Assessing Organizational Culture of Headquarters in Ministry of Health and Medical Education
Background: Organizational culture is one of the important predictor of organizational effectiveness, and a key factor success of the organization as a competitive advantage. Todays, a continuous assessment of organizational culture status is considered essential; therefore, this study aimed to iden...
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| author | Ali Ebraze Fahimeh Rabbanikhah Amir Kazemi-Bolboloy Reza Moradi Amin Aghili |
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| description | Background: Organizational culture is one of the important predictor of organizational effectiveness, and a key factor success of the organization as a competitive advantage. Todays, a continuous assessment of organizational culture status is considered essential; therefore, this study aimed to identify and measure organizational culture of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on the headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in 2018. The study population consisted of all employees of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (N=2200), 327 personals were selected through Cochran formula and stratified sampling method. The data collection instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed (Cronbachchr('39')s alpha =86.5%). In order to data analysis SPSS24 using descriptive and inferential statistics tests were utilized.
Results: The mean score of total organizational culture was 3.30 ± 0.70 from 5 which was higher than the theoretical average. Also, there was also a significant difference in partnership dimension in terms of employment type and in participation dimensions, accountability to the upstream institutions as well as total organizational culture score in terms of deputy. There was a direct statistical association between dimensions of organizational culture.
Conclusion: According to study results, strong organizational culture will lead to improved performance in the organization and alignment of individuals and activities. Given the importance of specific role of culture in each organization, plans success and change strategies, human resources managers should take appropriate actions to improve internal and external communication and increase teamwork and accountability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d356b64d32394b279fd3fc7a7fceb2492022-12-21T21:28:47ZfasTehran University of Medical Sciencesبیمارستان2008-19282228-74502019-05-011817988Assessing Organizational Culture of Headquarters in Ministry of Health and Medical EducationAli Ebraze0Fahimeh Rabbanikhah1Amir Kazemi-Bolboloy2Reza Moradi3Amin Aghili4 General Manager of Human Resources, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Vice Chancellor of Human Resources deputy, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Head of Performance Evaluation, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran Ph.D. Candidate in Health Policy, Department of Health Management and Economic, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ph.D. Candidate in Health Care Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Background: Organizational culture is one of the important predictor of organizational effectiveness, and a key factor success of the organization as a competitive advantage. Todays, a continuous assessment of organizational culture status is considered essential; therefore, this study aimed to identify and measure organizational culture of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was conducted on the headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in 2018. The study population consisted of all employees of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education (N=2200), 327 personals were selected through Cochran formula and stratified sampling method. The data collection instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity and reliability were confirmed (Cronbachchr('39')s alpha =86.5%). In order to data analysis SPSS24 using descriptive and inferential statistics tests were utilized. Results: The mean score of total organizational culture was 3.30 ± 0.70 from 5 which was higher than the theoretical average. Also, there was also a significant difference in partnership dimension in terms of employment type and in participation dimensions, accountability to the upstream institutions as well as total organizational culture score in terms of deputy. There was a direct statistical association between dimensions of organizational culture. Conclusion: According to study results, strong organizational culture will lead to improved performance in the organization and alignment of individuals and activities. Given the importance of specific role of culture in each organization, plans success and change strategies, human resources managers should take appropriate actions to improve internal and external communication and increase teamwork and accountability.http://jhosp.tums.ac.ir/article-1-6141-en.htmlorganizational culturehuman resourcesstaffministry of health |
| spellingShingle | Ali Ebraze Fahimeh Rabbanikhah Amir Kazemi-Bolboloy Reza Moradi Amin Aghili Assessing Organizational Culture of Headquarters in Ministry of Health and Medical Education بیمارستان organizational culture human resources staff ministry of health |
| title | Assessing Organizational Culture of Headquarters in Ministry of Health and Medical Education |
| title_full | Assessing Organizational Culture of Headquarters in Ministry of Health and Medical Education |
| title_fullStr | Assessing Organizational Culture of Headquarters in Ministry of Health and Medical Education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing Organizational Culture of Headquarters in Ministry of Health and Medical Education |
| title_short | Assessing Organizational Culture of Headquarters in Ministry of Health and Medical Education |
| title_sort | assessing organizational culture of headquarters in ministry of health and medical education |
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