Assessment of Organizational Culture at Two Governmental Hospitals in Jeddah City
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Organizational culture is considered as characteristic, internal variable, and unique feature of every organization. A manger needs to understand the organizational culture to initiate and manage organizational change. Aim: to assess the organizational culture of governmental hospital in Jeddah. Methodology: Nonprobability quota sampling was used to select the employee from two governmental hospitals including different professions. The data collection tool was used is the Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) that based on Competing Value Framework (CVF) as a data collection tool (Cameron and Quinn, 2011). Result: Hierarchal culture (Mean =3.314± 0.741) is the dominant type of Organizational Culture in the governmental hospital in Jeddah city over the other culture types was Hierarchy culture, followed by Clan culture (Mean=3.296 ± 0.757), and the Adhocracy culture (Mean=3.241 ± 0.707) was with equal result to the Market culture (Mean=3.245± 0 .729). Conclusion: governmental hospital in Jeddah city is Hierarchy culture that concern on internal maintenance and strives for stability and control through clear task setting and enforcement of strict rules. Recommendation: more studies needs about the Organizational culture and the associated dimensions in correlation to other factors that affecting any healthcare organization. The governmental organizations needs to keep up with changes that are directed toward a competitive market culture in line with transformation program 2020 of the Kingdome and Vision 2030.
Authors and Affiliations
Miss. Safe Mohammed Alsoulami, Dr. HasnahErfan Banjar, Dr. Sabah Mahmoud Mahran
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