Why and How to Establish A Scientific Approach for Management in Health Sector: Myth to Reality
Ebrahim Jafari pouyan,
Maryam Babaei Aghbolagh,
Farnoosh Azizi,
Aida Asghari
Affiliations
Ebrahim Jafari pouyan
Professor, Department of Health Management, Policy and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Maryam Babaei Aghbolagh
PhD Candidate of Health Care Management, Department of Health Management, Policy and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (* Corresponding author)- Address: Enkhebal St., Quds St., Porsina Ave. ([email protected])
Farnoosh Azizi
PhD Candidate of Health Care Management, Department of Health Management, Policy and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Aida Asghari
PhD Candidate of Health Care Management, Department of Health Management, Policy and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Management is a key pillar in order to achieve the goals of health systems. An efficient structure for identifying, recruiting, training, promoting, monitoring and evaluating the performance of managers is highly likely to help the specialization of management, prevent non-specialized selection processes and possible deviations. Given the managerial level in which they play a role, health managers ought to have the required competencies and characteristics. The leading countries generally thrive to have structures where proper candidates are systematically placed in the position of management and promoted to the higher positions. Therefore, the experiences of these countries should be solicited in line with the local social, political, economic and cultural factors in order to achieve the health system goals.