Ana Shetach

Obstacles to successful management of projects and decision and tips for coping with them

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to classify the full scope of hazards in the way to effective project‐ and decision‐management in teams, and to present team leaders with a practical set of guidelines for coping with those obstacles, towards successful achievements.Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a classification of the full spectrum of possible factors responsible for mishaps, faults and failures which regularly tend to occur within managerial and organizational activities at all levels. It goes on to present a set of two tools that, jointly applied, can provide managers with the necessary control to lead more team processes and projects towards successful terminations: the “revised decision square model” and the “capi” model.Findings – The paper provides evidence in the form of quotes from testimonies of managers who have adopted the proposed strategy for their every‐day use within their teams.Practical implications – The paper offers a practical step‐by‐step set of guidelines to l...

The critical managerial capabilities of medical and nursing managers in an Israeli hospital

Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to determine the managerial capabilities that are required of medical and nursing managers, in a Christian-affiliated hospital in Israel, in order to promote the job satisfaction of their subordinates. Design/methodology/approach - – Data were gathered via questionnaires, administered to 107 doctors and nurses of a small Christian-affiliated hospital in Israel, regarding the job satisfaction of the respondents, and their evaluation of the managerial capabilities of their medical and nursing superiors. Correlations and regressions were carried out on the data. Findings - – Overall managerial capabilities of medical and nursing managers were shown to be significantly related to how their subordinates felt about their teams and about their work. The results suggest differences between nurses and doctors. When analyzed for the two dimensions of managerial capabilities and the two dimensions of job satisfaction, the results were significant for the nurses, but not significant for the doctors. When tested for Christians vs non-Christians, the results for the nurses were the same as in the sample as a whole; whereas for the doctors, there were differences between the two religious groups. Research limitations/implications - – The sample is small and culturally specific, thus limiting the generalization potential of this study. Practical implications - – Findings of this research may have practical implications regarding hospitals’ recruitment, promotion, instruction and follow-up policies. Originality/value - – This study sheds light on the issue of hospital management and leadership within a specific cultural-religious setting, which has not been previously investigated.

Citizenship-behavior, cooperation and job satisfaction of medical and nursing teams in an Israeli hospital

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate into the relationships among citizenship behavior within medical and nursing teams, cooperation among these teams within hospital units and job satisfaction of members of those teams. Design/methodology/approach – Data were gathered via questionnaires, administered to 107 doctors and nurses of a small hospital in Israel, regarding their job satisfaction, their evaluation of the citizenship behavior within their own professional team (medical or nursing) and the extent of cooperation of their own team with the other professional team. Preacher and Hayes’s mediation analyses were carried out on the data. Findings – The findings show that medical–nursing cooperation mediates the relationship between citizenship behavior within the professional team (medical or nursing) and job satisfaction. When analyzed separately for doctors and nurses, results show that job satisfaction is predicted by the cooperation between the medical and nursing staff within hospit...

Supply chain management of teamwork: six guidelines for success

Purpose – This paper aims to draw on know-how from the study of Team and Project Management, to seek insights into enhancing the effectiveness of supply chain management (SCM) ventures, with the aim of contributing to their effective and efficient decision-making and operation processes. Design/methodology/approach – Based on an analysis of the obstacles that may stand in the way of the efficient implementation of SCM processes, six specific conditions for such mega-projects’ success are proposed. A couple of practical tools for their attainment are presented. Findings – The article suggests that the construction of the teams involved, as well as the working procedures that may render their work effective, should be flexible and made adaptable to the specific assignment or case, which is handled by each team, at the time; and that the optimal set of procedures to adopt, throughout the working sessions of the teams, which are involved in the process, are those which will gear the team with the means to con...

Lighting the route to success

Purpose – This paper aims to provide team‐leaders and project managers with a practical and easily‐applicable managerial tool for coping with the large number of obstacles that may stand in the way to obtaining effective, efficient and altogether successful results, in overall management processes of projects and decisions within teams.Design/methodology/approach – Relying on two previously published managerial tools, the “revised decision square model” and the “capi” model, this paper proceeds to present an integrated model, the team managerial coping flowchart, for the successful handling of team assignments and projects, towards the management of effective and efficient team decision making and implementation processes over time.Findings – The paper relies on testimonies of managers who have adopted the proposed strategy for their every‐day use.Practical implications – The model offers a practical step‐by‐step set of guidelines, to lead managers towards a relatively high level of control in the managem...

Preface: Goal Accomplishment by Information Sharing and Organizational Cooperation

Orly Yehezkel is the head of the School of Management and Economics at the Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo (e-mail: orlyyehe@mta.ac.il). Ana Shetach is a lecturer at the Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel and has been an organizational consultant since 1972, specializing in team processes and development (e-mail: shetachf@netvision.net.il). Int. Studies of Mgt. & Org., vol. 39, no. 3, Fall 2009, pp. 3–5.