Systemic Thinking and Partnership Working: A Cross Sectional Study in a Medical Sciences University in Iran
Background: Systemic thinking can provide practice in multidisciplinary team working and improve the organizational efficacy. This study aimed to determine the association between systemic thinking and partnership working in the employees of a medical sciences university in the south of Iran. Met...
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| author | Mohammad Khammarnia Aziz Kassani Mostafa Peyvand Fatemeh Setoodezadeh |
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| description | Background: Systemic thinking can provide practice in multidisciplinary team working and improve the organizational efficacy. This study aimed to determine the association between systemic thinking and partnership working in the employees of a medical sciences university in the south of Iran.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in Zahedan University of Medical Sciences (ZAUMS) in 2015. The study population consisted of all employees in ZAUMS; 370 participants were selected through stratified random sampling. Two standard questionnaires were used for data gathering. The data were analyzed in SPSS (v21) using Pearson, One way ANOVA, and logistic regression. The level of significance was considered as 0.05.
Results: In this study, 225 participants (60.8%) were female and their mean age was 34.7±8.7. The score of partnership working for 362 participants was higher than the mean standard (40). Systemic thinking had a positive association with partnership working (p=0.001) and married status of the participants (p=0.04). Partnership working in male and older staff was more than others in ZAUMS (p<0.001 and p=0.01, respectively).
Conclusion: Systematic thinking had a positive association with the employees’ working partnership. Moreover, the male staff had better systematic thinking. It is recommended that the managers should promote systematic thinking in staff, especially in females, for better partnership and efficacy in organizations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5450537f69094eab86f43cbc2cd064632022-12-22T03:42:26ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System2345-22182345-38932016-01-01412731Systemic Thinking and Partnership Working: A Cross Sectional Study in a Medical Sciences University in IranMohammad Khammarnia0Aziz Kassani1Mostafa Peyvand2Fatemeh Setoodezadeh3Health Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IranPrevention of Psychosocial Injuries Research Centre, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, IranHealth Promotion Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, IranDepartment of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranBackground: Systemic thinking can provide practice in multidisciplinary team working and improve the organizational efficacy. This study aimed to determine the association between systemic thinking and partnership working in the employees of a medical sciences university in the south of Iran. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in Zahedan University of Medical Sciences (ZAUMS) in 2015. The study population consisted of all employees in ZAUMS; 370 participants were selected through stratified random sampling. Two standard questionnaires were used for data gathering. The data were analyzed in SPSS (v21) using Pearson, One way ANOVA, and logistic regression. The level of significance was considered as 0.05. Results: In this study, 225 participants (60.8%) were female and their mean age was 34.7±8.7. The score of partnership working for 362 participants was higher than the mean standard (40). Systemic thinking had a positive association with partnership working (p=0.001) and married status of the participants (p=0.04). Partnership working in male and older staff was more than others in ZAUMS (p<0.001 and p=0.01, respectively). Conclusion: Systematic thinking had a positive association with the employees’ working partnership. Moreover, the male staff had better systematic thinking. It is recommended that the managers should promote systematic thinking in staff, especially in females, for better partnership and efficacy in organizations.http://jhsss.sums.ac.ir/index.php/jhsss/article/view/139Systemic ThinkingPartnershipProductivity |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Khammarnia Aziz Kassani Mostafa Peyvand Fatemeh Setoodezadeh Systemic Thinking and Partnership Working: A Cross Sectional Study in a Medical Sciences University in Iran Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System Systemic Thinking Partnership Productivity |
| title | Systemic Thinking and Partnership Working: A Cross Sectional Study in a Medical Sciences University in Iran |
| title_full | Systemic Thinking and Partnership Working: A Cross Sectional Study in a Medical Sciences University in Iran |
| title_fullStr | Systemic Thinking and Partnership Working: A Cross Sectional Study in a Medical Sciences University in Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Systemic Thinking and Partnership Working: A Cross Sectional Study in a Medical Sciences University in Iran |
| title_short | Systemic Thinking and Partnership Working: A Cross Sectional Study in a Medical Sciences University in Iran |
| title_sort | systemic thinking and partnership working a cross sectional study in a medical sciences university in iran |
| topic | Systemic Thinking Partnership Productivity |
| url | http://jhsss.sums.ac.ir/index.php/jhsss/article/view/139 |
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