Learning Organization Profile of Educational Hospitals in Iran: Practice of Organizational Interlocking Systems

Mohebbifar, Rafat; Hashemi, H Jahani; Rajaee, Roya; Najafi, Marziye; Etedal, Mahbobeh G H

doi:10.5539/gjhs.v7n5p51

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“…Meanwhile, the leadership subcomponents that strengthen learning tend to be the same in the lowest quartile. Studies at Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Iran, also show a low learning organization profile [45]. The results obtained in this study are similar to those conducted at State Islamic Universities, Indonesia, which is yet to possess learning organizations' characteristics.…”

Section: Lecturers' and Employees' Perceptionssupporting

confidence: 81%

Building bridges that change state Islamic universities in Indonesia toward international standard

Hamami

Hidayah

Sa'adah

2021

IJERE

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<span>The learning organization is a strategic process for every university as a public service institution to improve its performance. Learning organizations have an essential role in linking past experiences to future improvements in changing State Islamic Universities in Indonesia to achieve international standards. This study aimed to describe the State Islamic University's learning organization profile in Indonesia and reveal its readiness towards international standards. This study used a survey approach, collecting data through closed questionnaires and open-ended questions involving 300 respondents consisting of lecturers and employees of the State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta. The data analysis technique used descriptive statistics with a benchmark scale and explanations. The results showed that the average score on all learning organization variables was low, below the benchmark scale. This result was in line with lecturers and employees' perception that most of them (68%) expressed pessimism about universities' readiness to achieve international standards. In conclusion, the State Islamic University of Sunan Kalijaga has not fully become a learning organization as a bridge of change towards an international standard.</span>

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Section: Lecturers' and Employees' Perceptionssupporting

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Building bridges that change state Islamic universities in Indonesia toward international standard

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Hidayah

Sa'adah

2021

IJERE

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“…Mohebbifar et al [ 33 ] aimed to specify the LO profile in educational hospitals in Iran, based on the LO blocks of Marquardt [ 4 ], which are (1) people, (2) learning, (3) organisation, (4) knowledge, and (5) technology. They administered a questionnaire of 50 items to 530 staff in those hospitals; the hospitals of two universities were found to be far removed from the characteristics of LO.…”

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Scoping literature review on the Learning Organisation concept as applied to the health system

Akhnif

Macq

Fakhreddine³

et al. 2017

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ᅟThere is growing interest in the use of the management concept of a ‘learning organisation’. The objective of this review is to explore work undertaken towards the application of this concept to the health sector in general and to reach the goal of universal health coverage in particular. Of interest are the exploration of evaluation frameworks and their application in health.MethodWe used a scoping literature review based on the York methodology. We conducted an online search using selected keywords on some of the main databases on health science, selected websites and main reference books on learning organisations. We restricted the focus of our search on sources in the English language only. Inclusive and exclusive criteria were applied to arrive at a final list of articles, from which information was extracted and then selected and inserted in a chart.ResultsWe identified 263 articles and other documents from our search. From these, 50 articles were selected for a full analysis and 27 articles were used for the summary. The majority of the articles concerned hospital settings (15 articles, 55%). Seven articles (25%) were related to the application of the concept to the health centre setting. Four articles discussed the application of the concept to the health system (14%). Most of the applications involved high-income countries (21 articles, 78%), with only one article being related to a low-income country. We found 13 different frameworks that were applied to different health organisations.ConclusionsThe scoping review allowed us to assess applications of the learning organisation concept to the health sector to date. Such applications are still rare, but are increasingly being used. There is no uniform framework thus far, but convergence as for the dimensions that matter is increasing. Many methodological questions remain unanswered. We also identified a gap in terms of the use of this concept in low- and middle-income countries and to the health system as a whole.

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“…We have opted for a research design already validated by other LO empirical studies [ 20 ], involving the cross-sectional administration of a standard questionnaire tool to persons who are familiar with the case under investigation (for applications to health centres or hospitals see, for instance, Kelly et al [ 30 ], Leufvén et al [ 27 ], Mohebbifar et al [ 31 ]). Our own survey tool is inspired from the tool developed by Garvin et al [ 28 ].…”

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Are our ‘UHC systems’ learning systems? Piloting an assessment tool and process in six African countries

Akhnif

Kiendrébéogo²,

Azouzzi

et al. 2018

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BackgroundIf there is one universal recommendation to countries wanting to make progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC), it is to develop the learning capacities that will enable them to ‘find their own way’ – this is especially true for countries struggling with fragmented health financing systems. This paper explores results from a multi-country study whose main aim was to assess the extent to which UHC systems and processes at country level operate as ‘learning systems’.MethodThis study is part of a multi-year action-research project implemented by two communities of practice active in Africa. For this specific investigation, we adapted the concept of the learning organisation to so-called ‘UHC systems’. Our framework organises the assessment around 92 questions divided into blocks, sub-blocks and levels of learning, with a seven scale score in a standardised questionnaire developed during a protocol and methodology workshop attended by all the research teams. The study was implemented in six francophone African countries by national research teams involving researchers and cadres of the ministries involved in the UHC policy. Across the six countries, the questionnaire was administrated to 239 UHC actors. Data were analysed per country, per blocks and sub-blocks, by levels of learning and per question.ResultsThe study confirms the feasibility and relevance of adapting the learning organisation framework to UHC systems. All countries scored between 4 and 5 for all the sub-blocks of the learning system. The study and the validation workshops organised in the six countries indicate that the tool is particularly powerful to assess weaknesses within a specific country. However, some remarkable patterns also emerge from the cross-country analysis. Our respondents recognise the leadership developed at governmental level for UHC, but they also report some major weaknesses in the UHC system, especially the absence of a learning agenda and the limited use of data.ConclusionCountries will not progress towards UHC without strong learning systems. Our tool has allowed us to document the situation in six countries, create some awareness at country level and initiate a participatory action-oriented process.

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Learning Organization Profile of Educational Hospitals in Iran: Practice of Organizational Interlocking Systems

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Building bridges that change state Islamic universities in Indonesia toward international standard

Building bridges that change state Islamic universities in Indonesia toward international standard

Scoping literature review on the Learning Organisation concept as applied to the health system

Are our ‘UHC systems’ learning systems? Piloting an assessment tool and process in six African countries

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