees was conducted to capture views on leadership and management training.ResultsResults came from 190 trainees across both SW deaneries, areas of practice and all training stages. Respondents agreed that leadership skills are important for doctors (n=186; 99%). Lack of time was indicated as a barrier to developing leadership skills (n=139; 75.5%). Audits and quality improvement projects were used for developing leadership skills. Colleagues were the main source of support.DiscussionSW trainees recognise the importance of developing leadership skills, underlining the need to prioritise opportunities for leadership development. Respondents had ideas to improve areas of practice, where ideas were supported, they were implemented.ConclusionCompared with national findings SW trainee experiences are positive, with more ideas implemented, more time for developing skills and more resources used. Activities engaged in closely aligned to the 70:20:10 model of leadership. Trainees should be encouraged to access support from peers and create networks of opportunity. Additional research in this area is needed.

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Evaluation of Safety Management and Leadership Training Using Mobile Technologies among Logging Supervisors

Journal of Agromedicine ◽

10.1080/1059924x.2019.1567420 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 197-204 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Berumen-Flucker ◽

Rodriguez ◽

Cienega ◽

Casanova ◽

Pompeii ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Leadership Training ◽

Test Scores ◽

Safety Management ◽

Management Training ◽

The United States ◽

Mobile Technologies ◽

Leadership And Management ◽

Safety Leadership ◽

Southeastern Us ◽

Management And Leadership

Background: Logging is recognized as one of the most dangerous industries in the United States (US), ranking among those with the highest occupational injury and fatality rates. Although logging operations in the Southeastern US have lower rates of injuries and fatalities compared to other regions of the US, due in part to the use of large machinery to fell timber as opposed to chainsaw felling, safety hazards continue to persist. The hazards present in the logging cut sites in which loggers operate may result in worker injury, illness, or fatality. Our objective was to develop, deliver, and evaluate a safety management and leadership training among logging contractors and supervisors using mobile tablets as a personal learning environment.Methods: A safety leadership and management training vignette was developed based on previously collected focus group needs assessment data. A non-random sample of 31 male logging supervisors received the safety leadership and management training on a mobile tablet. Kirkpatrick Levels 1, 2, and 3 training effectiveness evaluations were performed.Results: A statistically significant large effect size suggests safety knowledge was gained among training participants when comparing post-test scores to pre-test scores (Level-2). Participants rated their training experience favorably (Level-1), and applied knowledge gained from the training throughout their weekly work activities three months after training (Level-3).Conclusion: Our findings suggest the utilization of mobile learning techniques can be an effective means to deliver safety management and leadership training content to logging contractors and supervisors. Future trainings should be linguistically and literacy-level appropriate, as well as comprehensive in nature, including meaningful and relevant content. Our observations support the use of mobile devices as just one component of a more comprehensive health and safety management program for workers in the logging industry.

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Medical Students’ perceptions and attitudes toward Medical Leadership and Management

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences ◽

10.12669/pjms.37.1.2406 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Sami Hamdan Alzahrani ◽

Mukhtiar Baig ◽

Anoud R. Omer ◽

Mohammed R. Algethami

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Leadership Training ◽

Leadership Skills ◽

Management Training ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Leadership And Management ◽

