The role of organizational culture on practising quality improvement in Jordanian public hospitals

2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raed Ismail Ababaneh
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Public Hospitals

scholarly journals From Theory to Implementation: Adaptations to a Quality Improvement Initiative According to Implementation Context

2021 ◽  
pp. 104973232110586
Author(s):  
Abimbola A. Olaniran ◽  
Modupe Oludipe ◽  
Zelee Hill ◽  
Adedoyin Ogunyemi ◽  
Nasir Umar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Theory Of Change ◽  
Change Implementation ◽  
Quality Improvement Initiative ◽  
Primary Health Centres ◽  
Implementation Context

As countries continue to invest in quality improvement (QI) initiatives in health facilities, it is important to acknowledge the role of context in implementation. We conducted a qualitative study between February 2019 and January 2020 to explore how a QI initiative was adapted to enable implementation in three facility types: primary health centres, public hospitals and private facilities in Lagos State, Nigeria. Despite a common theory of change, implementation of the initiative needed to be adapted to accommodate the local needs, priorities and organisational culture of each facility type. Across facility types, inadequate human and capital resources constrained implementation and necessitated an extension of the initiative’s duration. In public facilities, the local governance structure was adapted to facilitate coordination, but similar adaptations to governance were not possible for private facilities. Our findings highlight the importance of anticipating and planning for the local adaptation of QI initiatives according to implementation environment.

Role of Organizational Culture in Quality Management

2018 ◽  
pp. 324-350
Author(s):  
Sushma Nayak ◽  
Abhishek Behl
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Total Quality Management ◽  
Continuous Quality Improvement ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Continuous Quality ◽  
Business Excellence ◽  
The Way

In this intensely competitive world, an organization can survive in business only as long as it is consistently able to deliver quality products and services. The impulse for higher quality has brought about far-reaching changes in the way business is conducted. Likewise, studies in recent years are attempting to establish the interrelationship between organizational culture and total quality management. An organization is likely to attain a set of core managerial standards, norms, and practices that distinctively identifies the way it runs business; such standards give rise to a culture that may confer the organization a persistent competitive advantage, particularly if it is nifty, atypical, and imperfectly replicable. The present study explores the case of Bhagini Nivedita Sahakari Bank Ltd., Pune, functioning in the state of Maharashtra in India. The bank serves as a classic example of business excellence through continuous quality improvement; it has a unique organizational culture realized by the adoption of a customer-centric business model.

Organizational culture as a predictor of job satisfaction: the role of gender and age

2010 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Bellou
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Personal Growth ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Greek City ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Job Descriptive Index ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Good Reputation

PurposeThis paper seeks to examine how values comprising organizational culture impact on employees' job satisfaction, taking also into account their gender and age.Design/methodology/approachThe study took place in all three public hospitals located in a major Greek city, where 125 usable questionnaires were gathered. The measures adopted include the Organizational Culture Profile and the Job Descriptive Index. The statistical analyses include descriptive statistics, stepwise regression analyses, and t‐tests.FindingsFindings suggest that employees recognize certain cultural traits as job satisfaction amplifiers. These are fairness, opportunities for personal growth, enthusiasm for the job and good reputation. On the other hand, another cultural trait, that is aggressiveness, seems to confine job satisfaction. Going a step further, it appears that employee gender and age influence the way that the organizational values affect their job satisfaction. This influence is in accordance with gender and age profiles identified by literature.Practical implicationsEmployers can incorporate these findings by shaping organizational culture in such a way as to enhance the overall level of job satisfaction of their employees, making them more willing to remain and build their career within the organization. This way, the organization can minimize the chances of losing talented individuals and is thus more likely to create a competitive advantage.Originality/valueThese findings help in creating a better understanding of job satisfaction and delineating its relationship with organizational culture.

scholarly journals The Role of Place of Delivery in Preventing Neonatal and Infant Mortality Rate in India

Geographies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62
Author(s):  
Ujjwal Das ◽  
Barkha Chaplot ◽  
Hazi Mohammad Azamathulla
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Infant Mortality ◽  
Neonatal Mortality ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Infant Mortality Rate ◽  
Private Institutions ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Place Of Delivery ◽  
At Home

Skilled birth attendance and institutional delivery have been advocated for reducing maternal, neonatal mortality and infant mortality (NMR and IMR). This paper examines the role of place of delivery with respect to neo-natal and infant mortality in India using four rounds of the Indian National Family Health Survey conducted in 2015–2016. The place of birth has been categorized as “at home” or “public and private institution.” The role of place of delivery on neo-natal and infant mortality was examined by using multivariate hazard regression models adjusted for clus-tering and relevant maternal, socio-economic, pregnancy and new-born characteristics. There were 141,028 deliveries recorded in public institutions and 54,338 in private institutions. The esti-mated neonatal mortality rate in public and private institutions during this period was 27 and 26 per 1000 live births respectively. The study shows that when the mother delivers child at home, the chances of neonatal mortality risks are higher than the mortality among children born at the health facility centers. Regression analysis also indicates that a professionally qualified provider′s antenatal treatment and assistance greatly decreases the risks of neonatal mortality. The results of the study illustrate the importance of the provision of institutional facilities and proper pregnancy in the prevention of neonatal and infant deaths. To improve the quality of care during and imme-diately after delivery in health facilities, particularly in public hospitals and in rural areas, accel-erated strengthening is required.

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