Assessment Managerial Skills Educational Groups 'managers in Mashhad

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Health Education and Health Promotion, Member of the Research Center for Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Iran

2 PhD in Health Care Services, Faculty Member, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, School of Health, Iran

3 PhD student in Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran

4 Assistant Professor of Health Education and Health Promotion, Member of Health Sciences Research Center, School of Health, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Iran

5 PhD student in Educational Management, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

6 Health Services, Faculty Member, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, School of Health, Iran

Abstract

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Introduction: Faculty members are the most important asset of any higher education institution. Empowerment of faculty members in the fields of teaching, research, and leadership will also lead to the performance of the mission of the educational institution. A needs assessment has long been considered as one of the important components in many areas that deal with planning to achieve certain goals and objectives. Effective management of university education requires managerial skills. This study was conducted to assess the managerial skills of managers of educational departments of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 70 managers of the educational departments of the faculties of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences entered the study in the census. The instrument was self-reported questionnaire that was sent to participants. This was including 68 items that were measured technical skills (32 items), conceptual skills (15 items) and human skills (21 items). The questionnaire was designed based on Katz's theory of management skills and the validity of the questionnaire was measured by content validity and its reliability was measured by Cronbach's alpha (α= 0.80 and test-retest (r = 0.83). Answer the questions based on the Likert scale (very high, high, low, rarely) that the scoring 4 to 1. The questionnaire was sent to each faculty member via e-mail. Data were analyzed using SPSS software version 20 and descriptive and inferential statistics (analysis of variance).
Results: The results showed that the mean age of the subjects was 38.4 04 8.04. The technical skills of managers about with the duties of 93.8% are too high compactness. In human skills Participatory system, with emphasis on the reform proposals and also the ability to modify their behavior and attitudes in the 75 percent needs managers is very high or high. Perceptual skills and familiarity with the strategy based on the 68.8 percent estimate is high and very high compactness.
Conclusion:
In cases of technical skills, human skills, perception skills of training managers and the results should be reinforced in training programs.

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