Factors affecting strategic plan implementation using interpretive structural modeling (ISM)
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
ISSN: 0952-6862
Article publication date: 11 June 2018
Abstract
Purpose
Strategic planning is the best tool for managers seeking an informed presence and participation in the market without surrendering to changes. Strategic planning enables managers to achieve their organizational goals and objectives. Hospital goals, such as improving service quality and increasing patient satisfaction cannot be achieved if agreed strategies are not implemented. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors affecting strategic plan implementation in one teaching hospital using interpretive structural modeling (ISM).
Design/methodology/approach
The authors used a descriptive study involving experts and senior managers; 16 were selected as the study sample using a purposive sampling method. Data were collected using a questionnaire designed and prepared based on previous studies. Data were analyzed using ISM.
Findings
Five main factors affected strategic plan implementation. Although all five variables and factors are top level, “senior manager awareness and participation in the strategic planning process” and “creating and maintaining team participation in the strategic planning process” had maximum drive power. “Organizational structure effects on the strategic planning process” and “Organizational culture effects on the strategic planning process” had maximum dependence power.
Practical implications
Identifying factors affecting strategic plan implementation is a basis for healthcare quality improvement by analyzing the relationship among factors and overcoming the barriers.
Originality/value
The authors used ISM to analyze the relationship between factors affecting strategic plan implementation.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank participants for their cooperation in collecting and analyzing data.
Citation
Bahadori, M., Teymourzadeh, E., Tajik, H., Ravangard, R., Raadabadi, M. and Hosseini, S.M. (2018), "Factors affecting strategic plan implementation using interpretive structural modeling (ISM)", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 31 No. 5, pp. 406-414. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHCQA-05-2017-0075
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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