An evaluation of project management practices in the healthcare sector of Ghana: A case of family planning unit in KNUST Hospital
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2021-06-29
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Abstract
Family planning projects deal with preventive health or screening services, as well as
referrals to other health care providers. The study sought to identify challenges of project
management practices regarding family planning projects in the health care sector of
Ghana using University hospital, KNUST as a case study. Put forward as objectives were
to identify project management practices used in the delivery of family planning projects,
identify the challenges of project management practices regarding family planning
projects at University hospital, KNUST and to identify the strategies to alleviate the
challenges of project management practices on family planning projects at University
hospital. The study adopted a survey research approach. The main source of data was
primary. The population of the study included channel lead, regional director of Ghana
Health Service (GHS), GHS accountant, donor accountant, project implementation
agency, hospital accountant, head of maternal department, midwives, nurses, district
director of nursing and donor lead, all staff of University hospital, KNUST in Kumasi.
The study adopted a purposive sampling technique to select 50 respondents. The mean as
well as RII scores were the analytical tools employed on this study. The results indicated
that as many as 88% of respondents had knowledge of project management practices.
Usage of Checklists was ranked as the major variable in terms of project management
practice /methodology that is applicable in the delivery of health care projects as revealed
from the study‟s analysis. Findings from the results showed that the highest challenge
faced by project managers in applying theory to practice in the health sector is risk
associated with project staffing even though other important factors such as technical
illiteracy, contingency and uncertainty and poor adherence to proven processes also exist.
Improvement in team communication proved to be the best means of fast tracking the
application of project management theories /methodology into practice in the health care
sector. As a recommendation for the study, the Concept of project management should be
inculcated into the tertiary education curriculum for the health care sector
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A thesis Submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management,College of Art and Built Environment, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science.
Keywords
project management, healthcare, family planning unit, KNUST Hospital