Managerial Competencies of The Health Workforce in Sierra Leone

ISBN-13: 9783848483327 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 88 str.

Shiaka Kawa; Gerald Ganda

Opis

It is widely believed that for managers of organizations to perform effectively, they require personal and task-specific skills widely referred to as managerial competencies. Globally, Health Care Management is moving towards management of Integrated Health Care Systems which require health workers to have appropriate managerial competencies. Studies in health care management have revealed a lack of competent management particularly in developing countries. A WHO report highlights that a lack of managerial competencies by health workers was a major reason why many least developed countries will not meet the United Nations health related Millennium Development Goals. Sierra Leone is implementing a Free Health Care Initiative through its public health care system and the focus of this study is to determine if health workers have the right managerial competencies to implement this initiative by identifying the managerial competencies and competency gaps based on 39 managerial competencies derived from a similar study in South Africa. This book will be useful to Health Care Managers, Policy Planners, Human Resource Managers, medical and nursing schools.

O autorze

Shiaka Kawa, MBA, B.Sc .Trade, Business and Management Specialist. Key interests in Management, Business and Export Development Processes. Gerald Ganda, MBA, M.Sc Agric Econs, B.Eng(Hons). Engineer with 20 years IT experience in banking and telecom sectors. Director of IT at the National Revenue Authority in Sierra Leone.