MANAGERIAL COMPETENCIES OF DIRECTORS OF TAMBON HEALTH PROMOTING HOSPITALS IN UBON RATCHATHANI PROVINCE

Abstract

This descriptive research aimed to study managerial competencies in directors of Tambon Health Promoting Hospitals in Ubon Ratchathani Province. The samples consisted of 160 directors of sub-district health promoting hospitals in Ubon Ratchathani Province randomly selected. Data were collected by using the self-administered questionnaires after the tool quality had been tested. Statistical analysis employed mean, standard deviation (with 95% confidence interval). Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient was employed for analyzing relationship between variables at 0.5 significance level. The results showed high level of all 10 managerial competencies of directors of sub-district health promoting hospitals in Ubon Ratchathani Province. The highest score was good service, proactive work in the community and analytical thinking while the lowest included strategic planning and the use of information and technology. It was found a very small relation between managerial competencies and organizational and social factors; building and location sufficiency, inter-personnel relationship, financial and material support, incentives in work attitudes and perception of organizational structure. In addition, for personal factors, it was found that female sex was positively related to the competencies. Therefore, the management should take the deficiencies to promote competencies development through the change of interrelated factors in order to raise the level of competency even further.