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The need for management education of healthcare management employees

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  • Nadežda Jankelová
  • Zuzana Joniaková
  • Anita Romanová

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Summary Given the wide professional discussion on the dominating professional focus of healthcare managers at the expense of management knowledge, the main goal of this paper is to verify the extent, to which management education of healthcare workers affects the level of their management skills. Methodology The Descriptive statistics methods have been used to answer research questions regarding the differences in the perception of the managerial skills and their disposition importance between managers with a completed management education and without it. Emphasis was placed on people management skills and communication skills. The research sample consisted of 253 healthcare managers. Results Managers with a completed specialized management study are characterized by higher values of entrepreneurial competences and communication skills. They also have exceptional skills in the area of initiator of change. Another significant difference is the higher adaptation of roles and low critique of their subordinates. They are oriented at workers and relationships with them. Conclusion Our results show that management education of healthcare managers significantly contributes to the implementation of newer approaches to people management and the use of the necessary management skills, which are a source of higher efficiency in the context of the present world of work and its challenges.

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  • Nadežda Jankelová & Zuzana Joniaková & Anita Romanová, 2022. "The need for management education of healthcare management employees," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(1), pages 301-317, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijhplm:v:37:y:2022:i:1:p:301-317
    DOI: 10.1002/hpm.3325
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