SAĞLIK ÇALIŞANLARININ STRATEJİK PLANLAMA FARKINDALIĞININ İNCELENMESİ

Abstract

Strategic planning is a process in which all employees are mobilized to achieve the hospital's vision, goals, and bjectives and critical success indicators. The implementation of an effective strategic planning process depends on the awareness of the health professionals, who play an important role in the delivery of health services, as well as the hospital management. For this reason, it is essential for management sciences to understand which variables affect the strategic planning awareness of healthcare professionals. With this background, the aim of the research is to examine the strategic planning awareness of health workers in terms of various variables. The research is a cross-sectional and descriptive study. Data were collected by face-to-face survey method on 450 healthcare professionals working in private hospitals operating in Istanbul (Turkey). To test the construct validity of the scale, confirmatory factor analysis using the Amos program and explanatory factor analysis using the SPSS program were applied. It was determined that the strategic planning awareness of the senior management is higher than those who do not have administrative duties. In addition, it was found in the study that there was no significant difference in the strategic planning awareness of clinical unit employees and administrative unit employees. Strategic planning acts as a guide in shaping the future of hospitals. Health professionals, on the other hand, are in a position to undertake the most critical task in carrying hospitals to this future. For this reason, it is necessary to increase the strategic planning awareness of healthcare professionals by the hospital management.