The Barriers against Strategic Plan Implementation from Manager's Perspectives in Teaching Hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2016

Strategic plans in hospitals can be considered an investment to improve their performance. However, managers who intend to use strategic planning to achieve success are faced with barriers against its implementation. This study aimed to investigate the barriers against implementation of strategic plans from managers’ perspectives in teaching hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.
This descriptive-analytical, cross-sectional study was performed in 2016. The study population consisted of 40 domestic, administrative, financial and accounting, and nursing managers selected through census. The data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire including questions about effective barriers against implementation of strategic plans. Then, the data were entered into the SPSS statistical software, version 23 and were analyzed using descriptive statistics, ANOVA, t-test, and Pearson’s correlation coefficient.
The results showed that the barriers against implementation of strategic plans were related to structural (27.12±6.58), human (20.12±4.43), process (16.44±3.99), and institutional (15.85±4.80) factors. There was no significant relationship between demographic variables and barriers against implementing strategic plans in hospitals (p>0.05).
Hospital managers should identify and eliminate the barriers against implementation of strategic plans. Considering the dynamic nature of management processes, training courses are recommended to be held based on the needs and priorities obtained in this research.