2. Health Administration
Health administration is defined as
management of resources, procedures and
systems that operate to meet health needs and
wants of population.
It is the process concerned with determining
objectives, goals, plans and policies of health
organizations.
3. Management
Management is a process of reaching
organization’s goals by working with and through
people and getting things done by people through
various strategies involving people, technology,
time and money.
Management is both a science and an art.
Management as a science: “it often concerned with
the efficient use of materials and equipment, where
4. Objectives of Health
Administration
1) Managing resources efficiently.
2) Providing patient-centered services.
3) Enhancing creativity in problem-solving.
4) Managing workplace diversity effectively.
5) Facilitate access to comprehensive health services.
6) Knowledge of national and international policies, strategies,
laws, legislation and health systems to contribute in
development of health services.
5. Common Terms
An organization: is defined as a group of people working in a
network of relationships and systems towards a common goal.
The nature of organization requires that managers provide
leadership, as well as the supervision and coordination of
employees.
The necessary task of healthcare managers within health
organization is the coordination of many highly specialized
disciplines that must work together seamlessly.
6. Common Terms
Health Administrator: is the executive who co-ordinates
the activities of various departments and ensures that
staffing and equipment needs are meet.
The administrators acts as representative of the
governing body.
7. The Main Functions of Health
administrators
Health administrators implement six managerial functions
as they carry out the process of management:
1– Planning: is the process of setting performance
objectives and determining what actions should be taken
to accomplish them. (predict future)
2- Organizing: is the process of assigning tasks, allocating
resources, and coordinating work activities with
employees to implement plans.
8. The Main Functions of Health
administrators
3- Staffing: This function refers to acquiring and
maintaining human resources, it also refers to developing
the employees through various training strategies.
4-Controlling: This function refers to monitoring staff
activities and performance and it means giving
instructions to employees and making sure that the
instructions are being followed as desired by the
management.
9. The Main Functions of Health
administrators
5- Direction: it is an aspect of management deals directly
with influencing, guiding, supervising, and motivating staff
for the achievement of organizational goals.
6- Decision making: this function is critical to all of the
aforementioned management functions and means making
effective decisions based on consideration of priorities
and benefits.
10. The Main Competencies of Health
Administrator
The term competency refers to a state in which an
individual has the requisite or adequate ability to perform
certain functions.
Health administrator needs to possess several key
competencies in order to effectively carry out the
managerial functions. These competencies or skills
including: conceptual, technical, and interpersonal skills.
11. The Main Competencies of Health
Administrator
1- Conceptual skills: are those skills that involve the ability
to analyze and solve complex problems.
2- Technical skills: are those skills that reflect expertise or
ability to perform a specific work task.
3- Interpersonal skills: are those skills that enable a
manager to communicate with and work well with other
individuals, regardless of whether they are peers,
supervisors, or subordinates.
12. Levels of Management
The term “Levels of Management refers to a line of
demarcation between various managerial positions in an
organization.
The number of levels in management increases when the
size of the business and workforce increases and vice
versa. The levels of management can be classified in three
broad categories:
1) Top level/ Administrative level.
2) Middle level/ Executor.
