Evaluating the Impact of Strategic Management and Strategic Thinking on Performance in the Public Health Sector

2020 ◽  
pp. 231-265
Author(s):  
Zafer Adiguzel
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Shape Change ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Business World ◽  
The Public ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction

In the 2000s, change in the business world and pioneering strategies that shape change are becoming the main conditions for superiority in competition. Until recently the traditional management and organization approaches that are in place are inadequate to meet the new expectations coming from change. The aim of this study is to reveal the extent to which the managers of health institutions have adopted the strategic management approach. In this study, it is explained whether the managers have knowledge about strategic management tools which are the basis of strategic management application methods, what strategic management tools they use, their level of satisfaction with these tools and what tools they intend to use in the future. In addition, the changes in the health management managers in the field of strategic management, the priorities in the selection of strategic management tools, the importance of strategic thinking and the effects of strategic management understanding on performance are examined.

Exploring Paths Towards Knowledge Cities Developments

2010 ◽  
pp. 288-297
Author(s):  
Kostas Ergazakis ◽  
Kostas Metaxiotis ◽  
Emmanouil Ergazakis
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Research Community ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Business World ◽  
The Status

Nowadays, knowledge is considered as one of the most valuable assets of an enterprise which has to be managed efficiently and effectively in order to gain a competitive advantage in the knowledge economy era. Knowledge Management (KM) evolved into a strategic management approach, finding application not only in the business world but also in other areas such as education, government and healthcare. In this way, the new link between KM and KBD created the appropriate environment for the advent of a new concept in the scientific and practitioners’ communities, the concept of “Knowledge City” (KC). Nowadays, the theme of KCs is a ‘hot’ topic of interest and discussion. The process for developing a KC, is neither quick nor simple. This seems to be already understood by the research community, which the last few hears has begun to concentrate its efforts so as to develop appropriate frameworks, methodologies, tools, systems, etc so as to support the development of KCs. In this context, and given that there are still many pending issues, this article attempts to propose a taxonomy of KC research, by co instantaneously presenting the status with these major themes of KC research. The discussion presented on this article should be of value to researchers and practitioners.

scholarly journals STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS FOR NATIONAL PARKS IN SERBIA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milica Dobričić ◽  
◽  
Milica Maksić Mulalić ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Strategy Management ◽  
Nature Protection ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
The Public ◽  
Protection Strategy ◽  
Management Plans

The management of the national parks Tara, Fruška Gora, Djerdap and Kopaonik and the activities of the managers in Serbia are affairs of the public interest. The manner of their strategic management is defined by the legal framework in the field of nature protection and it implies the adoption and the implementation of documents, such as the nature protection strategy, management plans and spatial plans for the special purpose areas. The paper particularly emphasizes the importance of adopting management plans for national parks, as basic documents for their management, as well as their harmonization with the spatial plans for the special purpose areas, as specific instruments for the management of these areas. It points out the importance of establishing governing bodies, such as a professional alliance and a council of users of national parks, which would improve their management and incorporate the interests of local people and users of space. In accordance with the above, this paper aims to point out the importance of strategic management and strategic documents in the field of protection and management of national parks in Serbia and give suggestions for their improvement.

scholarly journals Investigation of strategic management tools and techniques

2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 833-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Afonina ◽  
Vladimír Chalupský
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Data Entry ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
High Level ◽  
Tools And Techniques

The paper is focused on investigation of strategic managmene tools and techniques used by Czech companies. The quantitative approach was used for the analysis of strategic management tools and techniques. The aim of the quantitative approach was to collect and analyse data about the awareness, satisfaction and utilization of strategic management tools and techniques. The empirical research was conducted via a questionnaire survey of Czech companies. Empirical data were collected from 74 companies in Czech Republic. For the data entry and processing data were used the Statictical package for the Social Science (SPSS). The study presents four groups of tools and techniques based on the perceived results of manager’s utilization and satisfaction. The most of the examined tools and techniques concentrated on the two groups: (1) power tools, this group include the tools and techniques with high level of utilization and high level of satisfaction; (2) rudimentary tools, which includes the tools and techniques with low satisfaction and low utilization. The Spearman rank order correlation coefficient was used to identify the relationship between utilization of strategic management tools and techniques and managerial awareness. The results provide essential information on the application of strategic management tools and techniques, and indicate the level of managerial awareness of strategic management tools and techniques. In addition the findings indicate a positive relationship between the utilization of strategic management tools and techniques and managerial awareness.

scholarly journals Healthcare reform in New South Wales 1986–1999: using the literature to predict the impact on senior health executives

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhan Ming Liang ◽  
Stephanie D Short ◽  
Bill Lawrence
Keyword(s):  
Health Management ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Health Care Reforms ◽  
The Public ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Changing Roles ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Senior Health

While numerous reviews have examined the changing roles, skills, competencies, and educational needs of health service managers as the result of health care reforms, no study has focused specifically on the impact of New South Wales health reforms on the roles, responsibilities and behaviours of senior health executives in the public health sector. This paper briefly illustrates the significant changes in New South Wales health management since 1986. It also examines the forces behind these changes and predicts their impact on NSW Senior Health Executives based on national and international literature, and provides a foundation for further empirical research.

scholarly journals Six Actionable Canons for Rationality in Strategy Practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roeland van Straten
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Strategic Thinking ◽  
Frame Of Reference ◽  
Business World ◽  
Conceptual Frame ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Strategic Rationality ◽  
Rational Process