Clinic Management ◽

Perceptions And Attitudes ◽

Management Leadership ◽

Medical Leadership

Objectives: To find out medical students’ perceptions and attitudes toward medical leadership and management (MLM). Methods: A total of 336 medical students from the 2nd to 6th academic years from King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), were included in this cross-sectional study. This study was conducted in January-February 2020. The students were asked about their perceptions, attitudes, and interests in the leadership of medical care and clinicians. A four-part questionnaire was used for collecting data. SPSS-21 was used for analysis. Results: The participants included 172 (51.2%) males and 164 (48.8%) females. In total, 105 (31.3%) participants agreed that they had been very well educated about their perception, behavior, and interest in the field of medical leadership and clinic management, and 175 (52.1%) students agreed that clinicians should influence management decisions in a healthcare setting. Overall, 167 (49.7%) students agreed that management/leadership skills are important for clinicians. In total, 145 students (43.2%) desired to have more leadership training in medical school, and 129 (38.4%) students agreed to seek additional leadership/management training in their postgraduate research studies. When asked about their self-perception of good leadership skills, the students indicated that good leadership skills included integrity (47.9%), conflict resolution (46.7%), organization (44.4%), confidence (41.9%), communication (40.5%), self-reflection (40.2%), time management (33.6%), the ability to motivate others (36.9%), and the ability to keep calm under stress (33.3%). Conclusion: Many students were well aware of the MLM concepts. However, students agreed that management/leadership skills are important for clinicians, and there should be more leadership training in medical schools. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.1.2406 How to cite this:Alzahrani SH, Baig M, Omer AR, Algethami MR. Medical Students’ Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Medical Leadership and Management. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(1):223-228. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.1.2406 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Examining the entry of Walmart into South Africa: A stakeholder management perspective

African Journal of Employee Relations (Formerly South African Journal of Labour Relations) ◽

10.25159/2520-3223/5893 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 78-89

Author(s):

Tembinkosi Bonakele ◽

Dave Beaty ◽

Fathima Rasool ◽

Drikus Kriek

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Trade Unions ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Stakeholder Management ◽

Sources Of Information ◽

Key Stakeholders ◽

Management Perspective ◽

Labour Standards ◽

History Of ◽

Primary Focus

The recent entry of the US multinational Walmart into South Africa has proved to be a source of controversy. Key stakeholders in South Africa objected to the merger and attempted to block it unless certain conditions were met. The aim of this study was to examine the controversy and the conditions surrounding the merger. The research employed a qualitative archival analysis to examine publicly available sources of information with regard to the merger. The findings revealed key stakeholdersâ€™ concerns that Walmartâ€™s entry would lead to an increase in imports which would displace local producers, increase unemployment, marginalise trade unions and lower labour standards unless certain conditions were met. The results also revealed problems relating to the firmâ€™s primary focus on â€œbusinessâ€ while neglecting â€œpublic interestâ€ issues, naively relying on their â€œlocal retailerâ€ to manage key stakeholders, and assuming that their perceived controversial reputation regarding treatment of trade unions and their views about unemployment as well as the controversies surrounding their history of entry into other global markets would not have the major negative impact it did on stakeholders in South Africa.

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A SOFT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGY APPROACH TO IMPROVING THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN GAUTENG PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA

Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation ◽

10.36615/jcpmi.v10i1.342 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 86-99

Author(s):

Lewis Tsuro ◽

Stan Hardman

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Supply Chain ◽

Construction Project ◽

Soft Systems Methodology ◽

Project Planning ◽

Suitable Model ◽

Senior Managers ◽

Good Tool ◽

Systems Methodology ◽

Soft Systems

The Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) was developed as a set of tools for identifying and making incremental steps to improve situations with poorly defined causes or solutions. The supply chain forms a key process of any construction project; however, on any given construction site, supply chain inefficiencies could arise from many different avenues. Opinions vary, though, on which of these avenues is more important for increasing supply chain efficiencies; whether any problem even exist across the different aspects of the supply chain; as well as what steps should be taken to resolve them. It was therefore studied, here, whether SSM could be employed as a useful tool to systematically apply in the supply chains of a construction project in South Africa, for understanding and targeting the problematic situations that arise. Following thorough cyclical open-ended interviews with 17 workers, supervisors, foremen, site clerks, senior managers, and the CEO of the principal contractor at a new office park construction project in Rosebank, Johannesburg, and a thematic analysis of the data, SSM was performed to understand the existing challenges, and develop a suitable model for improvement. The study found that SSM was a good tool for understanding the ‘messy’ circumstances surrounding the chosen construction project supply chain, as well as actions that could be taken to improve the supply chain’s efficiency on site. The findings add weight to the argument that SSM could be a good tool for project managers to systematically introduce into their project planning regimens

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