Designing a Management Development Model for Hospitals Affiliated with Iranian Social Security Organization

The main goal of the present Study was to identify the most important factors for the ManagementDevelopment programs in Social Security Organization Hospitals. To identify the current qualification indicators used in recruiting Managers was also a Side interest to the study. In order to achieve the above goal, managers of the hospitals affiliated with Social Security Organization through the country (total of 31) were surveyed using a self-report questionnaire. The questionnaire contained five dimensions and 165 items. The questionnaires were distributed and collected by the Social Security Organization head quarter office .The data on recruitment process of managers and qualifications required for their selection was collected via an interview with the top executives in the Social Security Organization office .The findings in this research indicated that the current recruitment process of managers in the hospitals affiliated with the Social Security Organization does not takes into account all of the dimensions suitable to management development . In this research most of the investigated items found to be highly influential factor on management development. With this knowledge at hand this research suggests that for designing a management development program for the Social Security Organization, Hospitals all of the identified dimensions (I. e. Knowledge, abilities, skills, personality and attitudes) should be taken under consideration. A model for management development in such organization has been identified in this research and the important factors are introduced.