AbstractFor strategists working in and for firms, acquiring knowledge about the business world is dependent on a rational process of collecting, organizing, and interpreting information. As such, these individuals are best conceived not as knowers, but as self-directing learners who are motivated to acquire, create, and apply new knowledge. To facilitate these processes, in this paper an axiomatic foundation for strategic thinking is established regarding the nature of the object of strategic thinking, the nature of strategic thinking, and the nature of knowledge. Next, four boundary references set by these axioms are used to establish a new conceptual frame of reference for strategic rationality. Interconnections between the boundary references are subsequently used to infer six canons for strategic rationality. It is concluded that strategic rationality may be found where all references overlap. Finally, to contribute towards greater rationality in strategic management practice, an actionable definition of strategic rationality is formulated that includes all references and canons.

Public health management: systemic analysis of social determinants of health in Brazilian municipalities

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-132
Author(s):  
Francisco Carlos Carvalho de Melo ◽  
Rodolfo Ferreira Ribeiro da Costa ◽  
Jansen Maia Del Corso
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Operational Model ◽  
The Public ◽  
Systemic Analysis ◽  
Public Health Management

Abstract The health sector is considered extremely important by governments and multilateral international organisms, due to its implication to life, as well as material and human struggling involved. This study adopts a systematical approach in order to question if the mortality outcomes in medium Brazilian cities explain or may be explained by factors considered external to the public health service, expressed by health social determinants. Therefore, this study aims to investigate health conditions in public health management in medium Brazilian cities. The scenario adopted contains 192 cities with a population contingent between 100 000 and 500 000 inhabitants, between the years 2007 and 2011. The database produced, containing 30 indicators representing conceptual models referenced, allowed the elaboration of an operational model of health social determinants from a Bayesian network. As result, we elaborated a model of health system formed by six factors, showing associations that allow a better comprehension about relations among health social determinants and health conditions, producing contextualized information, able to subsidize the formulation of strategies by managers of Sistema Único de Saúde.

scholarly journals Strategic Management Tools, Stakeholders and Performance Organizations, Private Health Branch of the Federal District

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-61
Author(s):  
Bruno Vendruscolo ◽  
Valmir Emil Hoffmann ◽  
Carlos Alberto Freitas
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Private Health Sector ◽  
And Performance

This study aimed to identify the use of management tools and the influence of stakeholders on organizational performance of companies in the private health sector in the Federal District. We used the tools of strategic management, such as budgeting, strategic planning, balanced scorecard, benchmarking, and management software. Study participants consist of individuals involved in strategic processes. We analyzed the past 5 years in organizations to understand the performance. The data collection was face-to-face, the instruments consisted of qualitative interviews in person, and semi-structured content analysis. We also performed analysis of secondary data and documents. To measure the performance between the organizations we used the method of data envelopment analysis (DEA), using the CCR standard, and the mean change index as the number of employees, physicians, costs, number of appointments, and tests. In the analysis of tools and stakeholders we adapted values for the major and minor influences and the other results found framed. The results cite the presence of management tools in five of the six organizations. The comparison of performance between them presented as a result that organizations 2 and 4 were efficient and 3 was the least efficient. The study identified the need to understand the requirements of stakeholders and the indicators set out to understand organizational performance and its evolution, mainly determined by the management tools. Although not reaching proposed levels, this work creates hypotheses about the use of these tools and analysis of stakeholders in organizational performance.

Dari Idealisme ke Pragmatisme: Pergeseran Paradigma dalam Pengembangan Hukum Ekonomi Syariah di Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 191-210
Author(s):  
Addiarrahman Addiarrahman ◽  
Illy Yanti
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Discussions ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Business World ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
The Public ◽  
Financial Products ◽  
Legal Consideration ◽  
Economic Law ◽  
Islamic Economic

This study seeks to understand the pragmatism of the development of sharia economic law, and its implications for Islamic financial products in Indonesia. The data comes from the results of interviews and focus group discussions with key informants from academics, practitioners, authorities, and the public. This research finds that pragmatism in the development of Islamic economic law is an approach that still dominates the DSN-MUI fatwas. The pragmatism style used is complex-eclectic pragmatism which is represented through makhārij al-fiqhiyyah, which is to choose a mild opinion by sticking to the strongest method or also called "taysīr al-manhajī". The use of this method is intended to ensure that the fatwa is truly able to answer the needs of the business world, as well as being in line with sharia principles. DSN-MUI also does not use maslahah as a legal consideration in a free or liberal way. Rather, it returns maslahah in consideration of the method, so that it is permissible to use the bay’ al-'inān contract only in a forced state (ḍarurah).

A Sustainable Approach for Organisational using Strategic Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulla Almazrouei ◽  
◽  
Azlina Md Yassin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Strategic Management ◽  
Crime Rate ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Police Department ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World

Strategic management have gained popularity in the public institutions to foster good delivery service to the public. The strategic planning enables organizations to establish a strategic match between the internal competency, resources and external environment. Majority of the successful organizations across the world use strategic management and planning as a tool that enables to optimize the operations and achieve maximum productivity with the resources. This paper reviewed on strategic management for organisations in Abu Dhabi especially for Abu Dhabi Police (ADP) force. It presents three strategic management theories which can be adopted by an organisation. This would help the organisation such as police department to reduce the increasing crime rate and mortality rate in UAE.

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