Designing Organizational Evolution Model in Hospitals Affiliated with Bushehr University of Medical Sciences

Atefeh  Tashtzar; Malike  Beheshtifar; Amin  Nikpour; Reza  Zare

doi:10.18502/mshsj.v8i3.14462

Atefeh Tashtzar Ph.D. student of Public Administration, Department of Management, Rafsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rafsanjan, Iran
Malike Beheshtifar Associated Professor, Department of Management, Rafsanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rafsanjan, Iran
Amin Nikpour Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
Reza Zare Assistant Professor, Department of Public Management, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/mshsj.v8i3.14462

Keywords: Evolution, Social evolution, Hospital, Grounded theory

Abstract

Background: The desire to survive is inherent in any organization; in the private sector, profit, and in the public sector, people's satisfaction is the guarantee of survival. Taking into account the ever-increasing changes and developments, achieving this goal, requires the adoption of a suitable strategy such as the evolution of an organization that, along with patient-centeredness and service quality, encourages government employees to gain the satisfaction of citizens. The main goal of this research is to design organizational evolution in hospitals affiliated with Bushehr University of Medical Sciences.

Methods:. This research was carried out qualitatively using grounded theory. To collect data, semi-structured interviews were used and data analysis was done using Strauss and Corbin method and the paradigm model. Purposive sampling was carried out based on which14 interviews conducted with professors of the scientific board of universities and experts working in government hospitals.

Results: The results of the data obtained from the interviews during the process of open, central ,and selective coding led to the creation of grounded theory in the field of organizational evolution in hospitals affiliated with Bushehr University of Medical Sciences. The model designed in this research included 43 sub-categories in the form of 6 main categories of causal, contextual, interventional, central phenomenon, consequences, and strategies.

Conclusion: This research can be a complete road map for hospital managers to move towards an evolutionary organization by providing causal, contextual, and intervening conditions, strategies, and consequences of the central phenomenon of organizational evolutionism. Furthermore, this research will help to better understand this phenomenon.