The future of management training in Canadian healthcare organizations

Abstract

Two complementary research techniques, a case study of one municipal hospital and Round 1 of a Delphi study, were used in a preliminary study of management training and development in the Canadian healthcare sector which is undergoing a dramatic change. Five broad themes emerged from these two studies: expectations of continuing tight financial constraints associated with greater accountability from healthcare managers; a concern that human resource departments improve their practices to better identify, develop and evaluate staff; a view that healthcare organizations co‐operate more with other organizations to pool resources for management training; and a need for innovation to utilize cost‐effective training technologies.

Citation

Loo, R. (1997), "The future of management training in Canadian healthcare organizations", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 16 No. 9, pp. 680-689. https://doi.org/10.1108/02621719710190194