Abstract
leadership to rethink the way of work by challenging current practices and designing a
vigorous system aligned with the standards of internationally recognised best practices.
The healthcare leadership framework proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO)
ranges the standards for all staff at any level based on the leadership roles as a shared
responsibility for the success of the organisation and its services. The study applies the
framework by focusing on the top level management of public and private sector teaching
hospitals located in Peshawar, Pakistan, investigating the traditional practices and
approaches of strategic leadership in delivering health care services. The top level
management of public and private hospitals is randomly selected, sample size (N= 300),
both male and female, having designation of directors, chairmen, medical superintendents
(MS), deputy superintendents (DMS), chief executives etc. The prevailing strategic level
practices in the public and private teaching hospitals in Peshawar are benchmarked
against the leadership framework prescribed by World Health Organization (WHO). The
value of Cronbach (α= 0.861) indicates a strong internal consistency and an overall
reliable scale. The results showed both the sector hospitals in Peshawar have differences
in two domains of strategic leadership including leaders‟ abilities to „demonstrate
personal qualities‟ and „delivering strategy‟. Moreover the public sector top level
management demonstrates personal qualities more than private sector in their opinion
and ability to deliver strategy is more in private sector top managers align with the given
leadership framework. The study recommends strategic leaders of the hospitals to
effectively frame, develop, implement and implant the strategy that place patient care as
the core services and help them to align the strategy with healthcare system requirements.
Qadar B. Baloch, Aqsa Siddiq. (2016) Role of Strategic Leadership in Competitive Healthcare Services: A Case Study of Hospitals in Pakistan, Putaj Humanities And Social Science, Volume-23, Issue-1.
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