Analysis of leadership and team management skills of middle-level healthcare managers of Valsad district, Gujarat

Autor: Neha A Patel, Sunil N Nayak, Bhaveshbhai R Bariya, Mehulkumar N Patel
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp 498-504 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2249-4863
DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2434_22
Popis: Background: The healthcare managers need to develop the managerial skills and use it for better healthcare delivery. A manager requires leadership skill to empower employees and motivate them to work in an efficient manner to achieve organizational goal. Motivating employees/subordinates and developing positive attitude toward them is one of the crucial skills that the leader needs to develop. The way health team works as a unit affects the outcome and needs good leader. With this background, the current study tends to explore the managerial skills of middle-level managers. Objectives: 1. To assess the leadership and team management skills of middle-level managers and 2. To find out motivational factors used by managers. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among district-level healthcare managers and medical officers. Data collection was performed via semistructured and scale-based questionnaire and analyzed using Microsoft office excel. Results: 60% of managers had participative leadership style. Team work skills were fair enough among the managers. 53% of medical officers were freshly appointed with experience of less than one year. The middle-level managers used appreciation of work (41.8%) as major motivator of the team. Conclusions: The middle-level healthcare managers have good leadership quality as well as teamwork skills. Appreciation of work is commonly used motivator.
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