title: Management in the Ministry of Health: what are the vital signs?
abstract: Effective and efficient management of health services is becoming more and more important in all countries and in all organizations whether profit or non-profit. Management practices and attitudes which may have been accepted in previous years are no longer appropriate. A study was conducted in the Ministry of Health, State of Bahrain to determine the current status of management skills and attitudes. Participants were asked to identify the best and the worst practices of managers. Eight key areas of concern were identified: participative vs. non-participative style, communication, motivation, delegation, human relations skills, style of supervision, goal-oriented behavior, and use of supervisory power. In each of these management-related skill areas, examples of best and worst practices are provided in order to aid the manager/leader in self-assessing his/her abilities as a first step toward improving management.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health, State of Bahrain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benjamin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: al-Darazi
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000592:standards; D001445:Bahrain; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005380:Financing, Government; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008330:Management Audit; D009042:Motivation; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods; D011361:Professional Competence; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000592:standards*