Ghardashi Fatemeh, Yaghoubi Maryam, Bahadori Mohammadkarim, Teymourzadeh Ehsan
Health Management Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
J Educ Health Promot. 2019 Jan 29;8:16. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_235_18. eCollection 2019.
Innovation is a competitive advantage, with its preservation and continuity dependent on the organizational innovation capability. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the innovation capability dimensions and components in medical sciences universities of Iran.
The present study is a qualitative study with content analysis approach, undertaken in 2016-2017. The data processing included 10 deep interviews with the experts of the health innovation domain in top management of the three types of the medicine sciences universities of Iran with >5 years of experience. Targeted data sampling was performed using snowball method and continued until the saturation of the data. Data analysis was performed using conventional content analysis method using Maxqda 12 software.
Data analysis resulted in the extraction of 28 categories and 8 main themes including communications and interactions, innovation climate, university setting, policy factors (policy-making, rules and regulations), organizational culture, organizational resources, management and leadership, and organizational learning in two university internal and external dimensions.
To accelerate innovation in medical sciences universities, recognizing the potential of innovation capability is essential.
创新是一种竞争优势,其保持和延续依赖于组织的创新能力。本研究旨在确定伊朗医学科学大学的创新能力维度和组成部分。
本研究是一项采用内容分析法的定性研究,于2016 - 2017年开展。数据处理包括对伊朗三类医学科学大学高层管理中具有超过5年健康创新领域经验的专家进行10次深度访谈。使用滚雪球法进行目标数据抽样,并持续到数据饱和。使用Maxqda 12软件,采用常规内容分析法进行数据分析。
数据分析得出28个类别和8个主要主题,包括大学内部和外部两个维度下的沟通与互动、创新氛围、大学环境、政策因素(政策制定、规章制度)、组织文化、组织资源、管理与领导以及组织学习。
为加速医学科学大学的创新,认识创新能力的潜力至关重要。