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Background: Strategic plan in hospitals will not be run spontaneously and managers encountered with some barriers in order to have a successful strategic planning implementation. This study aimed at recognizing the barriers of strategic plan implementation from hospital managers' perspective.

Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed in all Kerman hospitals in 2014. Fifty three individuals including chairmen, internal administrators, quality improvement managers, matrons and strategic plan executers participated by census sampling method. Data was collected using a questionnaire including demographic information and human, processes, structures and institutions factors affecting the strategies implementation. Data analysis was performed by SPSS software version21.

Results:  Study results revealed that the barriers to strategic plan implementation were structural factors (27.71±6.68), process agents (19.54±10.06), human factors (19.09±5.37) and institutional factors (15.73±4.52) respectively. There was no significant association between management background and barriers of strategic plan implementation in hospitals (P < 0.05).

Conclusions: In order to achieve desired results, chairmen and hospitals managers should be entirely conscious about barriers /failure factors of strategic decisions concerning foresight and appropriate managing or approaches change during strategic management process implementation. 

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Background: Strategic planning is an appropriate strategy for improving hospitals’ performance and increasing managers’ responsiveness and accountability. Iranian hospitals were requested to have mandatory strategic plans due to the accreditation requrements since 2012. As a result, they faced several challenges in formulating and implementing strategic plans. Hence, this study aimed to identify the perquisites of hospital strategic planning.
Materials and Methods: This qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews with 47 managers of teaching, private, military, social security and charity hospitals in 2016. Hospitals were selected purposefully from Tehran province hospitals. Content thematic analysis was used for data analysis using inductive approach.  
Results: Justifying the need for strategic planning, using an appropriate strategic planning model, training hospital managers and employees on strategic planning process, providing necessary resources, promoting a collaborative and innovative culture, providing incentives for formulating and implementing strategic plans and managers’ and employees’ commitment and involvement are the main prerequisites of strategic planning in hospitals.
Conclusion: Hospitals managers must commit the strategic planning prerequisites prior to formulating and implementing strategic plans. Otherwise, they will encounter several serious challenges.
 

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Introduction:The purpose of this study is Investigating the effect of strategic planning on human performance from the perspective of the staff of Shohada Tajrish Hospital in Tehran.
Materials and Methods: This research is applied-practical in terms of purpose and correlational in terms of nature and descriptive method. The statistical population of the present study includes all permanent staff of Shohada Tajrish Hospital. Using simple random sampling method and according to Cochran's formula, 184 people were selected as a statistical sample. In this study, the Strategic Human Resources Management Questionnaire and the Performance Questionnaire were used to collect data. Experts' opinions were used to confirm the validity of the questionnaire and SPSS software was used to assess the reliability. Cronbach's alpha was 0.868 and 0.751. SPSS software and simple linear regression were used to analyze the data.
Results: The results showed that planning, supply, development, performance management, reward and employee relations have a significant effect on the performance of employees of Shohada Tajrish Hospital in Tehran.
Conclusion: Since the results of the research indicate a very strong relationship between strategic human resource management and the performance of the organization in Shohada Tajrish Hospital, it is necessary to pay sufficient attention to human resource management in health centers. It is also necessary to pay special attention to categories such as human education and development, effective interaction and communication with employees, and hiring and hiring.

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Background and purpose: This research was conducted with the aim of determining the relationship between the implementation of the strategic plan and the performance of the hospital. The importance of knowing the factors affecting the implementation of the strategic plan and its identification leads to better planning and the correct implementation of the strategic planning process.

Methods: The current research is a descriptive analytical research, in terms of cross-sectional time and practical results, and it was carried out in 2018. The research population is all the people who have played a role in the drafting of the strategic plan. This research has used the census, which filled the questionnaire in a high percentage of the statistical population. After collecting the data, the information was entered into the software and SPSS version 16 software was used to analyze the data.

Findings: The relationship between the implementation of the strategic plan and the performance of the hospital is direct and strong. Among all parts of the strategic plan, customer management plays a more important role than other parts of the strategic plan in improving the performance of the hospital.

Conclusion: In order to have optimal performance in a hospital, we need detailed strategic planning, and this plan must be implemented carefully and properly monitored so that it can bring us optimal performance.