Human Resource Management (HRM) Practices in Hospitals (An Empirical Study)

Abstract

Human resources, pertaining to health care comprise different kinds of clinical and non-clinical staff responsible for public and individual health intervention. The need for significant changes in behaviour and attitude of health manpower and favourable Human Resource Management (HRM) practices is widely recognized in both developed as well as developing countries. The present paper is an attempt to have an easier look at the application of concept of HRM in the organizations, particularly hospitals. Very less research work so far has been done in this regard. The present paper indicates the existing HRM practices in hospitals with special reference to SMHS Hospital Srinagar, SMGS Hospital Jammu and UTG Hospital, Chandigarh. In the present study two tier research methodology have been adopted. The first tier comprises collection of factual data through questionnaires by adopting random sampling method. The second tier comprises collection of data from secondary sources. The data whatsoever collected from both the sources were analyzed statistically to reach the conclusion and finally provide the guidelines and suggestions for further improvement.