The Effect of "Policymaking and Management of Objectives" on Operational Planning in Hospital In Iranian Public Hospitals

Policymaking and Management of objectives" are considered of the important aspects of operational planning. One of the problems in management of hospitals is incorrect Management of objectives and Policymaking for operational planning. This study has been conducted to evaluate the effect of Policymaking and Management of objectives on operational planning in hospitals in 2013-14 in Iran.
In this applied study, that in its different stages has used of revisal, comparative, quantitative methods, the theoretical models of operational planning were examined through Library Studies and after determining the variables of different models of operational planning, a questionnaire was developed and a survey from 176 experts from academic and administrates of hospitals, the data was collected and Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was performed.
The effect of the "Policymaking and organizational policies" and "Management of objectives" on operational planning in hospitals based on factor analysis of regression coefficients were estimated to be 0.878 and 0.912. Also in the results obtained from the survey from the experts, the question of "Guiding the departments in development of operational planning based on the predetermined objectives" with the mean of 4.33 and "Considering the overall health policies of the country in planning" with the mean of 4.17 and in factor analysis with varimax method the questions of the "Development of operational plans in line with the strategic programs of hospitals" and "Considering the overall health policies of the country in planning" with 0.704 and 0.739 have been the highest score.
Public hospitals in Iran can with using of Proper management goals special developing action plans In line with strategic plans and also, due to the time variable for the development and promotion of policies, programs, and organizations in preparing detailed plans in line with the country's overall health policies, action plans to improve performance.